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Published on July 01, 2024 13:31 GMT+00:00edited on July 01, 2024 13:39 GMT+00:00
While crypto policy has become an important issue amid the U.S. presidential campaign in recent months, blockchain-based platforms like Polymarket are making election markets more efficient, according to analysts at research and brokerage firm Bernstein in a note to clients on Monday.
Polymarket is the world’s largest and most popular blockchain-based decentralized prediction market, operating on the Ethereum Layer 2 network Polygon. Polymarket lets users speculate on various events, such as political outcomes, entertainment and sports, using the stablecoin USDC.
The Polymarket model uses an automated market maker pool similar to Uniswap. Tokens, such as a tokenized Trump share, trade based on current market odds like any blockchain token on a decentralized …