Donald Trump Jr. joined Polymarket’s advisory board as his enterprise capital agency 1789 Capital made a strategic funding within the prediction market platform, in accordance with an Aug. 26 announcement.
Polymarket didn’t disclose the monetary phrases of the funding from 1789 Capital, which describes itself as devoted to funding American exceptionalism.
The announcement said that the partnership provides political and enterprise experience to Polymarket’s management as the corporate prepares for expanded US operations.
Trump Jr. mentioned:
“Polymarket cuts by media spin and so-called ‘skilled’ opinion by letting individuals wager on what they really consider will occur on the earth. I’m happy that 1789 Capital is investing in Polymarket and am honored to affix the corporate’s advisory board.”
Shayne Coplan, Polymarket’s founder and CEO, characterised the 1789 Capital partnership as reinforcing the corporate’s position as a trusted data supply.
A prediction market, resembling Polymarket, allows customers to position bets on outcomes starting from political elections to cultural occasions, producing market-driven predictions.
“This strategic funding marks a milestone for Polymarket. Our long-term partnership with 1789 Capital will assist reinforce Polymarket’s main place as a trusted supply of free, clear and correct market data within the US and world wide.”
Strategic partnership timing
The funding comes as Polymarket positions itself for a return to the US market. The corporate accomplished a $112 million acquisition of QCEX, a CFTC-licensed trade and clearinghouse, making a regulatory infrastructure for its American operations.
Polymarket additionally secured partnership standing with X because the social media platform’s official prediction market accomplice.
Omeed Malik, founding father of 1789 Capital, praised Polymarket’s intersection of economic innovation and free expression.
The agency targets corporations that exhibit entrepreneurial spirit and progress potential, a criterion that Malik mentioned Polymarket meets by its real-time data supply mannequin.
Knowledge from a Dune dashboard by consumer rchen8 exhibits Polymarket crossed $7.8 billion in year-to-date buying and selling quantity, simply roughly $600 million shy of final 12 months’s complete quantity.
The corporate’s progress trajectory and up to date regulatory preparations place it for broader adoption within the US, and the appointment of Trump Jr. provides to Polymarket’s enlargement technique.
