‘Wen Token?’: Polymarket’s New Airdrop Futures Market Has Answers
Crypto crystal ball Polymarket has launched a new market: Airdrop Futures.The feature allows speculators to trade and follow the odds of their favorite project airdropping a token by placing bets on a binary outcome: yes or no.Airdrops are highly sought-after releases of a project’s token, primarily used to reward dedicated early users and set up infrastructure for future governance decisions. Others in the cryptocurrency community describe the phenomenon as “free money.”“‘Wen token?’ is one of the most asked questions in crypto,” Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan told CoinDesk. “What’s great about the Airdrop Futures is that it can combat asymmetric information.…