A cryptocurrency holder dies without documenting how to access their assets. The family discovers a Ledger hardware device in a drawer, but without the recovery phrase, the funds are permanently inaccessible. This scenario repeats often enough that it has become

Institutional investors, family offices, and professional trading desks have historically relied on custodial platforms to manage large cryptocurrency holdings. These centralized solutions offer convenience and regulatory reporting, but they concentrate custody risk, reduce operational transparency, and introduce intermediaries into settlement

When geopolitical uncertainty strikes—a contested election, a military escalation, a sudden policy reversal—financial markets respond with volatility while traditional media outlets publish conflicting interpretations of the same facts. Polymarket, the world’s largest decentralized prediction market built on Polygon Layer-2, offers