The surge in social media engagement, alongside trademark registrations and increasing market speculation, has led to anticipations that Polymarket, a prediction market platform, might soon unveil a native cryptocurrency, expected to be identified by the ticker POLY.

This speculation gained momentum this week when a senior intern at Polymarket shared on social media that the platform would soon rollout one-minute crypto prediction markets, implying that the eagerly awaited token launch could follow shortly.

While Polymarket has yet to announce an official launch date, the company’s chief marketing officer, Matthew Modabber, confirmed back in October that plans are in motion for a native cryptocurrency release, which will include an airdrop.

Recent submissions to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for the marks “POLY” and “$POLY” have further fueled expectations that the launch may be imminent. The convention of using dollar-prefixed tickers is prevalent in discussions surrounding digital assets. Additionally, prior regulatory filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission have heightened speculation about the imminent arrival of the platform’s own token.

CoinMarketCap, a crypto data aggregator, has created a placeholder page for POLY, suggesting it is ready to monitor the asset upon its launch. The community sentiment reflected on this page shows an overwhelmingly positive 91% bullish sentiment towards the token.

“This page serves as a temporary placeholder for the forthcoming Polymarket token. Currently, no further details are available. For future updates, please refer to the official Polymarket resources,” stated CoinMarketCap.

Competing prediction markets have already started to offer contracts related to the anticipated launch. Opinion Labs, which is not accessible to U.S. clients, along with Predict.fun, are presenting yes-or-no contracts on the timeline for when POLY will be made available.

Betting data across these platforms indicates a stronger likelihood of the launch occurring in the third quarter, with December contracts indicating that traders expect the token to be introduced before the end of 2026.

Recognized as one of the largest event-contract platforms worldwide, Polymarket stands out as one of the most crypto-focused entities within the prediction markets arena.