This Crypto Prediction Market Founder Is Now The Youngest Self-Made Billionaire
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Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan is now the youngest self-made billionaire, according to Bloomberg.
Coplan, 27, joined the billionaire class after New York Stock Exchange owner Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE) announced a $2 billion investment in Polymarket at a $9 billion post-money valuation, Bloomberg reported on Oct. 8.
“The past two years have been surreal,” Coplan said on Oct. 7 on X, discussing ICE’s Polymarket investment. “Going from a write off to creating a category, watching our vision become a reality. The Polymarket origin story is funny because it’s a rare case of the dream being identical…
