According to PANews on October 10, Vitalik Buterin stated that prediction markets have made significant progress since Augur v1 in 2015, and that Polymarket is a key driver of this progress. Vitalik stated that he is “very happy to see the progress of Polymarket over the years.”

Earlier this week, Polymarket received a $2 billion strategic investment from the New York Stock Exchange's parent company at a post-money valuation of $9 billion .