Cryptocurrency prediction market platform Polymarket officially announced that it will open a free grocery store in New York City later this month as part of its latest branding and community public welfare initiative. The project is seen as Polymarket’s first large-scale offline marketing attempt and has made “bringing crypto prediction markets into real life” a hot topic.
The pop-up grocery store named “The Polymarket” will officially open at 12:00 PM on February 12th (Eastern Time), where all New York City residents can receive essential goods for free without purchasing any items. The official address has not yet been disclosed, but sources say the store is expected to operate for only a few days and will have a clear event-oriented nature.
Meanwhile, Polymarket also donated $1 million to the Food Bank For New York City. The organization has long provided food assistance to New York’s five boroughs and is dedicated to improving food access for vulnerable populations. Polymarket stated that this is a tangible action to give back to its “hometown” and also hopes to raise public awareness of food security issues.
At the industry level, this move also reflects increasing competition among prediction market platforms in the United States. Previously, Kalshi had also launched small-scale free food events in New York, and the marketing actions of the two companies have been frequently compared. More symbolically, New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani publicly proposed the idea of “government-operated grocery stores,” and the Polymarket platform itself has related prediction markets, making this event a blend of real-world and on-chain narratives.
Recently, Polymarket has been active. In late January, the platform announced a multi-year partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS); on February 2nd, it integrated with decentralized trading aggregation platform Jupiter, allowing users to access prediction markets directly within the Solana ecosystem. At the same time, Polymarket faces regulatory challenges, as a temporary restraining order has been issued against its U.S. subsidiary by a Nevada court, with a hearing scheduled for February 11th.
From online to offline, from brand exposure to public welfare investment, Polymarket is trying to expand its influence with more topical approaches and is opening new imaginative spaces for the application of crypto prediction markets in the real world.
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