Crypto Startup Uses Polymarket to Bet on Its Own Fundraise, Blindsiding Backers
P2P.me was established to push boundaries, but the startup admitted that wagering on itself via Polymarket may have been a bridge too far.
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Older archive item. Useful for background and entity history, but not a fresh market-moving signal.
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Polymarket is showing up inside the Prediction Markets theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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