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Polymarket - Footnote 11

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The source does not mention Coplan being a New York University dropout. The source does not mention Coplan launching the platform from a "makeshift bathroom office" in his Lower East Side apartment. The source does not mention Polymarket initially operating under names like Union.market or Blockratize, Inc.

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www.marketswiki.com/wiki/Polymarket(1 check)

partial80%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026

Found: Polymarket was founded by Shayne Coplan, a New York University dropout, in 2020 at age 21. Coplan launched the platform from what he described as a "makeshift bathroom office" in his Lower East Side a…

Note: The source does not mention Coplan being a New York University dropout. The source does not mention Coplan launching the platform from a "makeshift bathroom office" in his Lower East Side apartment. The source does not mention Polymarket initially operating under names like Union.market or Blockratize, Inc.

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