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Last checked: 4/3/2026

The claim that Polymarket operates as a non-custodial protocol is not explicitly stated in the source. The source states that Polymarket is a decentralized prediction market built on Polygon, where users trade outcomes of real-world events using crypto. The claim that YES and NO shares for any event are fully collateralized by $1.00 USDC is not explicitly stated in the source. The source states that you buy shares in an outcome with USDC, and when the result is confirmed by on-chain oracles like Chainlink, the winning side’s shares pay out $1 each.

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partial90%Haiku 4.5 · 4/3/2026
Found: Polymarket operates as a non-custodial protocol where YES and NO shares for any event are fully collateralized by \$1.00 USDC. Share prices directly represent probabilities—an 18-cent YES share indica

Note: The claim that Polymarket operates as a non-custodial protocol is not explicitly stated in the source. The source states that Polymarket is a decentralized prediction market built on Polygon, where users trade outcomes of real-world events using crypto. The claim that YES and NO shares for any event are fully collateralized by $1.00 USDC is not explicitly stated in the source. The source states that you buy shares in an outcome with USDC, and when the result is confirmed by on-chain oracles like Chainlink, the winning side’s shares pay out $1 each.

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