🗳️ Polygon Battles for JokeRace

**Money Rails** event is approaching fast - less than two weeks to go! **Key Details:** - **Date:** November 18, 2025 - **Location:** Buenos Aires, Argentina - **Focus:** Networking, panels, and building the future of money infrastructure **Who's Attending:** - Polygon Labs team - Key financial industry leaders - Blockchain payment innovators The event coincides with Devconnect and features sponsors like **Relay Protocol** (processed $9B+ volume), **Ripio** (12+ years in Latin American crypto), and **Pi Squared** (building FastSet for instant payments). **Registration:** Free with Devconnect ticket at [luma.com/311rbz5b](https://luma.com/311rbz5b) *Join the conversation shaping how money moves onchain.*

**Katana** is a specialized financial network incubated by Polygon Labs, designed as a **revenue-generating ecosystem** rather than a general-purpose rollup. **Key Features:** - Every transaction, pool, and vault generates revenue - Revenue flows back to DeFi liquidity providers - Compounds liquidity across the entire ecosystem - Powered by partnerships with Morpho and Yearn Finance **The Flywheel Model:** - VaultBridge vaults natively produce yield for Katana apps - Rewards directed only to chain-aligned applications with active users - Creates incentives for active participation - Users earn more rewards on Katana than competing platforms **Current Opportunity:** Users can participate in the pre-deposit campaign by depositing USDC, USDT, ETH, or WBTC to earn loot boxes containing $KAT tokens and NFTs. This approach represents a shift toward **value-aligned capital activity**, creating better outcomes for builders, integrators, and users through a positive-sum economic model.

**Polymarket demonstrates prediction market accuracy** by calling outcomes before traditional media headlines. The platform leverages **decentralized prediction markets** built on Polygon blockchain to forecast events in real-time. Key advantages include: - Real-time settlement capabilities - Low transaction fees - Global accessibility **Market dominance**: 79% of decentralized prediction markets operate on Polygon, with Polymarket and Azuro Protocol leading adoption. This showcases how blockchain-based prediction markets can provide faster, more accurate information than conventional news sources through crowd-sourced intelligence.

**Polygon announces October Yapper Leaderboard winners** Polygon and Kaito have revealed the top 50 creators for October who will share a **30,000 USDC prize pool**. The winners include prominent community members like: - @Carlitoswa_y - @obchakevich_ - @LennaertSnyder - @Nofuturephoto - @divine_economy And 45 other active contributors who helped shape narratives, shared insights, and built community engagement around Polygon. **Recognition for community building** This monthly program rewards creators who consistently contribute to Polygon's ecosystem through content creation and community engagement. The initiative encourages ongoing participation with the motto *"Yap loud. Yap often. Yap Polygon."* Check the full leaderboard at [yaps.kaito.ai/Polygon](http://yaps.kaito.ai/Polygon)