Polymarket has filed trademark applications for "POLY" and "$POLY" with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, signaling concrete steps toward launching its long-anticipated native token, even as the prediction market faces mounting regulatory challenges. The filings, submitted Thursday by Polymarket's parent company Blockratize Inc., cover trademark protection for “cryptocurrency services, financial trading platforms, and blockchain-based payment systems.” Both applications describe services for "providing a digital currency or digital token for use by members of an on-line community via a global computer network" ... (full story)