Polymarket Airdrop Farmers Evolve Tactics Ahead of Potential Token Launch
Traders on prediction market platform Polymarket are refining their strategies to farm a potential token airdrop, with methods growing more sophisticated than last year's obvious wash trading. The platform's anticipated crypto token—expected after regaining U.S. foothold by 2026—has sparked renewed farming activity.
Pseudonymous whale Fhantom Bets and prominent user CSP Trading note farmers now employ subtler techniques to avoid detection, unlike 2023's blatant volume inflation. Earlier methods disrupted normal users by flooding activity feeds with artificial trades aimed at qualifying for larger airdrop allocations.
The evolution mirrors crypto's perpetual cat-and-mouse game between incentive seekers and protocol designers. Polymarket's eventual tokenomics will reveal whether these refined farming tactics succeed or face new countermeasures.
