{"id":72892,"date":"2026-02-18T04:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72892"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:31:34","slug":"polymarket-launches-bets-linked-to-lunar-new-year-reportedly-hires-mandarin-speaking-staff-to-court-chinas-punters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=72892","title":{"rendered":"Polymarket Launches Bets Linked To Lunar New Year, Reportedly Hires Mandarin-Speaking Staff To Court China&#8217;s Punters"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Cryptocurrency-based prediction platform <strong>Polymarket <\/strong>is looking to penetrate the Chinese market, despite the country\u2019s stringent prohibitions\u00a0on online gambling.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Polymarket Targets Asian Giant For Growth<\/h2>\n<p>Polymarket has recruited Mandarin-speaking employees and is offering\u00a0bets related to the Lunar\u00a0New Year to appeal to Chinese users, <a href=\"https:\/\/restofworld.org\/2026\/polymarket-china-betting-ban\/\">reported <\/a>Rest of World, a technology-focused publication.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Justin Yang<\/strong>, who oversees Polymarket\u2019s market entry strategy in Asia, said China has become a \u201cvery important geography for\u201d the company.<\/p>\n<p>Yang said Polymarket introduced several China-centric markets based on users\u2019 feedback, including those tied to the Spring Festival Gala, which is broadcast annually on the eve of the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chinese_New_Year%27s_Eve\">Chinese New Year<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exclusive Bets On China\u2019s Spring Festival<\/h2>\n<p>One such market, \u201cWhich robot dancer brands will feature at the 2026 Spring Festival Gala?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/which-robot-dancer-brands-will-feature-at-the-2026-spring-festival-gala\">recorded &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/prediction-markets\/26\/02\/50677395\/polymarket-launches-bets-linked-to-lunar-new-year-reportedly-hires-mandarin-speaking-s?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Polymarket\" launches bets linked to lunar new year reportedly hires mandarin-speaking staff court china punters>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrency-based prediction platform Polymarket is looking to penetrate the Chinese market, despite the country\u2019s stringent prohibitions\u00a0on online gambling. Polymarket Targets Asian Giant For Growth Polymarket has recruited Mandarin-speaking employees and is offering\u00a0bets related to the Lunar\u00a0New Year to appeal to Chinese users, reported Rest of World, a technology-focused publication. Justin Yang, who oversees Polymarket\u2019s market [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-72892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72892"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72892\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}