Cryptocurrency bettors are strongly believing that entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang will join tech mogul Elon Musk's new political party. What Happened: Yang had the highest possibility of joining Musk’s new political front before October, at 44%, according to the decentralized prediction tool Polymarket. Notably, billionaire investor and entrepreneur Mark Cuban, an outspoken critic of Musk, had a 28% probability of joining the party as of this writing. Polymarket, based on Polygon POL/USD -6.00% + Free Alerts , allows users to buy "Yes" and "No" shares in USDC USDC/USD + Free Alerts stablecoin. The shares representing the correct outcome are paid out $1 USDC each upon market resolution. Yang has been seen leaning toward Musk's side after he said in an X post that he would rather support a person "who enabled space rockets and electric cars" over the guy "who branded steaks."
