Polygon teams up with Courtyard to auction rare Pokémon cards, with frequent on-chain activities

On December 6th, Polygon Labs partnered with Courtyard to launch a rare Pokémon card auction. The card being auctioned is the 1999 first edition flash card Charizard with a PSA 10 rating, known as the "Holy Grail" of the trading card world, with a valuation of about $250,000. The auction will be held on Courtyard from December 6th to January 10th, 2025. In addition, users can predict the final auction price on Polymarket and use PSA-rated Charizard cards as collateral for loans on the useteller.

 

It is worth noting that according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the wallet associated with the founder of Polygon deposited 10 million POL (about 6.97 million USD) to Binance on December 6th. Three weeks earlier, the wallet received 20 million POL (about 8.09 million USD) from Polygon and deposited it into Binance. Two days ago, the wallet also received 50 million POL (about 35.79 million USD) from the Polygon founder's multi-signature wallet and then sent 10 million POL to Binance. Currently, the wallet holds 30 million POL, worth about 20.64 million USD.

 

This auction event and large-scale on-chain capital operation demonstrate Polygon's continued expansion in the NFT and DeFi ecosystems. With the on-chain auction of rare Pokémon cards and the multiple gameplay of DeFi collateral and prediction markets, Polygon is promoting the deep integration of on-chain assets and traditional collectibles.