**[Polymarket Launches "Squads," Combining Group Chats with Prediction Market Trading]** Odaily Planet Daily News – Prediction market platform Polymarket has announced the launch of a new social feature called Squads, available on the U.S. version of the Polymarket app. This feature allows users to create private groups to discuss markets with friends, share portfolios and trading strategies, and directly trade around events of mutual interest. Users can view other members' trading activities within Squads and follow trades directly from shared portfolios or strategies. Each member still trades independently through their own Polymarket account. Polymarket stated that this initiative aims to integrate market discussions and trading activities, which traditionally occur in group chats, into a single platform. The launch of Squads is accompanied by the debut of the first football season marketing campaign, "Polymarket HQ," directed by Peter Berg and featuring sports and cultural figures such as LeBron James, Eli Manning, Derek Jeter, and Spike Lee. Previously, Polymarket introduced Polymarket Perps, which supports trading on the price movements of assets such as cryptocurrencies, stocks, commodities, and indices. (PRNewswire)