Polymarket
Polymarket is an American cryptocurrency-based prediction market headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Users trade shares that represent the likelihood of future outcomes, such as sports matches, economic indicators, and political and legislative outcomes.
Leadership
Shayne Coplan, Chief Executive Officer. Shayne Coplan is the founder and chief executive officer of Polymarket, a cryptocurrency-based prediction market.
Who it reaches
Individuals who trade on future outcomes, mostly sports, using cryptocurrency.
Key facts
WYDE coverage of Polymarket
WYDE Newsroom has published 15 articles about Polymarket, from Feb 6, 2026 to Nov 6, 2026. Polymarket is the subject of 15 stories. The most recent is Kalshi Says Midterm Favorites Won 479 of 487 Races as Nate Silver Says Models Got There First.
Kalshi Says Midterm Favorites Won 479 of 487 Races as Nate Silver Says Models Got There First
Kalshi's 98% tally counts races resolved by 6 a.m. ET on Nov. 4, including 94 state offices. Its favorites lost eight, and DeFi Rate counted misses in South Carolina's Senate race and two Texas statewide races.
Nov 6, 2026 · 4 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiHouse Oversight Expands Its Prediction Market Probe to Crypto.com, Hyperliquid, and PredictIt
House Oversight Chairman James Comer sent records requests to Crypto.com, Hyperliquid, and PredictIt over identity verification and suspicious prediction market trading on nonpublic information.
Sep 30, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyStates Just Took On SNAP's Bill, Fraud Topped $900 Million in a Week, and Philanthropy Wrote $1.2 Billion in Checks. Over 71,800 Meals.
WYDE Weekly: the SNAP cost shift hits states October 1, Fast Lab's $500 million COVID fraud plea, Bitget's $387.5 million hack, the Fed's first stablecoin rules, and Phil and Penny Knight's $1 billion gift to Oregon.
Sep 26, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiThe CFTC Is Investigating Polymarket After a $10 Million Fraud Attempt and a Growth-Over-Compliance Push
A Wall Street Journal investigation says Polymarket's payment processor flagged more than 80 percent of US deposits as fraudulent while the prediction market chased a $21 billion valuation.
Sep 22, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyGlobal hunger fell to 645 million, lawmakers introduced an AI kill switch, and a judge approved Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: the UN's third straight drop in global hunger to 645 million, the AI Kill Switch and FRONTIER oversight bills, a judge's approval of Anthropic's $1.5 billion settlement, a record 55,362 schools serving free meals, and a GAO finding of up to $521 billion in yearly federal fraud.
Jul 25, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiKalshi and Polymarket Reach 27% of US Sports Betting on Record World Cup Trading
Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket reached about 27% of US legal sports betting during the 2026 World Cup, with the Argentina-Spain final contract topping $1.27 billion, the biggest event market in their history, as the CFTC-regulated exchanges pulled users from DraftKings and FanDuel.
Jul 23, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyVisa built stablecoin rails, Wyoming set a giving record, and the EAT Card hit the App Store. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Visa's stablecoin platform, DTCC's first live tokenized trades, the Senate's unanimous no-pardon vote on SBF, WyoGives' record $6.46 million, Lilly's $100 billion endowment, and the EAT Card iOS launch.
Jul 18, 2026 · 6 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklySwift's banking network turned on its blockchain, Circle became a bank, and an XRP windfall gave away $154 million. Over 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Swift's live ledger with 17 banks, Circle and Sony's OCC charters, the $1.4 trillion Meta demand, a revived 45 million hunger warning, and Rippleworks' record $154 million grant year.
Jul 12, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiPolymarket Files for a US License to Offer Margin Trading
Polymarket's US affiliate applied for a futures commission merchant license with the National Futures Association, a step toward margin trading on prediction markets as volumes race toward $240 billion this year.
Jul 11, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiAmericans Traded $571 Million on Polymarket Political Bets Despite the US Ban
Onchain analysis firm Allium found US-linked wallets traded $571 million in Polymarket political markets over the past year, more than any other country, even though the prediction market is banned from serving US customers.
Jul 6, 2026 · 3 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE WeeklyThe rails went public, Wall Street rang the NYSE bell, and Swift and Kelce sent $26M to food banks. 60,000 meals.
WYDE Weekly: Securitize's NYSE debut, Open USD's 140 firms, a $400M Ponzi plea, a 53-million-egg food-bank settlement, and Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce's $26 million.
Jul 3, 2026 · 7 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiPolymarket Faces CFTC Scrutiny and Senate Pressure Over Staged-Trade Marketing Videos
A Wall Street Journal report of staged Polymarket trades drew a bipartisan Senate letter to the CFTC and a reported investigation into the prediction market's deceptive marketing.
Jun 28, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiKalshi Seeks $40 Billion Valuation, Widening Its Lead Over Polymarket
Prediction market operator Kalshi is seeking new funding at about a $40 billion valuation, nearly double its last round, a deal that would widen its lead over rival Polymarket as institutional money pours into regulated prediction markets.
Jun 25, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
Crypto & DeFiMeta Builds Prediction Markets App Arena to Rival Polymarket and Kalshi
Mark Zuckerberg directed Meta to build a standalone prediction markets app called Arena to rival Polymarket and Kalshi, starting points-based with no real-money betting yet.
Jun 24, 2026 · 2 min read · Subject of the story
WYDE Weekly$EAT Hits 7,449 Meals While Ethereum Crashes 37%. Here's Why We Keep Building.
Coinbase Blue Carpet. $400K round closed. Kraken listing. AI agents. And a market that proves why cause coins need to exist.
Feb 6, 2026 · 5 min read · Subject of the story
Reported alongside Polymarket
- Kalshi · in 9 stories with Polymarket
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission · in 6 stories with Polymarket
- Feed the Children · in 5 stories with Polymarket
- Anthropic · in 4 stories with Polymarket
- Coinbase · in 4 stories with Polymarket
- Binance · in 3 stories with Polymarket
- OpenAI · in 3 stories with Polymarket
- Alibaba · in 2 stories with Polymarket
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