About
Empower decision-making with transparent, on-chain markets for real-world event predictions.
Polymarket is a blockchain-based prediction market where users trade USDC-denominated YES/NO shares on real-world events (politics, sports, tech). Launched in 2020, it aggregates crowd probabilities via on-chain markets, order-book trading, liquidity provision, market creation, oracle-verified resolutions, and multi-chain deposits; it has faced regulatory scrutiny and U.S. access limits.
Use Cases
Event Outcome Prediction
Users trade shares to speculate on real-world event outcomes like elections,sports, and tech developments.
Market Creation for Insights
Users create new markets on trending topics to gather crowd-sourcedprobabilities and insights.
Liquidity Provision for Rewards
Liquidity providers supply funds to markets and earn rewards based on tradingactivity and fees.
Data-Driven Decision Making
Users leverage market probabilities aggregated on-chain for informed decisionmaking and risk assessment.
Key Features
Platform & Market Mechanics
- Prediction-market exchange model: binary and multi-outcome event markets whereusers buy positions that pay $1 if correct.
- Market liquidity & volume: per-event liquidity and aggregate volumes visibleon the site, showing large multi‑million dollar activity.
- UX & market discovery: homepage categories (Crypto, Politics, Sports, LiveCrypto) and sorting by trending, volume, liquidity, ending soon.
- Outcome pricing = market probabilities: UI displays percent odds/price thatreflect implied probability for outcomes.
- Settlement & events: markets resolve on observable outcomes/dates; resolutionmodel drives smart‑contract settlement mechanics.
Crypto & Stablecoin Integration
- Crypto-focused markets: dedicated Crypto category and many markets tied toBTC/ETH and crypto price events.
- On-chain settlement hints: event pages and outcome contract cues indicate useof smart contracts for resolution/payouts.
- Payment rails & stablecoin use: USD‑denominated volumes and historical siteuse of stablecoins (e.g., USDC/USDT) for deposits/withdrawals.
- Custody & KYC signals: region selector and legal/regulatory notices implyjurisdictional access controls and potential KYC for US users.
- Liquidity & crypto market impact: sustained large volumes suggestparticipation by crypto-native liquidity providers with material market impact.
Headquarters
🇺🇸 New York, NY
Website
polymarket.com
multi-million
market liquidity & volume
USD-denominated
volumes and stablecoin use