Checked May 19 2026
Polymarket
Polymarket is a blockchain-based prediction market where retail and institutional traders buy and sell outcome contracts on real-world events using USDC on Polygon.
Source mix15 reported1 company6 data vendor
Evidence notes
Who uses it: Primarily retail traders globally seeking speculative exposure to real-world events; increasingly institutional clients (Goldman Sachs cited as referencing Polymarket data for geopolitical risk) and media/data partners (Dow Jones, ICE/NYSE) consuming...[3]+4Reported
Product: Users deposit USDC, trade outcome tokens on a central limit order book; Polygon smart contracts handle settlement at event resolution.[3]+4Reported
Source ledger
- [1]Polymarket Seeks $400 Million in New Funding at $15 Billion Valuation - Bloomberg
- [2]Polymarket Seeks Fundraising at $15B Valuation
- [3]Polymarket reportedly raising $400m at $15bn valuation | NEXTPredict
- [4]Prediction market startup Polymarket nabs $400M at $15B valuation from NYSE owner: sources — TFN
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