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Polymarket reopens to US users after CFTC clears regulated platform
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission cleared Polymarket to operate as a fully regulated U.S. platform after prior enforcement that required it to wind down non compliant markets.
Polymarket has returned to the U.S. market after regulators allowed it to operate as a fully regulated platform, according to reporting by Yahoo Finance. The shift comes after the Commodity Futures Trading Commission previously fined the betting exchange and ordered it to wind down its non compliant U.S. offerings.
Yahoo Finance reports that the CFTC fined Polymarket $1.4 million in January 2022 for running an unregistered exchange, effectively pushing the company into an offshore-only model. To use the platform, Americans relied on workarounds, and U.S. access was restricted during the 2024 election cycle.
The turnaround progressed in stages in the second Trump administration. Polymarket paid $112 million in July 2025 for QCEX, a derivatives exchange and clearinghouse holding a CFTC license, and a CFTC investigation into Polymarket was dropped without charges in that same month.
On November 25, 2025, Yahoo Finance reports the CFTC cleared Polymarket to operate as a fully regulated U.S. platform. The outlet also says the NYSE parent, Intercontinental Exchange, committed up to $2 billion, including a completed $600 million tranche in March, and that a funding round this spring valued Polymarket at $15 billion.