Polymarket is preparing a legal return to the U.S. after securing a CFTC-approved license, with new sports and election contracts set to launch.
Posted October 2, 2025 at 10:47 am EST.
Polymarket, the world’s largest crypto-based prediction market, is set to relaunch in the U.S. within days, according to regulatory filings.
The move would make the prediction market’s return to U.S. operations four years after being banned by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
The prediction market platform self-certified four event contracts on QCX ’s official website, three of which are for sports event outcomes, while the fourth is for election winners.
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“The Exchange intends to list the Product(s) no earlier than October 2, 2025, which is no earlier than the Commission’s business day following this submission,” read the self-certification contracts filed on Sept. 30.
QCX is the CFTC-licensed derivatives exchange that Polymarket acquired for $112 million, meaning it now holds a Designated Contract Market (DCM) license, legally enabling it to self-certify event contracts for U.S. users.
Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan recently appeared as a panelist at the CFTC–SEC Joint Roundtable and joked about being “whisked away” by regulators.
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