The cryptocurrency prediction market platform Polymarket disclosed to the media that its current annual revenue has far exceeded US$1 billion, showing rapid growth in the US and global markets. The milestone comes six weeks after the official opening of a waiting list for its US-compliant trading platform, while also benefiting from a deal boom generated by the ongoing FIFA World Cup.
Polymarket stated that its annual revenue exceeding US$1 billion was achieved under the structure of operating its US trading platform and international decentralized finance platform separately. Since mid-May, the single-day trading volume of the U.S. platform has climbed rapidly from about $50 million to more than $200 million on June 20, a significant increase. Meanwhile, Polymarket’s international platform has also seen weekly trading volumes hit record highs, driven by the World Cup, reversing a downward trend seen in April and May this year.
Polymarket’s U.S. exchange officially launches in December 2025, a return to compliance after being barred from operating in the U.S. earlier for failing to register with regulators as required. Since 2022, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Department of Justice have launched investigations into Polymarket, but in July 2025 they both concluded the cases with "no prosecution." Since then, the Polymarket US platform has been approved to operate as a CFTC-regulated exchange, becoming one of the few prediction market platforms operating compliantly in the United States.
In terms of product form, Polymarket clearly distinguishes the U.S. platform from the international platform: U.S. users need to participate in transactions through the mobile application. The desktop version is not yet open. When accessing the official website, they will be required to scan the QR code to download the App. This mobile-first strategy is consistent with its "product-driven" positioning - a company spokesperson emphasized in an interview that over the past five years, Polymarket has focused on building the world's largest prediction market and continuously accumulated product experience in scenarios with large-scale user participation.
The spokesperson also said that Polymarket is systematically migrating its years of experience in international platforms to its U.S. business, focusing on three aspects: a more intuitive and easy-to-use market interface, transaction depth with institutional-level liquidity, and a user experience that sets industry standards for ordinary consumers. Driven by the global event of the World Cup, the role of prediction markets as an alternative information and price discovery channel is attracting more investors and ordinary users. Polymarket's trading volume and revenue performance have also become the latest example of this trend.