The prediction markets The Polymarket is free of US studies after the Department of Justice and Commodity Futures Trading Commission told the Polymarket that they had packed their studies.
Both DOJ and CFTC informed the polyming field recently, told a person who is familiar with the case, Coindesk. Bloomberg first reported the news earlier on Tuesday.
DOJ investigated the polyming field last year, reportedly to give us users the opportunity to place bets on site despite the fact that the polyme field is required to block US traders. Coindesk confirmed that at least two US-based people were able to place bets at that time.
A spokesman for the polymarket said last year that a FBI -Raid of the Polymarket -founder Shayne Coplan’s home was “Obviously political retaliation.” However, the spokesman did not answer a follow -up question as to why the platform thought so.
Spokespersons for DOJ, CFTC and Polymarket refused to comment on Tuesday.
Political prediction markets have recently started in the United States where CFTC dropped its efforts in May to block another platform, Kalshi, in the US
More broadly, the US regulatory regime has changed its approach to digital assets since Donald Trump became president for another period. Securities and Exchange Commission has fallen over a dozen investigation and active lawsuits against cryptic companies, while banking regulators have facilitated their control of financial service companies who want to participate in crypto activities.
Congress is also on the verge of sending a bill that would control stableecoins to Trump’s desk to be signed in the law. The House of Representatives is also close to promoting a bill that would change how regulators are approaching the digital assets markets as a whole.
Update (July 15, 2025, 17:02 UTC): Adds CFTC that falls to comment.
