Polymarket Seeks CFTC Blessing to Bring Main Exchange Back to US

A Polymarket advertisement in a subway station in New York.

Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

Polymarket is taking steps to try to bring its main exchange back to the US, according to people familiar with the matter, potentially supercharging an already fast-growing industry by letting Americans access the platform.

Since running afoul of regulators in 2022, Polymarket has technically banned Americans from trading on its international platform while a US-based alternative started by the company has failed to fully launch. In recent weeks though, the company has discussed lifting the prohibition on US-based customers with officials at the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, some of people said, asking for anonymity to discuss non-public information.