U.S. CFTC reopens Polymarket investigation, reviewing whether it violated the 2022 settlement agreement

According to Reuters as reported by 深潮 TechFlow on October 28, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating whether prediction market platform Polymarket violated the settlement agreement reached in 2022 by failing to effectively prevent U.S. users from accessing its offshore platform. The investigation involves user geolocation identification mechanisms, advertising campaigns within the United States, and the user registration process and customer protection measures on its U.S. platform. The agency had previously closed a related investigation in 2025 without bringing charges against the company. Both Polymarket and the CFTC declined to comment. The report noted that a regulatory investigation does not necessarily imply wrongdoing or lead to enforcement action.

Source: 深潮 TechFlow