Polymarket Secures $2 Billion in Strategic Financing on October 7, 2025

According to media reports, Polymarket secured $2 billion in strategic financing on October 7, 2025. The investment was led by Intercontinental Exchange. Following this round, Polymarket’s total funding reached $2.279 billion, with its latest valuation at $9 billion.Polymarket is a decentralized information market platform that enables users to trade predictions on globally relevant topics such as pandemics, politics, and current affairs. Users can build investment portfolios based on their forecasts and earn returns if their predictions prove accurate. The platform reflects traders’ expectations of future events through market pricing, converting trading activity into actionable insights to support better decision-making.Since its launch in June 2020, Polymarket has experienced rapid growth, beginning with a $4 million seed round and expanding through multiple funding rounds. Notably, in the first half of 2025, the project secured consecutive large-scale investments, with its valuation surpassing $1 billion, demonstrating strong growth momentum. Despite facing regulatory challenges such as warnings from Thai authorities, Polymarket obtained key business opportunities—including a partnership with X platform—and successfully passed a U.S. Department of Justice investigation in July 2025, further establishing its compliance credentials. Completion of this strategic financing round will help Polymarket further expand its influence in the prediction markets sector and drive industry innovation.