Blockchain.com, one of the world’s longest-operating crypto companies and a leading crypto brokerage, announced a partnership with Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market. The partnership will bring access to prediction markets to Blockchain.com users in eligible markets around the world, allowing users to explore and trade on real-world outcomes without leaving the Blockchain.com app.
The announcement comes as global event prediction volumes have reached an all-time high, with Polymarket generating more than $4.2 billion in volume across recent global football matches alone and total football volume on its global platform exceeding $5 billion over the past 365 days. By utilizing the digital assets already held in their Blockchain.com accounts, users will be able to instantly open and manage positions, bypassing the traditional friction of multi-platform onboarding, external wallet connections, and redundant deposit fees.
Blockchain.com serves more than 43 million verified users worldwide and operates in more than 70 jurisdictions, having processed more than $1.1 trillion in crypto transactions since 2011. Polymarket’s markets span global politics, economics, science, technology, sports, culture, and more, attracting hundreds of thousands of participants worldwide, with Polymarket US operating as a CFTC-regulated designated contract market under the Commodity Exchange Act.
KEY QUOTES:
“Partnering with Polymarket allows us to instantly expand our feature set into the fastest-growing sector of crypto at the exact moment global interest is hitting its peak.”
“We are seeing all-time high engagement on real-world outcomes right now during the final matches of one of the largest sporting events in the world happening right now. By embedding these capabilities directly into our app ecosystem, we’re giving our eligible users a friction-free way to participate instantly without ever needing to jump between external platforms.”
Peter Smith, CEO, Founder, and Executive Chairman, Blockchain.com
“Polymarket exists to help people better understand what is happening in the world and what comes next.”
“Through this partnership, eligible Blockchain.com users can access the world’s largest information market inside the platform where they already manage digital assets, giving them one of the clearest real-time signals on what the world collectively believes will happen.”
Shayne Coplan, Founder and CEO, Polymarket
