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Polymarket
Polymarket is a crypto-native prediction market where you trade shares on real-world outcomes — politics, crypto, culture, and sports — funded in USDC and settled on-chain. Below: what it is, how to fund a wallet, and how to place a first trade.
W.E.T. is venue-neutral — we cover Polymarket as data, take no bets, and hold no funds. Implied probability is a live market price, not advice. See the methodology.
On-chain
Decentralized markets
USDC
Funded in stablecoin
Polygon
Settles on-chain
What Polymarket is
Polymarket is a decentralized prediction market that runs on the Polygon network and settles outcomes on-chain through a decentralized oracle. It is funded in USDC rather than dollars, which makes it the natural home for crypto-native traders and gives it the deepest book in categories like crypto and culture. It is not a US-regulated exchange, and US access has historically been geofenced — confirm current eligibility and terms on Polymarket directly.
How to fund a wallet
Create a Polymarket login. Polymarket is crypto-native and settles on the Polygon network, so your positions live in a wallet rather than a dollar balance.
Polymarket trades in USDC, a US-dollar stablecoin. Acquire USDC on an exchange or on-ramp, then move it to the wallet you use with Polymarket. Keep a little for network fees.
Browse politics, crypto, culture, and sports — Polymarket runs the deepest crypto book. Each share priced in cents reads as an implied probability of the outcome.
Buy shares in the outcome you have a read on; sell at the live price before resolution, or hold to on-chain settlement. Start small while you learn the flow and the fees.
Open a Polymarket account
Fund with USDC and place your first trade. Program terms are set by Polymarket.
Affiliate disclosure: W.E.T. may earn a referral commission when you open or fund an account through our links. This never changes your price or the odds you see. We take no bets, hold no funds, and route no orders — we point you to the venue and it takes over.
What W.E.T. adds on top
A venue only sees its own book. W.E.T. reads Polymarket next to Kalshi, aligns the same outcome across both, and shows where the two crowds disagree — alongside the news driving each event. When the books split, that gap is information. Start with the event dashboard or the cross-venue board.
Answers
Polymarket is an established, crypto-native prediction market that resolves outcomes on-chain via a decentralized oracle. It is not a US-regulated exchange the way Kalshi is, and access has historically been geofenced for US persons — check current eligibility for your location. On-chain settlement is transparent, but prediction markets still carry risk.
Polymarket trades in USDC, a dollar stablecoin. Acquire USDC through a crypto exchange or on-ramp, move it to the wallet you use with Polymarket, and it becomes buying power. Unlike Kalshi, there is a crypto step — there is no direct bank-to-balance deposit.
Polymarket runs an affiliate/referral program. When you sign up and fund through our link, W.E.T. may earn a share of referral activity — this never changes your price or the odds you see. Program terms are set by Polymarket and can change.
W.E.T. is venue-neutral market intelligence. We read Polymarket alongside Kalshi, align the same outcome across both books, and surface where their odds diverge — plus the news catalysts moving each event. That cross-venue picture is something a single venue’s own site cannot show you.