NYSE parent company makes $2B investment in Polymarket, at over $8B valuation

Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), the parent company of the New York Stock Exchange, has finalized talks to invest $2B into ￰0￱ deal valued the prediction platform between $8B and $10B. Shayne Coplan, the founder of Polymarket, officially announced the deal that saw Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) commit $2B into ￰1￱ on everything. We’re proud to announce that $ICE , the owner of @NYSE and the largest exchange company in the world, is making a strategic investment of $2 billion into Polymarket, valuing us at $9 billion ￰2￱ partnership with ICE marks a major step in… ￰3￱ — Shayne Coplan 🦅 (@shayne_coplan) October 7, 2025 The involvement of ICE, one of the world’s leading exchange operators, grants greater legitimacy to ￰4￱ deal consideration will be paid in cash, announced the ￰5￱ its side, the exchange will start distributing Polymarket data driven by event outcomes, as well as sentiment indicators. “ Our investment blends ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, which was founded in 1792, with a forward-thinking, revolutionary company pioneering change within the Decentralized Finance space,” said Jeffrey C.

Sprecher, ICE Chair & Chief Executive Officer. “ Shayne Coplan has assembled a team at Polymarket to create a user-driven company relentlessly focused on product, building usage and distribution,” said ￰6￱ platform has been preparing for a return to the USA market, where predictions are considered a form of trading rather than ￰7￱ Cryptopolitan reported , the return of Polymarket was expected to happen as early as October ￰8￱ deal could solidify Polymarket’s position on the market, as the platform gains importance in predictions for current events and market ￰9￱ platform also improved its standing with regulators under Donald Trump’s ￰10￱ partnership grants some clarity on a potential Polymarket ￰11￱ platform has been considering either a token airdrop, token sale, or even an IPO in ￰12￱ far, Polymarket continues as a tokenless platform, still utilizing Polygon, an early L2 ￰13￱ tentative valuation boosts the opportunities for a token valuation, as Polymarket has been one of the best product-market fits in the crypto space, rising from a small app created during the 2020 bear ￰14￱ open interest reaches one-year peak Polymarket open interest has been recovering slowly after the November 2024 ￰15￱ dropping to around $110M in early 2025, open interest started recovering ￰16￱ October 5, Polymarket registered a six-month trading volume record, with over $89M in daily ￰17￱ the past quarter, the growth accelerated and open interest grew from local lows of $105M up to over $172M.

The past year saw a shift in the type of predictions, along with an inflow of newly created wallets. Recently, Polymarket also rolled out BTC deposits to expand its user base, as Cryptopolitan rep o ￰18￱ past few months saw significant growth in current event ￰19￱ is now trying to make prediction resolutions more transparent and avoid market manipulation or flawed ￰20￱ aims to present its service as a form of trading Polymarket holds onto its image as a trading platform, doubling as a venue for predicting asset ￰21￱ exist for gold, BTC and other assets, as well as general economic ￰22￱ still mostly relies on viral issues for its trending pairs and the biggest share of ￰23￱ Kalshi has been catching up with the market leader, most of the additional volumes are from sports predictions.

Polymarket’s categories remain unique, combining news outcomes and social media ￰24￱ still has multiple reported ￰25￱ pairs often overlap, allowing opportunities for ￰26￱ Bybit now and claim a $50 bonus in minutes