Polymarket, the world’s largest prediction market and social media platform X, today announced an official partnership. As part of the new agreement, Polymarket will partner with X prediction marketplace. The terms of the partnership have not yet been disclosed.
we’re joining forces with Polymarket as our official prediction market partner 🤝
— X (@X)
The companies are launching an integrated product that will provide data and recommendations to Polymarket. The predictions will be combined with X’s data to deliver actionable intelligence that includes real-time annotations explaining market movements directly from Grok, as well as relevant X messages. The product, launched today, will be the first of a suite of co-production integrations.
Executive comments
Shane Coplan, founder and CEO of Polymarket, looks forward to empowering the platform and its users to instantly make sense of the latest news and make informed decisions about the future: ‘Combining Polymarket’s unbiased forecasts with Grok’s real-time analysis and X information allows us to instantly deliver contextualised data to millions of users around the world.’
Linda Iaccarino, CEO of X, noted the great potential of this collaboration, ‘As Polymarket brings transparency to its forecast markets, it has become a primary source of real-time information for many X users. We are excited about the partnership and look forward to bringing our data and technology to the exchange’s users through a series of creative product integrations.’
Commitment to free information
Polymarket has established itself as a reliable source for predicting elections, events, and cultural trends, and this partnership reinforces a shared commitment to free information, open markets, and a more transparent internet. Since its launch in 2020, the company has experienced significant growth, becoming a vital source of reliable real-time information worldwide. In 2024, more than $8bn worth of predictions have been made on the exchange.
According to the company’s official statement, the next information age will be driven by markets. ‘The partnership with X marks a new chapter for truth on the Internet. The future of news is optimised for truth, based on transparency and tied to reality.’
Polymarket’s legitimacy in question
Earlier this year, Belgium joined the list of countries that have blocked Polymarket because the platform allows the use of cryptocurrencies. Restrictions came after the Belgian Gambling Commission banned the site for violating local gambling laws. Similar regulations have been implemented in France, Singapore, and the US, with Thailand also considering such a move.
Moreover, Polymarket is under investigation after being accused of paying influencers to promote election betting in Australia. The country’s regulator, the Australian Communications and Media Authority, is reported to have launched a formal inquiry into the matter.
This article was first published in Russian on 6 June 2025.
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