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【U.S. regulator again investigates whether Polymarket violated the 2022 settlement agreement】
According to Reuters, citing people familiar with the matter, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is again investigating whether Polymarket violated the 2022 settlement agreement, focusing on whether it took sufficient measures to prevent U.S. users from accessing its main overseas platform. The agency concluded a similar investigation in 2025 without bringing charges. This review is part of a broader investigation launched earlier this year into CFTC's controls for determining customers' locations and its advertising activities in the United States. One person familiar with the matter said the review focuses on the company's past controls and procedures.Polymarket It is also reviewing customer onboarding procedures and customer protection measures on its U.S. platform. Under the CFTC settlement agreement, 2022 agreed to stop providing services to U.S. users.Polymarket In 2024,CFTC and the U.S. Department of Justice separately launched related investigations, and FBI searched November Shayne Coplan's New York residence that year.CEO In 2025, Coplan announced that both investigations had concluded. Subsequently, the company acquired a July-licensed derivatives exchange and began gradually rolling out its U.S. platform at the end of that year.CFTC Previously stated that it had improved its controls, expressly prohibiting users from using tools such as Polymarket to circumvent geographic restrictions, and had mechanisms to monitor improper conduct and prevent restricted users from accessing the overseas platform. This year,VPN, U.S. prosecutors charged a servicemember with using insider information to place bets on its overseas platform, generating profits of April; the indictment alleged that the person used 400000 USD to circumvent restrictions. The defendant denied the charges, and VPN said at the time that it had referred the matter to the relevant authorities.Polymarket