The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is investigating whether Polymarket violated a 2022 settlement meant to bar U.S. users from its offshore platform, according to a person familiar with the matter. The probe is part of a broader investigation opened earlier this year, which followed a Wall Street Journal report that Polymarket paid content creators to post videos of simulated trades and fabricated wins. The CFTC is examining the platform's location-detection controls, its U.S. advertising, and the onboarding and protection measures of its U.S. platform, launched in late December. In 2022, Polymarket paid a $1.4 million civil penalty and stopped serving U.S. users, while earlier probes were closed in July 2025. Polymarket declined to comment, and the CFTC did not respond to a request for comment.
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