{"id":3689866,"date":"2026-04-28T19:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/?p=3689866"},"modified":"2026-04-28T19:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:35:49","slug":"polymarket-seeks-end-to-cftc-trading-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pymnts.com\/markets\/2026\/polymarket-seeks-end-to-cftc-trading-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymarket Seeks End to CFTC Trading Ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/\">Polymarket<\/a>\u00a0has approached the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/\">Commodity Futures Trading Commission<\/a>\u00a0(CFTC) to seek an end to the current prohibition that keeps U.S. customers from accessing its prediction market platform, Bloomberg\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-04-28\/polymarket-seeks-cftc-blessing-to-bring-main-exchange-back-to-us\">reported<\/a> Tuesday (April 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