Polymarket and Chainlink Forge Game-Changing Partnership to Revolutionize Prediction Markets
Prediction markets just got a major credibility upgrade—and traditional finance won't know what hit them.
Polymarket teams up with Chainlink to bring bulletproof data to speculative trading
The collaboration integrates Chainlink's decentralized oracle network directly into Polymarket's platform, replacing questionable data sources with cryptographically verified real-world information. No more guessing games about data integrity—every price feed, outcome resolution, and market settlement now runs through tamper-proof infrastructure.
Traders get instant settlement, institutional-grade data feeds, and markets that actually reflect reality rather than speculative fiction. The upgrade slashes manipulation risks that have long plagued prediction markets while maintaining the platform's signature frictionless trading experience.
Chainlink's oracles act as unbiased truth machines—pulling data from multiple independent sources, aggregating it through consensus mechanisms, and delivering it on-chain without human intervention. Polymarket's users can finally trust that market resolutions match real-world outcomes, whether predicting election results or sporting events.
This isn't just a technical upgrade—it's a direct challenge to traditional prediction markets that still rely on centralized data providers and opaque resolution mechanisms. While Wall Street spends millions on compliance and still gets forecasts wrong, decentralized protocols are building truth machines that can't be bribed or manipulated.
Because nothing terrifies traditional finance more than transparent, accurate price discovery that bypasses their gatekeepers—especially when it works better than their own systems.
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Polymarket is an American cryptocurrency-based prediction market, headquartered in Manhattan, New York City. Established in 2020, the platform previously faced hurdles in operating its prediction platform in the US. However, the CFTC’s recent green light is a long-awaited one for Polymarket to continue its huge growth over the last few years. Now, its integration with Chainlink will further stamp its footprint in the US crypto prediction market.
Indeed, thethe Polymarket crypto prediction platform to operate its market prediction platform in the US. The partnership with Chainlink is a new move that could further solidify Polymarket in the US as a trusted prediction platform, with it already being popular for its predictions of other notable events. According to Polymarket, its integration of Chainlink is already live on Polygon mainnet, enabling the creation of secure, real-time prediction markets around asset pricing, including hundreds of live crypto trading pairs.
Furthermore, Polymarket and Chainlink are also exploring methodologies to expand the use of Chainlink to settle prediction markets involving more subjective questions, thereby reducing reliance on social voting mechanisms and further minimizing resolution risk. Beyond pricing predictions, Polymarket and Chainlink are exploring how to apply oracle networks to more subjective questions, which have typically relied on social voting mechanisms. The companies say expanding to these markets could further minimize bias and strengthen resolution integrity. Polymarket has yet to comment on the market price prediction partnership.
The native Chainlink LINK cryptocurrency is up 3.4% on Friday following the Polymarket announcement, continuing a nearly 10% weeklong gain streak.
