Polymarket financing attracts attention, USDC becomes the invisible winner in the prediction market.

According to a research report released by a trading platform on Friday, as the prediction market platform Polymarket seeks to raise $1 billion in a valuation led by a venture capital fund, the stablecoin (especially USDC) behind its settlement infrastructure is becoming the "invisible winner."

The report points out that all transactions on the Polymarket platform are settled in Circle's USDC on the Polygon chain, creating significant demand for this dollar-pegged stablecoin. Unlike lending protocols that lock up funds, prediction markets like Polymarket rapidly circulate capital, continuously settling, redeploying, and transferring balances, which fully demonstrates how stablecoins drive the operation of real-time market infrastructure.

Polymarket has processed over $14 billion in transaction volume to date. In May 2025 alone, its transaction volume reached $1 billion, with daily active traders averaging between 20,000 to 30,000. The report also mentioned that after the U.S. presidential election in November 2024, the platform's monthly transaction volume surged to $2.5 billion, which also triggered a corresponding spike in USDC transfers and cross-chain bridge activities.