Polymarket has acquired Brahma in a move to beef up the trading infrastructure behind its prediction markets.
The prediction-market operator announced Wednesday that it has bought Brahma, a financial-infrastructure firm known for building real-time execution and settlement systems for high-volume digital-asset and fintech transactions. Polymarket said Brahma “quickly became an industry leader in building and developing programmable systems across blockchain systems, trading execution, and payments.”
“Building reliable infrastructure across blockchain networks and traditional financial rails is hard — there are no shortcuts,” Polymarket founder and CEO Shayne Coplan said in the release. “The Brahma team has shown they can design, operate, and scale complex products for sophisticated users. As Polymarket grows, we’re intentionally adding teams that have already solved difficult problems and can execute at a very high level.”
The terms of the deal were not disclosed, a Polymarket spokesperson told CoinDesk.
What Brahma brings
Brahma’s technology and team will be integrated into Polymarket to expand the platform’s infrastructure and product suite — with an apparent emphasis on improving execution, settlement and scalability across blockchain networks and traditional rails. Brahma says it has processed more than $1 billion in transaction volume and held over $100 million in total value locked.
In a post on X, the Brahma team framed the transaction as a continuation of its mission: “With this acquisition, our team and our technology live on, to help scale Polymarket and its ecosystem. Our mission to build at the core of crypto continues.”
Product wind-down and user guidance
Brahma also confirmed it will phase out all of its standalone products — including Brahma Accounts, Agents and Swype.fun — within 30 days. Users were instructed to migrate funds and positions via Brahma’s website and community channels.
Sector context
Prediction markets let users trade contracts tied to real-world events — from sports to politics — buying and selling based on expected outcomes. The sector has expanded rapidly, attracting entrants and attention from mainstream players including Coinbase and Robinhood.
Polymarket has also been linked to potential fundraising discussions this month that, if they materialize, could push a notional 2025 valuation toward $20 billion. Those talks remain early and may not result in completed investments.
Why it matters
For Polymarket, the acquisition is a strategic bet on owning more of the low-latency, high-throughput plumbing needed as prediction markets scale. For Brahma users, the deal offers continuity of team and tech — but also a narrow window to move assets as the standalone products are retired.
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