Start Trading on Polymarket from India

Polymarket uses USDC (USD Coin) on the Polygon network as its trading currency. Indian users can fund their account via crypto exchanges that support INR deposits and USDC withdrawals — the most common route is CoinDCX or Binance P2P → USDC → Polygon wallet → Polymarket.

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   Create your Polymarket account

   Visit polymarket-in.in and click "Trade on Polymarket". Sign up with your email or connect a Web3 wallet (MetaMask, Coinbase Wallet). Polymarket uses a magic link system — no username/password needed, just email-based authentication. Account creation takes under 60 seconds.

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   Deposit USDC on Polygon network

   Purchase USDC from CoinDCX, WazirX or Binance using INR. Withdraw USDC to the Polygon (MATIC) network — ensure you select Polygon, not Ethereum, to avoid high gas fees. Minimum deposit: $1 USDC. Polygon transactions typically confirm in under 10 seconds.

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   Browse and select a market

   Navigate to the India section or browse by category: Politics, Elections, Cricket, Economy, Crypto. Each market shows current probability (0–100%) and trading volume. Markets with higher volume have more reliable odds. The India Predictions section shows 50+ live markets updated in real time.

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   Place your trade — Yes or No

   Every market has binary outcomes (Yes/No) or multiple options. Click "Buy Yes" if you believe the event will happen, "Buy No" if you don't. Enter USDC amount, confirm the transaction on Polygon. Shares instantly appear in your portfolio. You can sell at any time before resolution to lock in profits or cut losses.

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   Market resolves — collect winnings

   When the event outcome is confirmed by designated data sources, the market resolves automatically via smart contract. Winning shares pay $1 USDC each. Funds land in your Polymarket wallet instantly. Withdraw USDC back to your exchange wallet (CoinDCX) and convert to INR.

Trade Predictions on Your Phone

The Polymarket app is available on iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play) — free, fast, and with full access to all markets including India predictions, live orderbooks, portfolio tracking, and USDC deposits/withdrawals. Indian users can also access Polymarket as a Progressive Web App (PWA) directly from Safari or Chrome by adding it to their home screen — no app store required.

The mobile experience is optimised for prediction market browsing: markets are grouped by category and region, trending markets surface on the home feed, and each market page shows a clean probability chart with historical price movement. Push notifications alert you when markets you hold positions in are approaching resolution.

Shayne Coplan — Polymarket Founder & CEO

Shayne Coplan (born 1998) grew up on the Upper West Side of New York City. He studied computer science at New York University but dropped out before completing his degree to pursue cryptocurrency and prediction market research — a pattern familiar to many Web3 founders. In June 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Coplan spotted an opportunity: the world was speculating intensely about lockdowns, vaccine timelines, and election outcomes. He built the first version of Polymarket's real-time prediction market website from scratch — famously coding parts of it while hiding in a bathroom to avoid distractions.

Under Coplan's leadership, Polymarket raised $70M+ from prominent investors including Polychain Capital, 1confirmation, Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan and Robert Leshner. The platform grew from a niche crypto experiment to the world's largest prediction market, with over $1 billion in total trading volume and a verified 94% prediction accuracy — surpassing traditional pollsters and expert forecasters in nearly every major event.

Coplan views prediction markets as decision-support tools, not gambling platforms. His philosophy emphasises verifiable resolution rules, named data sources, and public documentation — making markets trustworthy enough for institutional use. In 2024, Polymarket attracted major media attention when its markets outperformed every major poll on the US presidential election outcome.