Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (NYSE: Ice) today announced a strategic investment in Polymarket, the forecast market and the information monitoring platform in all markets, politics, sports and culture.
Under the terms of the agreement, ICE will invest up to $ 2 billion in prix, reflecting the valuation of about 8 billion dollars before investment.
Along with its investment, ICE will become a global distributor of data based on Polymarket events, providing customers indicators of emotions in terms of market relevance. In addition, Ice and Polymarket have also agreed to work together for future Tokenization initiatives.
“Our investment combines ICE, the owner of the New York Stock Exchange, founded in 1792, with an innovative change in the company, Jeffrey C. Sprecher, president and CEO of Ice. Product, in the use and distribution of building.
“Our cooperation with Ice marks an important step in attracting forecast markets to financial mainstream,” said Shayne Coplan, founder and chief executive of Polymarket. “Together, we extend the way individuals and institutions use chances to understand and honor the future. Cooperation between established market leaders and pioneering next generation.
Polymarket allows users to express their views on events by purchasing and selling shares of potential results, with any commercially matched peer-to-peer through smart contracts. Purchases increase in size and scale based on the number of participating users. Founded by Shayne Coplan in 2020, Polymarket has gained dynamics from users interested in worldwide expressing their views on current events, politics, business movements, culture and sports. The platform has gained promotion for the accuracy of its purchases and is now the official partner of the X and StockTwits market market, among others.
Investment thinking will be in cash and is not expected to have a substantial impact on the financial results of ICE 2025 or the expected refund plans. Ice will further discuss its strategic investment in Polymarket to call the third quarter profits scheduled for October 30, 2025.