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Polymarket has integrated directly into Bitget Wallet's native interface, the two companies announced Tuesday, giving the prediction market's users a single-app path to place trades without managing a separate wallet setup. The deal brings Polymarket's global markets in front of Bitget Wallet's reported 90 million users, though the effective reach will be constrained by Polymarket's existing restrictions across more than 33 countries.

The integration is made possible by Polymarket's CTF Exchange V2 upgrade, rolled out in early April 2026. The previous version of the exchange relied on ECDSA signatures, a standard that only works with traditional private-key wallets and is incompatible with smart contract wallets like Bitget Wallet. The upgrade introduced EIP-1271 support, a protocol that lets smart contracts validate signatures on behalf of a wallet. In plain terms: before this fix, Bitget Wallet users simply could not connect to Polymarket in any meaningful way. Now they can, without leaving the app.

The same infrastructure upgrade also introduced Polymarket USD (PUSD), a new 1:1 USDC-backed collateral token that replaces the older bridged USDC.e. The switch reduces exposure to bridge-related counterparty risk. Polymarket runs on Polygon and settles trades in USDC, and Bitget Wallet already processes USDC withdrawals over Polygon in roughly two minutes, according to Bitget, making the funding flow relatively seamless for users already holding stablecoins.

"Bitget Wallet provides a powerful entry point for a global user base," Polymarket's chief marketing officer said in comments reported by The Block. The framing reflects a deliberate focus on high-growth markets outside the United States. In the third quarter of 2024, the wallet recorded 468% user growth in Nigeria, 413% across Africa broadly, 286% in France, and 191% in India. The platform hit 40 million users in October 2024 and more than doubled that figure by early 2026.

Polymarket's own numbers give the deal added weight. According to TRM Labs data, monthly trading volume on the platform exceeded $20 billion in January 2026, up from under $1 billion in early 2025. Monthly active wallets reached approximately 840,000 in February 2026, nearly triple the figure from six months earlier. Average daily trades per user climbed to 25 from just 3 to 5 in mid-2025, suggesting the user base has shifted toward active, portfolio-style engagement. The platform's largest single market by volume in February 2026 was a set of Iran strike scenarios that drew $252.7 million across 45,638 wallets.

The Access Question Is More Complicated Than the Headline Number

The "90 million users" figure that anchors the announcement represents a ceiling, not a guarantee. Polymarket enforces geofencing and IP-level restrictions across a substantial portion of the markets where Bitget Wallet has grown fastest.

India presents the clearest tension. Bitget Wallet's 191% India growth during Q3 2024 signals genuine demand, but India's Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, passed in August 2025, classifies prediction markets as illegal online money games. The law has not yet been formally notified, meaning it is not technically in force, and it faces a pending constitutional challenge before the Supreme Court. In practice, however, payment processors and banks have already cut off access preemptively, so Indian users accessing Polymarket via Bitget Wallet would still face friction when trying to convert local currency into USDC. Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka are listed as restricted jurisdictions by Polymarket outright. Singapore added Polymarket to its Gambling Regulatory Authority blacklist in January 2025.

Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa each have growing crypto communities and are identified as Bitget Wallet expansion targets, though specific Polymarket restriction data for those countries is not publicly confirmed. The regulatory picture across the broader African continent remains uneven, and the situation in each market warrants monitoring as the integration matures.

West Africa is a more constructive near-term story. Nigeria operates in a regulatory grey zone for prediction markets. The country's Securities and Exchange Commission is still developing a digital asset framework, and no specific ruling on prediction markets has been issued. Local appetite is visible. South African crypto exchange Luno launched a crypto price prediction product in Nigeria in early 2026, paying winners in USDC. Ayotunde Alabi, CEO of Luno Nigeria, has spoken directly to that demand: "Many users already follow charts and news closely, forming strong views on where prices are headed," he told WeeTracker in March 2026. Startup Bayse Markets operates a Polymarket-style interface targeting Nigerian users. The naira has lost roughly 70% of its value against the dollar since May 2023, and stablecoin adoption has accelerated in response. For Nigerian users already holding USDC, the Bitget Wallet integration reduces friction without changing the underlying legal picture.

What Comes Next

Polymarket is valued at over $20 billion (its reported company valuation) and registered with the CFTC in July 2025 after shutting down U.S. operations in 2022 following an earlier regulatory settlement. The April infrastructure overhaul positions it to pursue wallet-level distribution as a formal growth channel. Because CTF Exchange V2 also supports EIP-6963, other smart contract wallets including OKX Wallet, Safe, and Coinbase Smart Wallet are now technically capable of building similar integrations. Polymarket's CMO has confirmed a POLY governance token is in development, though no launch timeline has been announced.

Data sourced from TRM Labs, CoinDesk, GlobeNewsWire, The Block, and Bitcoin.com News. Regulatory analysis based on CryptoTimes, Webopedia, and Gambling Insider reporting as of April 2026. The two-minute USDC withdrawal figure is sourced from Bitget Academy, a company-owned publication.