Polymarket to launch tiered fee rebate program with 50% taker refund
Polymarket will introduce a fee rebate program next week, according to Mustafa, an official from the crypto-native prediction market platform. The Taker Fee Rebate Program offers up to 50% refund on taker fees, with users required to hit $2,000 in trading volume to qualify. A $10 million volume threshold unlocks the top tier of rebates. Full program details were not disclosed in the initial announcement, though the program structure suggests a tiered incentive designed to retain active traders and increase market depth. The launch comes as Polymarket competes directly with regulated onshore rivals for institutional and retail flow.
Polymarket must now recapture volume from Kalshi after its eight-month growth streak ended six days ago. The rebate tiers — with $2,000 minimum and $10 million top threshold — are calibrated to lock in high-frequency traders before Kalshi closes its $1 billion Series F fundraising window.
Polymarket's Nasdaq data partnership has now yielded three rapid-response product launches against Kalshi — OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceX valuation contracts — converting the data edge into a direct liquidity competition playbook.