{"id":26946,"date":"2026-04-28T14:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/polymarket-rolls-out-clob-v2-with-1m-liquidity-rewards-to-harden-prediction-markets\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:36:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:36:05","slug":"polymarket-rolls-out-clob-v2-with-1m-liquidity-rewards-to-harden-prediction-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitunikey.com\/news\/polymarket-rolls-out-clob-v2-with-1m-liquidity-rewards-to-harden-prediction-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymarket rolls out CLOB v2 with $1M liquidity rewards to harden prediction markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-detail__content blocks\">\n<p class=\"is-style-lead\">Polymarket\u2019s CLOB v2 upgrade ships new exchange contracts, pUSD collateral, and $1M in liquidity rewards to deepen books and court professional market makers.<\/p>\n<div id=\"cn-block-summary-block_37bcafcff1b3eb2d3cc6780550d3ca7c\" class=\"cn-block-summary\">\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__nav tabs\">\n        <span class=\"tabs__item is-selected\">Summary<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"cn-block-summary__content\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Polymarket\u2019s Central Limit Order Book (CLOB) v2 went live today, alongside a $1 million liquidity rewards program designed to attract professional market makers and deepen books.<\/li>\n<li>The upgrade swaps in new exchange contracts, a rewritten matching engine, and a new collateral token, Polymarket USD (pUSD), as the platform chases institutional\u2011grade performance on what it calls \u201cThe World\u2019s Largest Prediction Market.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>With recent fee changes already driving about $1 million in daily revenue on roughly $9.55 billion in 30\u2011day volume, the new incentives are aimed at scaling liquidity and tightening spreads across hundreds of event markets.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .cn-block-summary --><\/p>\n<p>Polymarket\u2019s CLOB v2 upgrade went live on April 28 at around 11:00 UTC, after a brief maintenance window that cleared existing order books and cut over traffic to a rebuilt exchange stack.<br \/>According to the project\u2019s changelog, the coordinated release introduces \u201cnew Exchange contracts, a rewritten CLOB backend, and a new collateral token (Polymarket USD, or pUSD),\u201d with no backward compatibility for legacy integrations.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CLOB v2 goes live with fresh contracts and collateral<\/h2>\n<p>The platform\u2019s documentation <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Polymarket\/status\/2049102859971563896?s=20\">describes<\/a> Polymarket\u2019s CLOB as a \u201chybrid\u2011decentralized trading system \u2014 offchain order matching with onchain settlement via the Exchange,\u201d now upgraded to CTF Exchange V2 and Neg Risk CTF Exchange V2 for improved speed and scale.<br \/>Developers are required to migrate to the new\u00a0<code>@polymarket\/clob-client-v2<\/code>\u00a0or\u00a0<code>py-clob-client-v2<\/code>\u00a0SDKs, with LinkedIn engineering notes warning that \u201cno update means no execution\u201d for bots and API integrations after the cutover.<\/p>\n<p>The upgrade also adds support for 1271 signatures and on\u2011chain attribution codes for builders, making it easier for institutional players and front\u2011ends to route orders, track flow, and share in fee revenue.<br \/>In an earlier summary on X, community contributor Vihan Singh wrote that the team is \u201cupgrading the entire Polymarket exchange stack\u2026 new contracts. New order book. New collateral token,\u201d and urged traders to update SDKs before the migration.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/vihan13singh\/status\/2048491630089687477\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"1m-liquidity-rewards-aim-at-market-makers\">$1M liquidity rewards aim at market makers<\/h2>\n<p>Alongside CLOB v2, Polymarket announced a $1 million liquidity rewards program meant to draw in market makers and deepen order books across its finance, politics, and culture markets.<br \/>The incentives build on a fee overhaul that, according to analyst estimates cited by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/phemex.com\/news\/article\/polymarket-projects-1m-daily-revenue-with-new-fee-structure-68935\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Phemex<\/a>, is expected to generate \u201capproximately $800,000 to $1 million daily\u201d on current volumes while funding a Maker Rebates Program that pays USDC rebates to liquidity providers.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p>\n<p>On\u2011chain data referenced by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kucoin.com\/news\/flash\/polymarket-to-earn-1m-daily-after-fee-structure-update-on-march-30-2026\">KuCoin<\/a>\u00a0shows roughly $9.55 billion in 30\u2011day trading volume, implying about $25 million in monthly fee revenue, or an annualized run\u2011rate near $300 million.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kucoin.com\/news\/flash\/polymarket-to-earn-1m-daily-after-fee-structure-update-on-march-30-2026\"><\/a><br \/>Polymarket\u2019s own markets page now promotes hundreds of live \u201cRewards 100, 4.5, 100\u201d markets with the tagline \u201cThe World\u2019s Largest Prediction Market,\u201d underscoring its ambition to be the default venue for event\u2011driven flow.<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/predictions\/rewards-100-4pt5-100\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With CLOB v2, pUSD collateral, and a seven\u2011figure liquidity pool aimed squarely at market makers, the platform is pushing closer to institutional\u2011grade microstructure at the very moment prediction markets are drawing scrutiny from U.S. regulators and a rush of new retail users.<\/p>\n<p>    <!-- .cn-block-related-link --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polymarket\u2019s CLOB v2 upgrade ships new exchange contracts, pUSD collateral, and $1M in liquidity rewards to deepen books and court professional market makers. 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