Crypto.com is one of six operators with its own CFTC exchange licences, completed in September 2025, and it sells event contracts on sports, crypto, politics and news inside its main app, funded directly from your crypto holdings. Two things set it apart, and neither is good: fees are built into the price rather than itemised, so you can't see what you're paying, and the excluded-state list is the longest of any major platform, eleven states including New York. It also runs OG.com, a separate social-style prediction platform launched in February 2026.
How it's built
Crypto.com's US derivatives business (built on its 2022 purchase of a regulated US exchange) holds the registrations needed to list and clear event contracts. That makes it an exchange operator in its own right, like Kalshi, not a broker. Its own markets are shown inside the Crypto.com app; OG.com is a second front end on the same licences, launched February 2026 with chat, leaderboards and combos up to 8 legs.
Markets
Sports, crypto price contracts (its natural strength), politics and news. Depth is reasonable on crypto and headline sports; politics is far shallower than Polymarket.
Fees
Not itemised. Crypto.com says fees are built into pricing. In practice that means the spread between Yes and No is where the cost lives, and the only way to measure it is to compare the same market side by side with Kalshi or Polymarket. We prefer the platforms that publish a formula; see Kalshi's and Polymarket's. OG.com, by contrast, states 2¢ per $1 on open and 2¢ per contract on early exit.
Availability
As of October 2026 the app excludes Arkansas, Arizona, Connecticut, Illinois, Louisiana, Ohio, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Nevada and New York. Some of those are states with active enforcement; others, like New York, are Crypto.com's own risk call. OG.com's list is shorter (not Arizona; sports restricted in several states).
Funding
From your Crypto.com balance, in any of 400+ supported coins. If your money already lives there, that's frictionless; if it doesn't, it's a reason to use a dollar-based platform instead.
Who it's for
Crypto.com users who want to trade events, especially crypto price events, without moving funds. Anyone comparing on cost should pick a platform that publishes one.
Licensing and state list per SI (Oct 11, 2026) and Legal Sports Report (Oct 14, 2026); Supreme Court petition per OddsShopper (Oct 15, 2026).