OG Markets
Crypto.com's US prediction-market brand for CFTC-regulated event contracts
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5
- Type
- Fiat (cash), Crypto
- KYC
- Full KYC
- US access
- Yes
- Markets
- Sports, Politics
- Fees
- Per-contract fees on CFTC-regulated event contracts
- Minimum deposit
- None
- Payout
- Fast (to Crypto.com balance)
- Payment methods
- USD, Bank transfer, Crypto
- Mobile app
- Yes
- Regions
- US
- Regulation
- CFTC-regulated event contracts via Crypto.com Derivatives North America.
About OG Markets
OG carries Crypto.com's name into prediction markets, running as a standalone US platform backed by the larger Crypto.com exchange group rather than as an independent startup with no institutional backing behind it. Its contracts are CFTC-regulated, offered through Crypto.com Derivatives North America, and cover a narrower slate than several rivals: just sports outrights and political control, without the economics or crypto categories some competitors also list alongside those two. That narrower focus looks deliberate rather than incidental, a smaller, more contained product than the broader multi-category books offered elsewhere, and one that leans on the parent company's name for credibility rather than on sheer breadth.
Trading requires full identity verification and settles in US dollars, funded through bank transfer or crypto, and there is no minimum deposit required to open an account. A per-contract trading fee applies, and winnings pay out fairly quickly to a Crypto.com balance rather than instantly on-chain, which is the expected shape for a regulated, dollar-denominated US platform rather than a crypto-native one. The whole experience is built to feel like an extension of the Crypto.com account a user may already have, rather than a separate relationship entirely, which is presumably the point for the parent company.
There is no dedicated app for OG specifically, so it runs through the browser or the wider Crypto.com ecosystem instead. The main draw is really the backing rather than the breadth: a regulated, CFTC-supervised venue with a large, established exchange group behind it, even if the category coverage is meaningfully narrower than platforms like Kalshi or Polymarket that cover economics and crypto as well as sports and politics. A trader who only cares about sports outrights and political control may not miss the extra categories at all, while someone wanting crypto or macro contracts in the same account will need to look at a broader platform.