Polymarket Goes Down, Trading Functionality Temporarily Paused

BlockBeats News, August 31st: The prediction market platform Polymarket experienced a major outage on August 31st. The official status page shows that the Trading API (CLOB) encountered an "open order read response delay" issue starting around 6:30 UTC, and all trading has been fully suspended.

The website is accessible, and market data can be viewed, but users are unable to place trades. The official statement indicates that they are working on a fix, with the goal of resuming trading by 10:00 UTC at the latest. Before the restoration, a 15-minute order cancellation-only mode will be implemented. Other systems (website, data, authentication, etc.) are operating normally.