Fireplace.gg is shutting down. The professional Polymarket trading terminal announced its closure on August 10, 2026: trading stopped on August 15, and the platform disappears entirely on September 30 at 23:59 UTC. If you're a Fireplace user trying to figure out where to go next, the short answer is FrenFlow — a non-custodial platform that replaces the parts of Fireplace people actually relied on (whale tracking, a verified leaderboard, copy trading, a Telegram bot) without the custodial wallet model that turned Fireplace's shutdown into a scramble in the first place.

This guide covers what happened to Fireplace, what you need to do with your account before the deadline, and how the strongest alternative compares feature by feature.

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Table of Contents

• What Happened to Fireplace.gg
• What You Need to Do Before September 30
• What Fireplace.gg Actually Offered
• Fireplace.gg vs Raw Polymarket vs FrenFlow
• Why FrenFlow Is the Closest Match — And Where It Isn't
• How to Move From Fireplace.gg to FrenFlow
• FAQ

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What Happened to Fireplace.gg

Fireplace launched publicly on January 27, 2026, as a professional trading terminal layered on top of Polymarket and, for order routing, Kalshi — pitched as the "Bloomberg Terminal" prediction markets had never had. Enclave HK Limited operated it, and the company had raised $1.5 million in a pre-seed round in February 2026, led by Frachtis with participation from White Star Capital (CoinCodeCap).

On August 10, 2026, Fireplace announced it was closing. The company gave no public reason for the decision (CryptoBriefing). Trading stopped five days later, on August 15. The hard deadline for users to act is September 30 at 23:59 UTC — after that, the platform and its data are gone.

The timing lines up with a broader consolidation across prediction markets in 2026. Kalshi and Polymarket together captured 93.3% of the roughly $14.87 billion traded across 40 tracked prediction-market venues in the 30 days before the shutdown — Kalshi alone accounted for 75.7% (CryptoNews). Fireplace shut down less than seven months after launch, "195 days and done," as one outlet tallied it (CryptoPotato). Being a well-built terminal on top of Polymarket wasn't enough once volume concentrated this hard in the two largest venues — Fireplace's closure was one of at least two prediction-market-adjacent platforms that wound down in the same window.

What You Need to Do Before September 30

If you still have funds or open positions on Fireplace, act now — not the last week of September:

• Close positions manually if you want to exit before resolution, or let them ride to settlement if you'd rather hold.
• Withdraw your cash balance to a wallet you control.
• Export your account data and trade history for your own records before the platform goes dark.
• Or use Fireplace's built-in one-step migration, which moves both positions and cash directly to a Polymarket wallet. Because Fireplace was already routing trades onto Polymarket's on-chain infrastructure, this isn't a bridge transfer — it's closer to switching a routing preference (CryptoBriefing).

Fireplace has stated no automatic liquidations will occur before the deadline, but nothing obligates a company that's already shutting down to keep every system running smoothly for six more weeks.

One important detail: Fireplace held custody of user funds through Enclave Money's infrastructure rather than a self-custody wallet, and its own terms of service reportedly capped the company's aggregate liability to users at just $1,000 (CoinCodeCap). That means you can't just "connect" your Fireplace account somewhere else — you have to go through Fireplace's own withdrawal or migration flow first, because the funds were never fully in your control to begin with.

What Fireplace.gg Actually Offered

Before comparing alternatives, it's worth being specific about what people are actually going to miss. Fireplace wasn't a gimmick — it built real tooling that Polymarket's native interface still doesn't have:

• Cross-venue order routing, aggregating Polymarket and Kalshi liquidity into a single dashboard.
• Real-time charting and price history for prediction market contracts.
• Whale and insider wallet tracking, surfacing large position moves and notable wallets.
• A social feed where news headlines doubled as one-tap markets, with friends' trades and comments visible in real time.
• A leaderboard ranked by real, on-chain PnL rather than self-reported returns.
• Native Telegram access for alerts and quick market info.
• Multi-chain deposits across Polygon, Solana, BTC, and 10+ EVM chains.

That's a genuine feature set, and it's why active traders used Fireplace instead of trading Polymarket directly. Migrating your positions to a bare Polymarket wallet gets your money back — it doesn't get any of that tooling back.

Fireplace.gg vs Raw Polymarket vs FrenFlow

Why FrenFlow Is the Closest Match — And Where It Isn't

Custody: the risk that just materialized

Fireplace held your funds through Enclave Money's custodial infrastructure, with a reported $1,000 aggregate liability cap in its own terms of service. That's the exact structural risk that just played out: a company you didn't control decided to shut down with six weeks' notice, and users had to scramble to get their money out before a hard deadline. FrenFlow is non-custodial — trades settle in your own wallet, and there's no company-held balance that can disappear because a startup ran out of runway or pivoted.

Whale and insider tracking

This is likely the feature Fireplace users will miss most, and it maps directly: FrenFlow's wallet tracker lets you follow any address's on-chain activity, the same way Fireplace surfaced notable wallets — except every figure traces back to Polygon transactions you can independently verify, rather than a proprietary insider score you have to take on faith.

Copy trading

Fireplace's version lived inside its social feed — you could copy, reply to, or follow a friend's move as part of the scroll. FrenFlow runs a dedicated automated copy-trading engine with fixed or percentage-of-balance sizing, five distinct sell modes, entry filtering, and hard risk limits (max stake per trade, max daily volume, auto-pause on drawdown). It's built for people actually allocating capital to mirror a trader, not just reacting to what shows up in a feed.

Leaderboard

Both platforms rank traders by real PnL instead of self-reported returns. FrenFlow's leaderboard is sortable by PnL, win rate, and follower count, and every number derives from on-chain Polygon data — you can check any trader, like @swisstony, against Polygonscan yourself.

Telegram

Fireplace treated Telegram as an alerts channel. FrenFlow's Telegram bot is a full trading surface: follow traders, check open positions, adjust copy settings, and receive trade notifications, synced in real time with the web app. There's no separate account to manage between the two.

Where FrenFlow doesn't replace Fireplace 1:1

Fireplace's core pitch was smart order routing — splitting liquidity across Kalshi and Polymarket to chase the best fill on the same trade. FrenFlow doesn't do cross-venue best-price routing on identical markets. Instead, it gives you one non-custodial interface across four distinct venues — Polymarket, Kalshi, Predict.fun, and Hyperliquid HIP-4 — each with its own separate markets and liquidity, rather than merging them into a single order book. If cross-venue order routing on identical markets was specifically what you used Fireplace for, that use case doesn't have a direct replacement yet. For everything else — tracking wallets, following traders, trading from your phone — the overlap is close.

How to Move From Fireplace.gg to FrenFlow

1. Withdraw or migrate on Fireplace first: Log into Fireplace before September 30, 23:59 UTC, and either withdraw your cash balance, close your positions, or use its one-step migration to send everything to a Polymarket wallet you control. Fireplace is custodial, so this step is mandatory — there's no way to move funds out except through its own flow.
2. Confirm the funds landed in a wallet you actually control: If you migrated to Polymarket, check the destination address on Polygonscan and confirm you hold the private key, or that it's in a self-custody wallet — not another custodial account.
3. Create a FrenFlow account: Sign up at frenflow.com with email, Google, Twitter, Telegram, or an external wallet, or open @FrenFlowBot on Telegram and send /start.
4. Fund your FrenFlow wallet: Send USDC to your new self-custody deposit address, or bring over whatever landed in your Polymarket wallet in step 1.
5. Rebuild your watchlist: Use the traders leaderboard to find the wallets you were tracking or copying on Fireplace — search by address if you know the trader's wallet, or browse by PnL and category if you don't.
6. Set up wallet tracking and copy trading: Follow the wallets you want to monitor, and configure copy trading — sizing, sell mode, risk limits — for any trader you want to mirror automatically.
7. Link Telegram for mobile alerts: Connect your Telegram account for real-time trade notifications and quick position management, synced with your web settings — the closest thing to Fireplace's alert channel.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Fireplace.gg really shutting down?

Yes. Fireplace announced its closure on August 10, 2026. Trading stopped on August 15, and the platform shuts down completely on September 30 at 23:59 UTC. The company has not disclosed a specific reason for the decision.

What happens to my money on Fireplace.gg?

You need to act before September 30, 23:59 UTC. Fireplace says no automatic liquidations will occur, and you can manually close positions, withdraw your cash balance, export your account data, or use the platform's one-step migration to move positions and cash directly to a Polymarket wallet.

Why did Fireplace.gg shut down?

Fireplace gave no official reason. The shutdown coincides with heavy consolidation in prediction markets — Kalshi and Polymarket together account for over 93% of trading volume across dozens of tracked venues — and at least one other prediction-market-adjacent platform wound down in the same window.

Is FrenFlow the same as Fireplace.gg?

Not exactly. Both surface whale activity, rank traders by verified on-chain PnL, and offer Telegram access. The key differences: FrenFlow is non-custodial (Fireplace held user funds through Enclave Money), and FrenFlow runs a dedicated automated copy-trading engine rather than social copy-and-follow inside a feed. FrenFlow also doesn't replicate Fireplace's cross-venue order routing on identical markets.

Is FrenFlow custodial like Fireplace.gg was?

No. FrenFlow never holds your funds. You keep custody of your own wallet, and FrenFlow only executes trades you've specifically authorized. See is FrenFlow safe for the full breakdown of custody and risk.

Can I track the same wallets on FrenFlow that I tracked on Fireplace?

Yes, as long as you know the wallet address. FrenFlow's wallet tracker works on any Polygon address active on Polymarket, and the traders leaderboard surfaces active traders by verified on-chain PnL if you don't already know who you were following.

Does FrenFlow support Kalshi like Fireplace did?

Yes. FrenFlow supports Kalshi alongside Polymarket, Predict.fun, and Hyperliquid HIP-4 from one non-custodial interface — though unlike Fireplace, it doesn't route a single order across venues for the best price. Each venue's markets are traded separately.

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Fireplace proved that a well-built terminal isn't worth much if the company behind it disappears seven months after launch. Set up your FrenFlow account, rebuild your wallet tracking and copy trading, and keep custody of your funds this time.

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Last updated: August 14, 2026

Disclaimer: Trading on prediction markets involves substantial risk of loss. This article is for informational purposes only and should not be considered financial, investment, or legal advice. Fireplace.gg shutdown details are based on public reporting as of the publish date and may change — always confirm current deadlines directly with Fireplace before taking action. Always conduct your own research before making trading or account decisions.