Polymarket has introduced trading fees, marking a significant shift in its business model as it expands beyond niche prediction markets into more mainstream crypto trading. The platform confirmed that it has begun charging fees on its short-duration cryptocurrency price markets and on its Polymarket US app, which is currently available
Blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps has pushed back against viral claims alleging that a high-profile Polymarket trader had insider ties to a cofounder of World Liberty Financial. The firm said the on-chain logic behind the accusations relies on weak assumptions and misleading analysis. In a Jan. 5 post on X, Bubblemaps
Polymarket and Parcl collaborated to provide a new real estate prediction market product. The alliance will establish markets that function against Parcl’s daily housing price indices, giving traders data-driven metrics for forecasting and to bet on real estate price movements. The partnership, which was first announced on Monday, provides traders
A programmer recently gained $75,000 in profits by using an AI-enabled bot to monitor suspicious trading activity on Polymarket, as per a post by Archive on X. The developer reportedly made a custom monitoring system that studied the prediction market platform for unusual betting patterns, as per the social media
An analyst has claimed that prediction markets such as Polymarket automatically recommend data-rich insiders, due to which most retail traders are exposed to loss, fake volume and behavioural traps. The analyst also alerted that around 99% of retail users on prediction markets may be at risk of losing capital because
A Polymarket trader has generated nearly $1 million in profits through suspiciously accurate bets on Google’s 2025 Year in Search rankings. The wallet address “0xafEe,” previously known as “AlphaRaccoon,” correctly predicted nearly every outcome in Google search trend markets. The trader purchased “Yes” shares on d4vd, a 20-year-old singer given
Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Digital is making tactical changes to the fast-growing prediction markets sector to grab a portion of the $9 billion industry opportunity. The firm, which is primarily into crypto investments, is in talks with the top platforms Polymarket and Kalshi for liquidity provision, thus signaling the arrival of
The outfit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at a NATO meeting has launched a never-before-seen gambling debate on Polymarket. More than $79 million was bet on the crypto-based prediction platform on whether his June 24 ensemble was a formal suit or not. The argument is still controversial, and it leads
Polymarket, a leading decentralized prediction platform, is under fire after an alleged governance attack led to a controversial market resolution. A large UMA token holder (so-called whale) reportedly manipulated the voting process to secure profits. This left many traders questioning the integrity of the system. The dispute centered on a
Thailand’s cybercrime authorities plan to propose banning Polymarket. The decentralized prediction marketplace facilitates betting on global events using cryptocurrencies. Authorities believe this may qualify as illegal online gambling under Thai law. At a press briefing on Tuesday, Thailand’s cybercrime investigation bureau emphasized the urgency of restricting Polymarket. Officials stated the
