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Polymarket paid influencers to fake huge wins, WSJ reports

Investigation says the crypto prediction platform used paid young creators, replica websites and online commenters to make staged profits look authentic, raising new questions about transparency as competition in prediction markets intensifies

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Polymarket paid influencers to fake huge wins, WSJ reports

Polymarket paid creators filming fake profits on replica sites (140M views, sponsorship undisclosed). Undermines prediction markets' transparency promise—core vs. casinos—as Kalshi leads; signals viral boom was marketing-driven, not organic adoption.

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domenica 21 giugno 2026·theverge.com
That viral clip you saw of someone winning big on Polymarket was probably fake
Polymaket paid people to post videos of them winning $900k, but in reality they would have lost $166k.
domenica 21 giugno 2026·techcrunch.com
Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets | TechCrunch
Many of those videos were reportedly filmed on “near-perfect copies” of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real.

Polymarket paid influencers to fake huge wins, WSJ reports

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Polymarket paid influencers to fake huge wins, WSJ reports

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That viral clip you saw of someone winning big on Polymarket was probably fake

Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets | TechCrunch

Polymarket reportedly paid creators to post deceptive videos about fake bets | TechCrunch

Did Polymarket advertise fake profitable bets?

Polymarket paid creators to stage fake winning bets on dummy sites: WSJ

That viral clip you saw of someone winning big on Polymarket was probably fake

Polymarket: Angeblich seit Monaten irreführende Werbung von Influencern

Polymarket paid creators to stage fake winning bets on dummy sites: WSJ

Polymarket paid influencers to fake huge wins, WSJ reports

Polymarket: Angeblich seit Monaten irreführende Werbung von Influencern

Did Polymarket advertise fake profitable bets?