Polymarket's viral videos showed people winning big, but the bets were fake
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According to the Wall Street Journal, viral videos showcasing winning trades on Polymarket were faked. The bets were placed on a cloned version of the prediction market, and they would have actually lost money. The discovery reveals how fraudulent success stories are used to market cryptocurrency trading platforms to potential users.
Source: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/polymarkets-v...
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