Polymarket Insider Trading Scandal: Bettors Exploit Prediction Market Designed to Prevent Fraud

A significant incident of potential insider trading has been reported on Polymarket, a blockchain-based prediction market platform. Ironically, the platform featured a specific market event created to identify and catch insider traders. Data analysis reveals that certain bettors placed large, well-timed wagers on the outcome of this "insider catching" market just before the resolution was publicly announced, yielding substantial profits. This event raises serious questions about the integrity and security mechanisms of decentralized prediction markets. The exploit highlights the ongoing challenges in preventing information asymmetry and market manipulation, even in systems designed to be transparent and trustless. Regulatory scrutiny around such platforms is likely to intensify following this revelation. [news_title_rus=Скандал с инсайдерской торговлей на Polymarket: Ставщики использовали рынок, созданный для поимки мошенников