🔬 Science May 17, 2026 · Frank Landymore

If You Used Insider Knowledge to Score Big on Polymarket, You May Now Be in Huge Trouble

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If You Used Insider Knowledge to Score Big on Polymarket, You May Now Be in Huge Trouble
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The spoilsports at the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission no longer want you profiting off of geopolitical turmoil and other grim happenings in the world on Polymarket — or profiting unfairly, at least. The agency’s chairman Michael Selig vowed to crack down on insider trading on the controversial prediction market, which the Trump administration has eagerly embraced.



“We’re going to find them, and we’re going to bring actions,” Selig told Wired in an interv

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