The US Government Launched 3 Previously Unreported Investigations of Polymarket Trades

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has launched three previously unreported investigations into trades on Polymarket, a prediction market platform, related to potential insider trading cases including a Biden pardon and a potential Iran war. The documents obtained by WIRED reveal the investigations, which also involve an alleged case of insider trading at Google. The CFTC is responsible for overseeing prediction markets.