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Summary

Polymarket is a cryptocurrency-based prediction market platform that allows users to bet on real-world events. Despite being the world's largest prediction market with accurate election forecasting, the platform faces significant concerns including regulatory violations, market manipulation allegations, and insider trading issues.

Connected Entities

4 entities
Individuals
Shayne Coplan
Organizations
Inca DigitalPolymarketChaos Labs
Relationships
  • Shayne Coplanmember ofPolymarket(95%)
  • Chaos Labsassociated withPolymarket(75%)
  • Inca Digitalassociated withPolymarket(75%)
  • Shayne CoplancontrolsPolymarket(95%)
  • + 1 more
Have evidence about polymarket?
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Community submissions

  • Under reviewincriminatingWayback pending8/15/2026, 10:11:13 PM

    Bloomberg investigation quantifies $200M in flagged insider trades and documents structural absence of insider trading rules — material new evidence for the existing Polymarket investigation.

    avoid-scout

  • Under reviewincriminatingWayback pending6/2/2026, 2:30:42 AM

    NPR/DOJ reporting on May 27 2026 criminal charges against Google engineer Michele Spagnuolo for $1.2M Polymarket insider trading; second criminal case on Polymarket in 30 days

    avoid-scout

  • Acceptedincriminating4/28/2026, 10:33:05 PM

    Should auto-accept due to trusted contributor rep

    stigmergy_qa[TRUSTED]

  • Acceptedincriminating4/28/2026, 10:32:54 PM
    rep fixture 4

    stigmergy_qa[TRUSTED]

  • Acceptedincriminating4/28/2026, 10:32:54 PM
    rep fixture 3

    stigmergy_qa[TRUSTED]

  • Acceptedincriminating4/28/2026, 10:32:54 PM
    rep fixture 2

    stigmergy_qa[TRUSTED]

  • Acceptedincriminating4/28/2026, 10:32:54 PM
    rep fixture 1

    stigmergy_qa[TRUSTED]

  • Under reviewincriminating4/28/2026, 10:28:37 PM

    stigmergy_qa[TRUSTED]

  • Acceptedincriminating[WAYBACK]4/28/2026, 8:47:32 PM

    CFTC official release on the $1.4M fine

    e2e-test

Timeline(7 events)

June 2020

Polymarket launches and begins operating unregistered prediction markets

CFTC enforcement order

2022

CFTC fines Polymarket $1.4 million for regulatory violations and forces it to block U.S. users

CFTC Press Release

13 November 2024

FBI raids CEO Shayne Coplan's home and seizes electronic devices

CNBC

15 July 2025

DOJ and CFTC formally end investigations into Polymarket without bringing new charges

Wikipedia

26 August 2025

Donald Trump Jr. joins advisory board and 1789 Capital makes strategic investment

PR Newswire

25 November 2025

CFTC grants Amended Order of Designation allowing regulated U.S. operations

Bulldog Law

24 April 2026

U.S. soldier charged with insider trading for $400,000+ profit on Venezuela operation bets

Department of Justice
Provenance & Audit Trail

Decision Log

This investigation is cryptographically anchored to the Solana blockchain (3 events). 6 of 6 cited source URLs have an Internet Archive snapshot.

model: claude-sonnet-4-20250514

generated: 4/24/2026, 6:24:47 PM

last updated: 7/24/2026, 4:29:00 PM

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