Polymarket Under Fire: 20% of Dispute Judges Had Stake in Outcomes They Ruled On
A conflict-of-interest controversy is escalating around the prediction market Polymarket, after an investigation revealed that approximately 20% of the addresses acting as judges in its dispute resolution process held a direct financial stake in the outcomes they were tasked with ruling on. The findings, first reported by The Wall Street Journal, have raised serious questions about the integrity and neutrality of the platform’s decentralized arbitration system.