Investigation: Polymarket is paying creators to make deceptive videos about winning bets, targeting users in the US, where its primary crypto platform is banned (Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal : Investigation: Polymarket is paying creators to make deceptive videos about winning bets, targeting users in the US, where its primary crypto platform is banned — The prediction market has flooded social media with deceptive videos by paid creators, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation

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