The US Government Launched 3 Previously Unreported Investigations of Polymarket Trades
In early May, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig approved an order allowing the agency’s enforcement division to launch a private investigation into potential insider trading on Polymarket events contacts related to pardons issued by former President Joseph Biden. The order granted permission to take testimony, obtain subpoenas, administer oaths, and require the production of documents in the course of the investigation.WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on reporting from Freedom of Information Act requests. The trader correctly wagered that the former president would issue pre-emptive pardons to a number of prominent MAGA critics, including former representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and senator Adam Schiff.At the end of May, Selig approved another investigation order.
- ▪In early May, CFTC Chairman Michael Selig approved an order allowing the agency’s enforcement division to launch a private investigation into potential insider trading on Polymarket events contacts related to pardons issued by former Presid
- ▪The order granted permission to take testimony, obtain subpoenas, administer oaths, and require the production of documents in the course of the investigation.WIRED has made this article free for all to read because it is primarily based on
- ▪The trader correctly wagered that the former president would issue pre-emptive pardons to a number of prominent MAGA critics, including former representatives Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, and senator Adam Schiff.At the end of May, Selig a
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Kate KnibbsBusinessSep 11, 2026 3:21 PMThe US Government Launched 3 Previously Unreported Investigations of Polymarket TradesThe agency that oversees prediction markets has investigated Polymarket trades on Biden pardons and the Iran war—and even more potential insider trading at Google, documents obtained by WIRED show.Photo-Illustration: Jobanny Cabrera; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyThe US government launched at least three previously unreported investigations into trading on the prediction market Polymarket, according to documents obtained by WIRED through a Freedom of Information Act request.Voting records from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the federal agency that regulates prediction markets, shed new light on how…
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