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April 8, 2026
Insider Trading Concerns Rise Over Polymarket Bets on US-Iran Ceasefire
- A new group of accounts on Polymarket made well-timed bets on a US-Iran ceasefire, leading to significant profits and raising insider trading suspicions.
- Congressional representatives are intensifying calls for investigations into these trades, with bipartisan legislation proposed to regulate prediction markets more strictly.
- Polymarket has implemented new rules to prevent insider trading, but critics argue that current measures are insufficient.
4 Sources
- Newly created Polymarket accounts bet big on US-Iran ceasefire in hours before Trump's announcementApr 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM · Independent
- Insider trading accusations ignited amid well-timed US-Iran ceasefire bets on PolymarketApr 9, 2026 at 8:35 PM · Independent
- Prediction markets are back the spotlight, this time because of the war in IranApr 9, 2026 at 8:42 PM · Independent
- Prediction markets are back in the spotlight, this time because of the war in IranApr 10, 2026 at 3:54 AM · ABC News