A Democratic congressman had harsh criticism for Polymarket for allowing users to bet on the date the US would verify the rescue of Air Power service participants shot down over Iran.
In a social media post on Friday, Representative Seth Moulton wrote, “They are going to be your neighbor, a chum, a member of the family. And folks are making a bet on whether or not they’ll be saved. This is DISGUSTING.” (President Donald Trump announced early Sunday that the 2nd service member, a weapons plan officer, has been rescued.)
Moulton also described Polymarket as a “dystopian death market” and infamous that Donald Trump Jr. is an investor. The congressman honest these days banned his workers from taking part in prediction markets admire Polymarket and Kalshi.
Polymarket spoke back that it had taken the market down “without lengthen” for not meeting the corporate’s integrity requirements.
“It won’t trust been posted, and we’re investigating how this slipped by our interior safeguards,” the corporate talked about.
Polymarket beforehand saw a complete bunch of tens of millions of greenbacks traded on contracts tied to the bombing of Iran by the US and Israel.
