Posted by Alumni from TechCrunch
June 22, 2026
The WSJ said that it analyzed 1,100 videos about Polymarket and also viewed instructional materials that the company provided to creators. Many of those videos were reportedly filmed on 'near-perfect copies' of the Polymarket website, while featuring trades and winnings that were not real. The creator videos were then amplified by a 'social-media army' deployed by a marketing contractor. The WSJ said the company also told those creators not to specify that they'd been paid by Polymarket, although the creators started adding '@polymarket partner' to their bios after journalists began asking questions. Razeen Khan, a college student and creator who worked with Polymarket until March, compared the practice to commercials that make fast food look more appealing than it is in real life: 'We're depicting what actually happens.' Get an inside look at what it takes to scale and succeed from leaders at Mach Industries, Founders Fund, and Shinkei Systems. Through candid fireside chats and... learn more