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FBI Raids Polymarket CEO’s Home After Election Prediction
Crypto | Nov 14, 2024
Image: Shayne Coplan CEO Polymarket (CNBC)
FBI Searches Prediction Market CEO Shayne Coplan's Home as Crypto Influence Grows
CNBC reported that the FBI raided 26 year old Shayne Coplan's New York apartment on Nov 13, CEO of prediction betting site Polymarket, seizing his phone and other devices. The FBI however did not publicly disclose any details or reasoning behind their investigation and no arrests or charges have been laid to date.
See: Markets React to Trump’s Assassination Attempt
Polymarket is the world's largest crypto prediction market where users can gamble on real world events, such as political outcomes or financial trends. The crowd-sourced platform was thrust into mainstream media for accurately predicting Donald Trump's win over Vice President Kamala Harris in the U.S presidential election, which ran opposite to what most of the mainstream polls were predicting at the time, a Harris win.
Polymarket spokesperson's quote suggests that the raid was politically motivated but no evidence has surfaced to confirm these claims.
"obvious political retribution by the outgoing administration against Polymarket for providing a market that correctly called the 2024 presidential election."
Not Polymarket's First Time Catching Regulator's Attention
Polymarket launched in 2022, allowing users to bet on future events in a decentralized model attracting many crypto fans. In the same year, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) fined Polymarket $1.4 million for operating without proper registration, which led to Polymarket restricting U.S. users from using its services.
What This Means for Crypto and DeFi Regulation
The FBIs raid is happening just as attitudes towards crypto regulations in the U.S. seem to be evolving with many expecting regulators to ease up on decentralized finance platforms like Polymarket.
See: Trump Family Launches ‘Defiant Ones’ Crypto Platform
However this latest raid means that even in a pro-crypto climate, some activities in DeFi are still under tight scrutiny (at least until Trump's administration takes over early next year).
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