The WSJ On Polymarket's Questionable Ads
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In this week’s Better Offline, Ed talks with the Wall Street Journal’s Caitlin Ostroff and Katherine Long about how Polymarket is working with influencers to show videos of fake bets cashing out - and how the prediction markets have grown into a large, barely-regulated operation.
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They Looked Like They Were Getting Rich on Polymarket—but None of It Was Real - https://www.wsj.com/business/media/polymarket-social-media-bets-prediction-market-441cdeb5?st=57dR12&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink
Caitlin Ostroff
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https://www.wsj.com/news/author/caitlin-ostroff
Katherine Long
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https://www.wsj.com/news/author/katherine-long
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