A Democratic Congressman had Strong criticism of Polymarket To allow users to place bets on the date when the United States will confirm the rescue of Air Force service members killed in Iran.
In a social media post On Friday, Representative Seth Moulton wrote, “They could be your neighbors, friends, family members. And people are placing bets on whether or not they will be saved. This is disgusting.” (President Donald Trump announced this early Sunday The second service member, a weapons systems officer, has been rescued..)
Moulton also described Polymarket as a “dystopian death market” and said that Donald Trump Jr. is an investor. Congressman recently Banned its employees from participating in prediction markets Like Polymarket and Kalshi.
polymarket express reaction The company’s failure to meet integrity standards caused it to “immediately” crash the market.
“This should not have been posted and we are investigating how it missed our internal security measures,” the company said.
first polymarket Millions of dollars traded on contracts related to bombing Iran by the United States and Israel.
