Polymarket Investigates Betting on Israeli Election
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On October 30, 2026, Cryptopolitan reported that Polymarket is investigating suspicious bets placed before voting ended in Israel’s October 27 election. The report said that the bets involved hundreds of new accounts that bet on Benjamin Netanyahu remaining in office and on the Likud Party becoming the largest party in Israel’s parliament (Knesset). The report currently only discloses that Polymarket has launched an investigation; it does not state the investigation’s findings, the identities of the bettors, or whether the relevant bets affected the market outcome. The report’s headline also mentioned that the incident exposed the limitations of on-chain forensics.
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- CryptopolitanPolymarket investigates betting on Israeli election, exposing limits of on-chain forensics
Polymarket is investigating suspicious betting that emerged before voting ended in Israel’s October 27 election, with hundreds of newly created accounts betting on Benjamin Netanyahu remaining in office and Likud Party becoming the largest party in the Knesset.
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