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Polymarket Hires Chainalysis to Police Insider Trading on On‑Chain Prediction Markets

The surveillance push seeks to turn public blockchain records into usable evidence for regulators.

Polymarket taps chainalysis to bring wall street level oversight to crypto prediction markets
Polymarket taps chainalysis for on chain surveillance to hunt insider trades
Polymarket rolls out on chain integrity monitor in chainalysis tie up
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Overview

  • A partnership announced Thursday between Polymarket and Chainalysis adds real-time on-chain surveillance to flag insider trading and market manipulation.
  • The rollout layers investigative software, on-chain threat prevention, and a custom anomaly model tuned to prediction-market patterns over Polymarket’s existing monitoring.
  • The firms say flagged activity can generate blockchain-verified evidence for compliance reviews and referrals to regulators or law enforcement.
  • The move follows a DOJ case in which an active-duty U.S. soldier allegedly used classified details to turn $33,000 in Polymarket bets into about $410,000, which Polymarket says it flagged to authorities.
  • Two days earlier, the platform upgraded its exchange with new smart contracts, a rebuilt order book, and pUSD, a Polygon token backed 1:1 by USDC, after volumes hit a $425 million daily record and topped $7 billion for the month.