FBI Seizes Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan’s Phone and Electronics After Platform Predicted Trump Landslide

President Donald Trump’s Federal Bureau of Investigation restructuring cannot come soon enough.

Over the course of the election, many of us followed the presidential election predictions of Polymarket, a decentralized prediction market platform.

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Polymarket allows users to bet on the outcomes of various real-world events, including political elections. The platform operates on the Polygon blockchain, utilizing cryptocurrency for each transaction. Users can buy shares representing the probability of specific events occurring, with each share becoming worth $1 if the predicted outcome happens or becoming worthless if it doesn’t.

Apparently, the victory win triggered officials at the FBI. So, the agency conducted an early morning raid on the home of Chief Executive Officer Shayne Coplan.

The 26-year-old entrepreneur was roused from bed in his Soho pad at 6 a.m. by US law enforcement who demanded he turn over his phone and other electronic devices, a source close to the matter told The Post...

Beege Welborn

I mean, I've never gotten the hang of any betting thing E-VAh, even on squadron dets to Fallon (near Reno and other such tawdry dens of sin and vice), but I did kind of get a kick out of everyone wigging over the Polymarket odds shifting, sometimes by the minute, as news broke. Added an extra layer to the general excitement.

I really don't get what this is all about, either. More stormtrooper action or what?

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