A WSJ investigation found Polymarket secretly paid creators (via a firm called Virality) to flood TikTok/Instagram/YouTube with staged "winning bet" videos pushing US users toward its offshore platform.
Creators used fake mirror sites to simulate wins that never happened on real accounts.
Of 1,105 videos analyzed from 10 endorsed creators, ~70% showed fake bets (~$1.9M depicted), while real linked accounts actually lost about $166K.
Streamer Adin Ross had a multi-million dollar deal to promote the platform.
Campaigns generated ~140M views and targeted audiences 60%+ US-based, with creators often told not to disclose they were paid.
People don't say they find raid mechanics difficult anymore, they just vaguely call them "buggy" and go blank when they get asked for a specific example
In my lifetime, China lifted 850 million people out of poverty, while the US created one trillionaire. It is clear as day that socialism is the key to our future.
i fucking hate the heat. i hate sweating. summer lovers are freaks. don’t ask me to do anything outside if its over 80 degrees unless it’s after 6pm & i am so serious. this is the worst
I understand you’re a paladin with a divine oath or whatever but like...does your god really approve of you pumping five consecutive divine smites into that guy just because he was caught stealing? He had like 4 hp dude, you turned him into paste that was kind of excessive no