CaliMar 4
Joseph Cox

Polymarket has pulled the bet on a nuclear detonation happening in 2026. There were obv concerns that a platform being used by insider traders would not mix well with a bet encouraging the detonation of a nuke. Polymarket didn't respond to request for comment

https://www.404media.co/polymarket-pulls-bet-on-nuclear-detonation-in-2026/

Polymarket Pulls Bet on Nuclear Detonation in 2026

β€˜How ghoulish.’ The depravity economy moves into the nuclear war business.

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Mar 4 at 4:06pmWeb
Show threadCaliMar 4
@josephcox ghoulish indeed
Show threadMike ShewardMar 4
@josephcox i mean shout out to the person who wins a bet on Nuclear war happening desperately logging in to Polymarket to claim their winnings while being cooked from the inside, I suppose
Show threadIchinin   βœ…πŸŽ―πŸ™„Mar 4
@josephcox Could be hard to collect depending on location and scale.
Show threadSara Mar 4
@josephcox JFC are we in Fallout already?
Show threadArnel Ε ariΔ‡ Sharan Mar 4
@csara Actually we could be very soon, according to Polyfucks
Show threadSara Mar 4
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Show threadTanya Karoli 4 a better worldMar 4
@josephcox thanks for covering this high-risk insanity!
Show threadZenHeathen πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦Mar 10
@josephcox The fact that the thing went up in the first place and was allowed to sit there for so long should be more than enough reason--if anyone in control had any sense or morals--to shut the entire enterprise down permanently.