Journalist Whitney Webb has published a detailed report looking at the secretive history of Polymarket. It’s a history which includes links to US and Israeli intelligence services: We've been quiet recently because Mark Goodwin and I have been working to write the most comprehensive investigation into Polymarket's origins and ambitions to date. We found that Polymarket's "official" origin story, that Shayne Coplan founded the company alone in 2020 and then… — Whitney Webb (@_whitneywebb) July 1, 2026 What is Polymarket? If you’re unfamiliar with Polymarket, it’s an online ‘prediction market’. Yahoo Finance describes prediction markets as: exchanges where people can bet on event…