INVESTIGATION: 🚨 A Polymarket exec used a personal PayPal account to pay major political influencers like Riley Gaines and Brian Krassenstein, who then hyped how "accurate" Polymarket is at predicting outcomes.
We uncovered $350,000+ flowing to influencers this way
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EXCLUSIVE: A top Polymarket executive sent hundreds of thousands of dollars — and likely more — to social media influencers from left to right.
One influencer says Polymarket wrote posts for them to share on X and asked them to promote specific bets.
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Absolute banger of an investigation by @mayakaufman.bsky.social and her co-reporters here!
Modabber used his personal PayPal account, which is registered to an email for a salad spot he co-founded, to send over $2.5 million to more than 800 people during the 14-month span. www.politico.com/news/2026/06...
They make money whether you win or lose. They get paid to hype products whether you benefit or not. The FTC has rules but doesn’t enforce. “We are the media now” but ethics are secondary.
I spoke to Politico for this story ab undisclosed influencer partnerships.
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my latest @consumerreports.org investigation is based on months of reporting and 120+ lab tests of popular snacks
over a third of the products had more additives / contaminants in 1 serving than what health agencies have identified as safe to consume daily 🧵 www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...
Polymarket is paying some of social media’s biggest political influencers
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