Polymarket takes down nuclear detonation bet after online backlash

The prediction market would've paid out to traders if a nuclear weapon had been detonated anywhere in the world before a specific date.

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• Polymarket was allowing traders to wager on whether a nuclear weapon would detonate this year.
• That stirred backlash online, particularly after suspicious trading in the wake of the Iran strikes.
• The market has now been taken down.

If you were looking to make money on nuclear detonations...