'Informed' traders on Polymarket netted $143 million in 'anomalous' profit since 2024, researchers find

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• "Informed" Polymarket users made $143 million since 2024, according to a new study.
• Researchers analyzed most of Polymarket's trades between 2024 and 2026.
• One co-author told BI he hoped the analysis would inform prediction-market regulation.

Last June, a new Polymarket account with the name "ricosuave666" began betting thousands of dollars on specific questions regarding Israeli military strikes on Iran.

The gamble paid off....