Polymarket rife with ‘artificial trading,’ Columbia University researchers find

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Columbia University researchers discovered that up to 60% of Polymarket's trading volume may be attributed to wash trading, raising concerns about artificial activity in prediction markets.

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Bearish Confidence 80% How confidence is read Impact: Moderate

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Source CoinTelegraph
Claim Polymarket rife with ‘artificial trading,’ Columbia University researchers find
AI inference Bearish · 80%
Generated 2025-11-07 17:56

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Analysed by Llama 3.1 8B Instant (Groq) Methodology v1.0 Generated
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A Columbia study found that up to 60% of Polymarket’s volume may stem from wash trading, raising new concerns about artificial activity in prediction markets.

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Original article published by CoinTelegraph on November 7, 2025. Analysis and insights provided by AnalystMarkets AI.

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