Polymarket’s Sneaky Plan: Trading Against Its Own Users! 😱📉

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Imagine a shiny, buzzing prediction marketplace called Polymarket, loved by all for its cleverness and charm. Now, picture it secretly setting up a sneaky little team inside-like a mischievous squirrel stuffing its cheeks with nuts-just so it can trade directly against its charming users. Yes, you heard right! Instead of just letting folks toss bets around like confetti, Polymarket wants to be the Big Bad Wolf trading on its own pancake stack. 🐺🥞

Polymarket, that famous wall of predictions, is planning to bring in some new traders-probably dressed in tuxedos or wizard hats-whose job is to pretend they’re on the other side of what users bet. Because nothing screams trust like a platform that acts like a crooked carnival barker! 🎩🎲

“Polymarket has been recruiting new staff members for an internal market making team that could face off against customers on the company’s exchange, even though a similar feature has exposed its chief rival to criticism.”

– Alfonso Straffon (@astraffon), December 4, 2025

Usually, prediction markets work by letting people trade with each other, like trading cookies at a fairy tale fair. But now, Polymarket says, “Let’s make things more exciting”-by adding more money flowing and markets moving swiftly. At least that’s what it pretends. Rumor has it they’re just trying to find more ways to fill their pockets, since they don’t charge anything like the greedy trolls of trading fees. 💰🤷‍♂️

Insiders whisper that Polymarket is also plotting to create fancy bets called parlays-think of it as a magic potion that mixes several guesses into one bold brew. But for this, they need their own little wizard inside to get the prices right-making the platform less like a fair prediction space and more like that shady old betting shack everyone whispers about. ⚰️🎲

Wise Old Wizards Warn of Trouble Ahead

Professor Harry Crane, who probably drinks tea with wise old owls, says this plan is more trouble than treasure. He warns that if Polymarket’s secret trading team earns too much gold, the townfolk-hint: the users-might get very cross, and the law might come knocking with big, scary shoes. 👞🚓

He also fears that Polymarket might lose its sparkle, turning from a trustable oracle into just another casino filled with shiny lies. Instead of honest predictions from clever traders, the odds might start showing what Polymarket secretly desires-yikes! 🎭🔮

Will This Turn Polymarket Into a Big Bad Wolf?

More than a hundred curious and honest citizens joined Polymarket because it felt transparent and as fair as a day at the fair. During the grand 2024 election circus, they used Polymarket to peek at what the crowds were thinking, like fortune-telling wizards. 🔮🎪

If the big cheese inside begins playing dirty, like a sneaky fox, people might stop trusting it-poof!-like a magic trick. And then, the prediction unicorns might run away, never to be seen again. 🦄🚀

So, dear readers, be very careful when you place your bets on this tricky platform-because who knows when the sneaky traders might turn the tables, and the magic disappears? For now, Polymarket keeps its plans secret, hiding behind a wall of mystery. Shhh… 🤫

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2025-12-05 15:36