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Polymarket halts trading after provider compromise

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CNBC left
Polymarket reports outage on international exchange, halts trading
WIRED left
The company says an unnamed third-party provider was compromised. Trading has resumed, and Polymarket says affected traders will be made whole.

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WV News center
Polymarket Trading Pause
The Block center
After over $2.5 million was lost within minutes on Polymarket, the platform said it has since placed its exchange in cancel-only mode.
www.thestreet.com center
Polymarket halts trading after provider compromise

Right-leaning 1

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The Wall Street Journal right
Polymarket paused trading on its website Thursday after some users of the prediction-market’s platform said their accounts had been drained of funds. on.wsj.com/4yLegzZ

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Investing.com Stocks center · est.
Polymarket reports major outage, suspends trading actions
Decrypt center · est.
Polymarket restricted trading and paused relayer actions as users report funds leaving their accounts. A suspected attacker wallet holds about $2.65 million in POL, per Arkham data.