Polymarket halts trading after ‘security incident’ siphons $2.65 million in minutes

Prediction market Polymarket paused all trading on Thursday due to a “security incident” that led to $2.65 million being swiped from users’ wallets within minutes. Polymarket said in a statement the halt in trading affected its internati…
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