Polymarket shelves nuclear detonation markets after outcry

Nuclear weapon-themed markets aren’t new on the prediction market platform, but public outcry about the contracts has apparently forced the platform to delete them. What to know : Polymarket has removed long-running markets that let users bet on the likelihood of a nuclear weapon detonating, amid the current conflict with Iran and criticism over war-related insider trading. The nuclear-detonation contracts, which at times implied risks as high as 19 percent and drew millions of dollars in volume, have renewed concerns that insiders could profit from advance knowledge of military actions. The controversy comes as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission weighs rules that would bar regulated exchanges from listing event contracts tied to war, terrorism, assassination and other activities deemed contrary to the public interest.