Senators demand CFTC investigate Polymarket's fake-trade influencer campaign targeting U.S. users

Senators Curtis and Schiff pressed CFTC Chairman Behnam after the Wall Street Journal exposed Polymarket paying social media creators to post videos of trades on dummy websites mimicking the platform's interface. Seventy percent showed bets on fake platforms entirely. Polymarket has been barred from serving U.S. users since 2022. The campaign was engineered for U.S. viral reach.