Google Engineer Accused of Polymarket Insider Trading Says He Was Just ‘Gambling’
THE SO WHAT
Prediction markets are colliding with securities and insider-trading law — “I was just gambling” won’t be a durable defense. If your org touches event markets or crypto-adjacent trading, assume regulators will treat material nonpublic info the same way they do in equities.
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