Polymarket takes down nuclear detonation bet after online backlash

The prediction market would've paid out to traders if a nuclear weapon had been detonated anywhere in the world before a specific date. Illustration by Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Polymarket was allowing traders to wager on whether a nuclear weapon would detonate this year. That stirred backlash online, particularly after suspicious trading in the wake of the Iran strikes. The market has now been taken down. If you were looking to make money on nuclear detonations,...