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Topic: esports

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Sunday, 6/28, 09:08 AM

One word, a small fortune: the 'donk' fight that shook a prediction market

  • A bet on whether a single word — 'donk' — would be uttered during an esports broadcast has turned into a revolt on Polymarket, the crypto prediction market.
  • The dispute is trivial on its face, but it exposes a serious question hanging over the booming sector: who decides what actually happened, and can you trust them?

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