FT: Invite-only Discord club of 30 students made $40M on Polymarket
- —Alpha has about 30 members, mostly Gen Z students from top universities, and is invite-only
- —The group has made roughly $40 million since 2024, averaging about $1.33 million per member
- —An Oxford graduate with a 2:2 degree holds $750,000 and still trades on the platform
- —Galaxy Research: 69.2% of Polymarket's 2.9 million retail accounts are down $338.9 million combined
Why it matters: The case shows prediction-market profits concentrate among a small professional cohort while most retail participants lose money.
Source: 動區 BlockTempo