Security· ★★★★· bearish·

Polymarket halts trading and pauses relayer after incident

  • —New buy and sell orders are blocked; existing orders can still be canceled
  • —The platform's relayer has been paused
  • —A trader reported roughly $800,000 drained from an account
Why it matters: An incident at the largest prediction market may point to infrastructure vulnerabilities and could undermine confidence in on-chain settlement.
Source: The Defiant