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Odaily News: Prediction market platform Polymarket's Chief Marketing Officer, Matthew Modabber, was reportedly found to have paid content creators at least $350,000 through his personal PayPal account between January 2025 and February 2026, to promote Polymarket and its prediction market data.Reports indicate that Modabber transferred over $2.5 million to more than 800 individuals over 14 months. According to a Politico investigation, at least 20 influencers who received payments subsequently posted approximately 490 pieces of content related to Polymarket on social media platform X, with the majority failing to clearly disclose the paid partnership.Creators involved include conservative commentator Alex LoRusso, political commentator Brian Krassenstein, and Fox News contributor Riley Gaines. The related posts often described Polymarket's odds changes as "BREAKING" news or event bellwethers, aiming to reinforce the public perception of the platform's predictive accuracy.A Polymarket spokesperson responded that collaborating with content creators is a standard marketing strategy for the company, intended to provide global users with "the most accurate, transparent, and data-driven market insights." However, the company did not address questions regarding why personal accounts were used for payments or whether the related promotions complied with disclosure requirements.The report notes that following Trump's election victory, interest in prediction markets surged, and Polymarket's trading volume grew rapidly. As the platform seeks to re-enter the U.S. market, it is expanding its brand influence through social media and opinion leaders, while also facing scrutiny over information disclosure, market influence, and regulatory compliance. (Politico)
According to official announcements, the Gate CFD contract zone has launched 53 CFD trading pairs: SHLD (GLOBAL X Defense Technology ETF), DRAM (Roundhill Memory ETF), GME (GameStop), NBIX (Neurocrine Biosciences), BAX (Baxter International), KMI (Kinder Morgan), CFG (Citizens Financial Group), Z (Zillow Group), DVN (Devon Energy), ADP (Automatic Data Processing), ADM (Archer-Daniels-Midland), GPN (Global Payments), SIRI (Sirius XM), ECL (Ecolab), MPC (Marathon Petroleum), MDLZ (Mondelez International), BKR (Baker Hughes), EL (Estée Lauder Companies), LVS (Las Vegas Sands Corp), LHX (L3Harris Technologies), VALE (Vale), A (Agilent Technologies), FOXA (Fox Corporation), TJX (TJX Companies), CLX (The Clorox Company), CCI (Crown Castle International), FAST (Fastenal), HLT (Hilton Worldwide), HOG (Harley-Davidson), DLR (Digital Realty Trust), PPG (PPG Industries), MTCH (Match Group), PLD (Prologis), EMR (Emerson Electric), KODK (Eastman Kodak), SWKS (Skyworks Solutions), AEP (American Electric Power), MDT (Medtronic), OMC (Omnicom Group), NSC (Norfolk Southern Railway), GFI (Gold Fields), BMY (Bristol-Myers Squibb), ROK (Rockwell Automation), LEN (Lennar Corporation), ETSY (Etsy), ADI (Analog Devices), CHTR (Charter Communications), NTRS (Northern Trust), NBR (Nabors Industries), EDU (New Oriental Education & Technology Group), VFS (VinFast), SENS (Senseonics), ETD (Ethan Allen Interiors). These contract trading pairs support 4x fixed leverage.In addition, the Gate CFD Stock Contract Zone will launch the new coin airdrop Phase 4 event from 16:00 on May 19 to 16:00 on May 29 (UTC+8). During the event, registered users can receive 300 USDT and share a prize pool of 900,000 USDT by participating in trading the newly listed assets, with a maximum reward of 31,300 USDT per person.
Odaily, World Liberty Financial co-founder Zach Witkoff appeared on Fox Business to discuss the company's latest breakthroughs in AI and decentralized finance. Witkoff pointed out that WorldClaw is a key piece of the puzzle in realizing the Agent economy vision. WorldRouter, as an AI model aggregation platform, supports access to over 300 mainstream AI models—including GPT-5.5, Claude Opus 4.7, and Gemini 3.1 Pro—via a single account, with pricing 30% lower than official channels. WorldClaw AgentOS integrates the native stablecoin USD1 for instant and transparent settlement. Users can stake WLFI tokens to obtain AI credit packages and unlock whitelist eligibility. The project has the backing of the Trump family, aiming to establish the United States as the global hub for crypto and AI.
According to Fox News and NBC News, a spokesperson for OpenAI confirmed that San Francisco police arrested a suspect early Friday morning for throwing a Molotov cocktail at the residence of OpenAI’s co-founder and CEO Sam Altman, as well as for making threats outside the AI giant’s San Francisco headquarters. OpenAI stated: “Fortunately, no one was injured.” The company added: “We are deeply grateful to the San Francisco Police Department for their swift response and thank the city government for its support in ensuring the safety of our employees. The suspect has been taken into custody, and we are cooperating fully with law enforcement in their investigation.” As of now, Altman has not issued any public statement regarding this arrest. In a separate statement, the San Francisco Police Department said officers responded early Friday to a residential property in San Francisco’s North Beach neighborhood “for a fire investigation.” The suspect fled on foot, and his description was immediately disseminated to all officers. Later, the San Francisco Police Department received a report and dispatched officers to a business located at 1400 Third Street to address “an unidentified male threatening to burn down the building.” (OpenAI’s headquarters is located at 1455 Third Street.) The department stated: “Upon arriving at the scene, officers recognized the male as the same suspect involved in the earlier incident and immediately took him into custody.” The suspect is reported to be a 20-year-old man.