Polymarket trader wins 22 out of 23, makes millions of dollars, sparking controversy over insider trading allegations

2025-12-05 09:40:20

[Crypto World] Prediction markets have pulled off another miracle.

There’s a trader with the ID “0xafEe” (formerly known as “AlphaRaccoon”) who played the Google 2025 search trend predictions on Polymarket, got 22 out of 23 questions right, and made nearly $1 million. That level of accuracy can’t just be explained by luck—especially since this guy previously made over $150,000 by correctly predicting the launch date of Gemini 3.0 Flash.

After former Meta engineer Zheng Haizhu exposed this on X, the comment section exploded. Many people suspect this could be insider trading, since that hit rate is just too outrageous.

What’s even more interesting is the timing—Polymarket just got CFTC approval to relaunch, and their November trading volume has already soared to $3.7 billion. Now with this controversial case, it’s unclear whether it’ll affect their newly acquired regulatory status.

Is the information gap in prediction markets really worth that much money?

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SchrodingerWallet

· 15h ago

23 out of 22? This guy is either a genius or an insider, there’s no third possibility, right?

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TommyTeacher1

· 15h ago

22 out of 23? This guy must have an insider, luck can't be that good.

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YieldFarmRefugee

· 15h ago

1 million bucks this easy? I bet this guy definitely knows some insider info.

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PumpDoctrine

· 15h ago

22 out of 23? If this really isn’t insider information, I’ll eat my screen standing on my head.

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ruggedNotShrugged

· 15h ago

23 out of 22? Is this guy really using wall hacks or what? If someone can be this lucky, I'll eat my keyboard live. Let's put aside whether it's insider trading for now—just this hit rate... damn, I think it's kinda fishy. 0xafEe is really wild this time. Made a killing on that Gemini trade before, and now here we go again. CFTC just approved it and this happens right after—the timing is just too perfect. Feels like someone always knows the answer in advance. A million bucks just like that? Feels like something's off with the atmosphere here. If this really is insider info, Polymarket's new lease on life is going to blow up the moment it starts. That's just brutal. Whatever, I can't guess right anyway. I'm just gonna sit back and watch the show, guys.

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DeFiChef

· 15h ago

22 out of 23? This guy must have an insider, there's no way luck alone could be this outrageous...

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ResearchChadButBroke