A Google Engineer Made $1.2M Insider Trading on Polymarket

About this episode

The episode discusses a Google engineer's alleged $1.2 million profit from insider trading on Polymarket, alongside topics like the Token Transparency Alliance and concerns about DeFi safety.

A Google engineer allegedly profited $1.2 million on Polymarket betting that d4vd would be Google's most-searched person of 2025 — using Google's own internal data. Plus: Blockworks' new Token Transparency Alliance, and an OpenZeppelin co-founder telling friends and family to exit DeFi. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro (01:03) Polymarket Insider Trading (10:39) Transparency Alliance (21:56) DeFi Unsafe? FOLLOW THE SHOW › David — https://x.com/dcanellis › The Breakdown — https://x.com/TheBreakdownBW › The Breakdown Newsletter - https://blockworks.com/newsletter/the-breakdown Get top market insights and the latest in crypto news. Subscribe to the Blockworks Daily Newsletter: https://blockworks.co/newsletter/ DISCLAIMER As always, remember this podcast is for informational purposes only, and any views expressed by anyone on the show are solely their opinions, not financial advice.

People in this episode

Host: David

Topics covered

• insider trading
• Polymarket
• Google
• Token Transparency Alliance
• DeFi
• crypto news

Keywords

• insider trading
• Polymarket
• Google engineer
• Token Transparency Alliance
• DeFi
• crypto
• blockchain
• d4vd
• financial advice

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Polymarket, Blockworks, OpenZeppelin

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