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Polymarket investors pressured CEO Shayne Coplan to add stricter financial and operational controls; Elon Musk's lawyer, Alex Spiro, joined its board

When Founders Fund considered investing in Polymarket in 2025, it learned that the prediction-market startup's young chief executive …

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Bloomberg — Polymarket investors pressured CEO Shayne Coplan to add stricter financial and operational controls; Elon Musk's lawyer, Alex Spiro, joined its board ↗

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