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New Polymarket account buys $825,000 in CLARITY Act no-shares

Published Aug 24, 2026

A new Polymarket account purchased approximately $825,000 worth of shares betting that the CLARITY Act will not be signed, according to PPP market monitoring. The position represents a significant single-account wager against passage of the crypto regulatory bill.

Why this matters?

A six-figure position from a fresh account suggests either a well-capitalized new entrant or an existing player rotating capital. Either way, it signals that crypto legislation is drawing serious prediction-market volume beyond traditional political contracts.

The bigger picture

This six-figure CLARITY Act position joins at least two other recent whale moves on Polymarket — the $179,000 Iran nuclear talks bet and the prior CLARITY contract repricing — showing concentrated accounts increasingly driving price discovery on the platform's highest-profile legislative and diplomatic contracts.

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