СМИ: Французский регулятор заблокирует доступ к Polymarket

investing.ruPublished on 2024-11-07Last updated on 2024-11-07

GetBlock Magazine - Что произошло? Национальное управление Франции по азартным играм (ANJ) намерено закрыть доступ к крупнейшему децентрализованному криптовалютному рынку прогнозов Polymarket, сообщает издание The Big Whale. Polymarket привлек к себе повышенное внимание в преддверии выборов в США: объем торгов, связанных с исходом данного события, на этой площадке приблизился к 4 млрд долларов.

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Что еще известно? Близкий к ANJ источник отмечает, что платформы для ставок (беттинга) во Франции незаконны, и Polymarket не является исключением, несмотря на то, что она работает на блокчейне и использует криптовалюты в своей деятельности.

После победы Дональда Трампа на выборах в президенты США аналитики Lookonchain сообщили о трех крупных аккаунтах на Polymarket — Theo4, Fredi9999 и zxgngl, — которые благодаря ставкам в его пользу заработали 20,4, 15,6 и 11 млн долларов соответственно.

Примечательно, что ранее команда Polymarket по итогам внутреннего расследования выяснила, что аккаунты Theo4 и Fredi9999 принадлежат одному опытному трейдеру из Франции. Поводом для его проведения стали слухи о манипулировании на платформе, также команда стремилась отсеять пользователей из США.

По данным The Big Whale, именно деятельность этого трейдера привлекла внимание регулятора.

На прошлой неделе Theo дал интервью WSJ, однако журналисты не раскрыли его личность. Тогда он отметил, что делал ставки за счет собственных средств и не стремился искусственно создать импульс в пользу Трампа.

Polymarket запущен в 2020 году в сети второго уровня (L2) Polygon на базе блокчейна Ethereum при поддержке Founders Fund Питера Тиля. За время работы он привлек 74 млн долларов, одним из инвесторов выступил сооснователь Ethereum Виталик Бутерин.

В 2022 году под давлением Комиссии США по торговле товарными фьючерсами (CFTC) платформа перестала обслуживать американских пользователей, но сохранила штаб-квартиру в Нью-Йорке. При этом другие рынки прогнозов, включая Kalshi и Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD), запустились в США после легализации ставок на выборы соответствующим судебным решением по делу против CFTC, оно было вынесено в сентябре 2024 года.

Polymarket позволяет пользователям покупать «акции» в исходе политических и спортивных событий или прогнозировать будущие цены на финансовые активы и получать по одному стейблкоину USDC за акцию, если прогноз сбудется.

Polymarket работает на блокчейне: пользователи делают ставки с помощью криптовалют без посредников. За предложение событий для ставок отвечает компания, однако в будущем этот аспект может быть децентрализован через запуск нативного токена.

Собеседник издания, партнер ORWL Avocats Уильям О'Рорк отмечает, что деятельность Polymarket подпадает под определение азартных игр и платформа может быть заблокирована во Франции несмотря на то, что она не нацелена конкретно на местных пользователей.

Он добавил, что ANJ может заблокировать доменное имя во Франции и даже оказать давление на СМИ, которые распространяли ссылки на Polymarket в своих материалах.

Тем не менее, обойти блокировку позволит VPN, поскольку Polymarket не требует от пользователей указывать свои идентификационные данные для создания учетной записи (только криптокошелек).

В самом ANJ подтвердили, что в настоящее время изучают работу сайта Polymarket на предмет соответствия законодательству об азартных играх.

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