They don't know anything." That new breed of forecaster—notably in the form of Shayne Coplan, the 26-year-old founder of the crypto-based prediction market Polymarket that consistently forecasted a Trump victory—has now been thrown into the spotlight ...

In a post on X Coplan accused "the current administration" of targeting "companies they deem to be associated with political opponents."

Polymarket surged to prominence as a platform for betting on the U.S. presidential election. Here's what you need to know about its founder Shayne Coplan.