Something weird happened on a certain prediction platform recently—a betting market around Google’s annual trending personalities, and one account’s operations just looked way off.

First, they placed a bet on an insanely unpopular pick, “d4vd will make the list”( when the odds were rock-bottom), and then they went big shorting several hot favorites. The result? They swept multiple markets and made a killing. Their luck was so unbelievable that people started to wonder—was it just a fluke, or did they already know the answer?

Now, there are all sorts of rumors flying around online: some people dug up info showing this account has a massive on-chain balance, suspecting a Google insider; others think maybe they manipulated the trending search algorithm. But honestly, it’s all speculation—no hard evidence at all.

Still, this incident really exposes a vulnerability in prediction markets. The whole appeal is “using real money to vote on the future”—but if someone gets to peek at the answers early or just rewrites the test, what’s the point? If this keeps up, who would dare to play?

Right now, it’s a delicate situation: you can’t just slap a label on someone based on coincidence, but you also can’t pretend nothing happened. Maybe after more blockchain data analysis and further investigation from the platform, the truth will come out. Until then, everyone should take it easy—don’t just FOMO in blindly because you see someone else making bank.