Exposing the Polymarket DAO Mafia: Nepotism, Double Standards, and Abuse of Power

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Editor’s Note: Polymarket has been one of the most popular products in the تشفير industry in recent years, boasting not only exceptional product-market fit but also immense practical significance. However, while the Polymarket team was battling on the market and product front lines, a fire broke out in their backyard. On October 23rd, ProMint, a Polymarket community contributor, published a lengthy article alleging that the Polymarket community was being manipulated by a self-proclaimed officially backed DAO team. This team engaged in favoritism, corruption, and a “secret purge” of members within the community, all with the connivance of two official members.

While the article included multiple chat screenshots as evidence, it was ultimately a unilateral accusation from ProMint. Following the publication of the article, Polymarket’s head of growth, LeGate, commented that ProMint had been caught selling Polymarket accounts, violating Polymarket’s regulations. ProMint subsequently denied this.

Regardless of the final truth, this dispute at least reflects the fact that Polymarket’s “backyard” is on fire. Odaily Planet Daily has compiled the full text of ProMint’s accusation against the Polymarket DAO mafia below. Please enjoy the melon~

This isn’t a blind accusation of “one banned user,” but rather a story about how a small number of people hijacked the Polymarket Ambassador ecosystem, exploiting its structure and punishing anyone who wasn’t part of their circle.

ProMint has been blocked by the Polymarket official creator community account

From open community to closed mafia

I am one of the victims.

On October 21st, I received the Polymarket Community Certification badge, recognizing my years of active participation, creating educational content for Polymarket, and helping the community grow organically. I was thrilled to share the news publicly, and the post garnered over 7,000 reads, dozens of supportive comments, and genuine excitement from users who saw my work.

But after joining, I discovered that what was once an open community of traders and developers had quietly morphed into a controlled inner circle led by a DAO active in a Telegram group (led by Atlantis Liquidity ).

In their own announcement, Atlantis proudly wrote that they have “received the continued support of the Polymarket team” and a “DAO account badge.”

This support gave them informal power to report, influence, or even remove other members’ badges or access rights . They allowed the existence of “bot accounts” to help their close allies, while dozens of independent Polymarket community contributors were blocked or banned for no reason.

Community administrators who are supposed to maintain fairness, such as @0xTone و @williamlegate , have also become the “umbrella” of the Atlantis group. These two administrators are extremely unprofessional. They ignore the community and only obey the orders of the “mafia.”

The Hypocrisy of Atlantis Liquidity

To make matters worse, this so-called “trusted DAO” had been disloyal to Polymarket from the start. Just a few months earlier, the group’s leader, Atlantis Liquidity, had publicly called Polymarket a “scam” on the X platform, promoted competing platforms like Limitless and PNP تبادل, and even mocked Polymarket users.

Atlantis Liquidity claims Polymarket is a scam

Weeks later, this person has become the “official spokesperson” for the Polymarket builder community, controlling who can obtain badges or DAO membership roles. Now, he’s self-proclaimed leader of the Polymarket community, setting its rules. This isn’t leadership at all; it’s opportunism cloaked in authority.

They exploited loopholes in the Polymarket recommendation system to make a fortune.

One of the mafia members , d1namit, published a post promoting a campaign that promised a $10 bonus to users who registered through his Polymarket link, but it was actually a new user acquisition trap that abused the Polymarket referral system and statistics.

These people, who usually despise others who rely on “fake hair” to build their status, are actually full-time fake hair with multiple accounts. They are hypocritical, while about 90% of the members of this inner group, including d1namit , Phosphen , Jasper and other close allies, secretly carry out the behavior they publicly condemn.

They post “airdrop مرشدs,” “exclusive rewards,” and “quick walkthroughs” in Telegram groups and on X, often with referral links and exaggerated claims like “$13.5 million in funding pool,” “$3,000+ in rewards,” or “Get $10,000 early.”

These activities are not community building at all, but are essentially freeloading and system rebate activities, disguised as “education” or “supporting Polymarket.” They repeat the same tactics over and over again, including promising free money, promoting fake ROI screenshots, asking for follows and reposts, and sanctimoniously accusing other independent creators of being “witches” when their influence grows faster.

And yet none of them have faced any consequences for doing so, a group that bans small creators for posting badges or sharing genuine tutorials, yet looks the other way when their own favorite creators abuse the system for influence and money.

Internal ridicule and intimidation of other members

Leaked Telegram messages show that group members also mocked users who lost their Polymarket community badges and joked about reporting them to the team.

“Since you’re being removed today, what’s the point of a ruling?”

“Brother, I have sent the report to the team.”

This isn’t community management at all; it’s outright bullying. They even promoted the idea of ​​”undercover agents in the chatroom,” with five or six insiders secretly reporting others to the administrators. The entire community environment has become filled with hostility, paranoia, and anti-collaboration. Is this really how an official Polymarket ambassador with an official badge should behave? Should these people receive contracts and funding from Polymarket?

Selective punishment and suppression of dissenting voices

When users who are not part of their inner circle (such as independent creators or former project leaders) try to participate in the community, they are immediately labeled as “witches.” There is no moderation, no discussion, and no transparency.

Even SUI community leader Nikita Vishnya was warned that his account “might be wiped out” before any investigation began. Even when Nikita tried to appeal the ban, they simply ignored him without giving any reason or providing any evidence.

Another example is Pazjik, who had publicly supported Polymarket and even interviewed d1namit on YouTube, but lost his collaboration opportunity because of an innocuous Telegram message.

The incident began when Basher published a بريد exposing how insiders were exploiting the Polymarket affiliate program to profit by creating “zombie accounts,” circulating referrals, and siphoning off multiple bonuses. However, Atlantis and his group members ended up laughing in private chats and telling others to “ignore him.”

Admins and ambassadors react to a post exposing their fraudulent referral income scheme

Pazjik didn’t even post publicly, simply mentioning Basher’s findings in a private Telegram chat. Within 24 hours, his Polymarket community badge was revoked without warning or explanation. So, some people can get away with slandering the project for months, while others are punished for even pointing out obvious flaws in the ambassador system.

Meanwhile, those who actually farmed the airdrops have retained their privileges, a blatant abuse of power. KCC, a close friend of Jasper (who recently received a Polymarket badge), also commented in a post:

“Polymarket unlimited funding exploit, who knew?”

While the post was quickly deleted, they openly viewed Polymarket’s affiliate program as a way to make money, even brazenly joking about “unlimited profits” because they knew they would be fine.

Polymarket community administrators chose to remain silent

I tried to contact both Polymarket community managers, @0xTone و @williamlegate , but received no response. There are no responses, no moderation, no internal processes, and when users raise questions, they are blocked; when they try to appeal, they are ignored.

This lack of transparency in community leadership severely damages Polymarket’s credibility, especially for a project built on transparency and a “المتجر of truth.”

Nepotism disguised as DAO culture

It is now clear what is happening in the Polymarket community: a DAO claiming to be “team-backed” acts as a gatekeeper for the community, rewarding close friends and punishing outsiders.

As shown above, a third party warned me before I was removed from the Polymarket ambassador list. Where did they get this information? The answer is obvious.

Recruitment rewards are distributed among a fixed group of people, critics are labeled “airdrop hunters,” and leadership turns a blind eye. This is the cryptocurrency version of nepotism, a small mafia organization operating under the banner of the DAO.

To Polymarket Leadership

Polymarket is one of the most innovative projects in the Web3 ecosystem. Its vision of decentralized prediction markets driven by truth and incentives is revolutionary, but no amount of great technology can survive in a corrupt community.

But when trust is replaced by favoritism, when ambassadors are chosen based on friendship rather than merit, and when early supporters are penalized for raising questions, Polymarket loses the very qualities that originally distinguished Web3 from Web2.

My investigation isn’t aimed at Polymarket’s technology or founders, but rather serves as a wake-up call. Polymarket’s brand is being eroded from within. The real problem isn’t Polymarket’s critics, but those hired to represent it. The community deserves transparency, fairness, and accountability, not veiled censorship and cliques.

The Polymarket team has built one of the most innovative products in Web3, but your community is undermining its integrity. Fix this mess before Polymarket becomes another example of soulless tech.

Because right now, this platform that trades on truth is being run by people who shy away from the truth.

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