Polymarket Hit by $160M Controversy Over Whether Ukraine’s President Zelensky Wore a Suit at NATO

Polymarket in the cryptomatically -focused prediction market faces fresh dose of criticism this week in relation to the market, whether Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenkyy wears a suit until July.

Crypto was more than $ 160 million MarketWith the initial “yes” result, the validators for UMA, the Oracle protocol, which determines the results.

The price of “yes” has now failed from $ 0.04 from $ 0.19 to $ 0.04, providing the expected probability of the result of only 4%. Voters “yes” strike back and claim that Zeletskyy really wore a suit at NATO Summit 24 June and that UMA validators could be contaminated to turn the decision.

Valinators are holders of the UMA UMA protocol, who voted on the truthfulness of data in the real world that are coded in the Oracle Protocol. Theoretically, a large enough tokens holders could manipulate their own selection.

This is not the first time that the communities of polymarkets and UMA have been divided. In March another Ukrainian market with a topic He was questioned in the middle of demands for handling from large UMA holders.

“We all know that whales are trying to develop UMA voting on the Zelsky market,” X User Atlantislq he wrote. “But that doesn’t mean we should be silent. This is a critical moment that polymarket claims to take care of the truth and decentralization, so we hold them.”

Imtters They took the “yes” voters’ partyHe said “Zlenskyy was wearing a suit in June 2025.”

On the other hand, the popular men’s influencer and writer who goes under the nickname “Derek Guy”, reached the market of $ 3.6 million, which was solved as “no”. If the bet is successful, it is worth earning $ 72,000.

The final resolution on the market will be carried out at 00:00 UTC 8 July.