Investigative journalist Whitney Webb publishes an investigation series about the origins and ambitions of Polymarket. She stated that the official narrative of Polymarket — that Shayne Coplan founded the company alone in 2020 and started it in a bathroom — is not true. The origins of Polymarket can be traced back to the earlier company TokenBnk and are associated with Israel-related crypto projects. Webb said that the first part of the series will review the early history of Polymarket and discuss its potential connections to Peter Thiel-aligned forces and DARPA's early prediction market projects.