The viral trick pays the recording of betrayals on the next Pope

Through the next Polymark, 6.4 million dollars in the next PlayMarket, in the total bets today, after the viral trick claimed that the Catholic Church aims to expel gamblers.

The fake advertisement, which was distributed on X with an account with more than 240,000 followers, announced the official statement of the Church.

Polymarket is betting on the next Pope

The fake viral publication condemned platforms like polymarket to convert the Holy Babylonian elections into a “speculative exercise” and urged believers to treat the scope as a spiritual, not financial issue.

However, the post was exposed quickly. He lacked and coordinated the official tone of the Church, and did not benefit from the main terms such as “Conclave” or “papal elections”, and the most unusual Polymarket is directly ordinary – which is very unlikely from the Vatican.

Although the rumors were manufactured, they unintentionally revealed rare internal data from polymarket. A hoiled screen shot suggested that the total bet on the papal back amounted to $ 2.5 million as of April 21. This number has been doubled since then.

Polymarket opened the “Next Pope” market in February, before the death of Pope Francis earlier this week, as speculation about the caliphate grows.

“The Apostolic Chair drains reducing the official scope to just a speculative exercise on platforms such as polymarket and urges believers to support the dignity of the papal elections as a issue of distinguishing prayer instead of profit,” Claim False notification published by Yoxic, which is X user with more than 240,000 followers.

Since Conclave held, the trading volume has risen. In just three days, the bets on the result increased by about 160 %

The Catholic Church remained indifferent to the encryption sector, regardless of isolated cases such as American diocese that accept Bitcoin donations. There is no indication that the church leaders pay attention to Polymarket, especially during a pivotal moment like the election of the new Pope.

However, the sudden rise in trading highlights the intersection of global religion and decentralized speculation. From today, the “next Pope” market is one of the most active market in Polymark.

Polymarket’s increase in the size of betting reflects a wider direction: the encryption platforms have become the actual time of speculation on the main political and cultural developments and now now.

While the Catholic Church is unlikely to affect Web3 anytime, the rise in attention reveals how digital markets are increasingly reflecting – and amplifying – the severity of public discourse.