Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s outfit at a June 24 NATO assembly within the Netherlands has change into the focus of a fierce dispute between Polymarket bettors. 

A consumer on Polymarket, a crypto-based prediction platform, created a betting market that requested whether or not Zelenskyy would put on a go well with earlier than July. To settle the wager, a photograph or video should present Zelenskyy sporting a go well with between Could 22 and June 30.

The market racked up practically $79 million in quantity. The consequence initially landed on “yes,” however has been disputed twice since and now awaits a remaining resolution. 

On July 1, Polymarket stated it was conscious of a dispute on this market, and that on the time, “a consensus of credible reporting has not confirmed that Zelenskyy has worn a suit.” 

Arguments over what makes a go well with 

Debate over Zelenskyy’s ensemble has these on social media questioning whether or not it’s a go well with, a becoming blazer with a collared shirt and lengthy pants, or if the trainers disqualify it from the go well with classification. 

These in favor argue that it’s all produced from an identical fabric, with comparable colours and has a proper look like a go well with, with cuts and magnificence being irrelevant. 

These in opposition to are saying it’s a black shirt and a black jacket that resembles an informal blazer slightly than a conventional go well with jacket, and his trainers don’t match the remainder of the outfit, making it not technically a full conventional go well with. 

A community-run Polymarket account on X, Polymarket Intel, categorised the Ukrainian President’s outfit as a go well with. 

ChatGPT, when requested by Cointelegraph, stated the outfit was not thought-about a go well with because it lacks key parts of a conventional go well with. It known as it a military-style area jacket or tactical coat.

President Zelenskyy in a go well with final night time pic.twitter.com/Uo3Rhuzkq1

— Polymarket Intel (@PolymarketIntel) June 25, 2025

In the meantime, Canadian males’s trend trade author and commentator Derek Man, also referred to as the menswear man on X, didn’t do a lot to resolve the dispute, saying on June 26 he thinks Zelenskyy’s outfit is “both a suit and not a suit.” 

Second time’s the allure 

This isn’t the primary time Zelenskyy’s outfit has prompted points on Polymarket. One other comparable betting market closed on Could 31 and sparked a debate about whether or not a similar-looking outfit Zelenskyy wore in a gathering in Germany that month was a go well with. 

Polymarket finally decided that it wasn’t a go well with. Derek Man additionally weighed in on that debate to declare that Zelenskyy was technically sporting a go well with, which is outlined as “just a garment where the jacket and pants have been cut from the same cloth.” 

Zelenskyy has been blasted for not sporting a go well with to formal conferences with world leaders. 

Zelenskyy himself stated he would put on a go well with once more when the conflict in opposition to Russia ended, Politico reported on March 22.  

A March 5 report by the Ukrainian media outlet The Kyiv Unbiased additionally defined that the Ukrainian President prefers a extra informal military-style outfit as a result of the conflict continues to be ongoing, and if he “puts on a suit, it means he agrees that the war is over.”

Polymarket controversy 

Polymarket has been on the heart of a number of different controversies this yr, such because the proposed TikTok ban in January, with arguments over the technical particulars of the end result as a result of the platform was banned however nonetheless obtainable to be used when the betting market closed. 

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Polymarket employs UMA Protocol’s blockchain oracles for exterior knowledge to settle market outcomes and confirm real-world occasions. 

The UMA has confronted allegations of going rogue previously, or somebody manipulating the oracle, like within the case of the wager over a $7 million Ukraine mineral deal in March. 

In the meantime, a report on Thursday from blockchain-powered financial database Truf.Community argued that proving the reality will be tough as a result of all the market depends on “trust in the data,” and it’s typically “fragmented, unverifiable, and too often, manipulable.” 

“It’s not about who decides the truth, but whether everyone can verify it. When no one can verify a price, who won, what the score was, or even if it rained yesterday, the market itself collapses,” it stated.

“If the person verifying the outcome is also betting on the game, truth becomes debatable.”

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