Prediction markets just crossed a dark line.
By Maxime Laurent · 2026-01-15 16:59
Prediction markets just crossed a dark line.
A Polymarket insider arrest, frozen wallets, and a new bet on Iran shake trust in on-chain predictions.
This one gave me a strange chill.
Polymarket is facing its most disturbing storyline yet. Donald Trump claimed that a Venezuelan insider who traded on privileged information about Nicolás Maduro has already been arrested and is now in prison. If true, this isn’t just a scandal — it’s a warning shot.
On-chain data from Lookonchain adds fuel to the fire: two of the three wallets that previously made money betting on Maduro’s departure have been inactive for 11 days. Silent. Frozen. Like someone pulled the plug.
But the story doesn’t stop there.
The third wallet — SBet365 — is still active. And two days ago, it opened a new position predicting the removal of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei before January 31. That’s not a meme bet. That’s geopolitical dynamite.
Prediction markets are powerful because they sit at the edge between information and money. But when insiders cross that line, the whole experiment starts to look dangerous — not clever. Franchement, this is where transparency meets real-world consequences.
Crypto loves to say “code is law.” Reality keeps reminding us that power still matters.
#Polymarket #crypto #predictionmarkets #geopolitics #onchain #risk #CryptoFriture
A Polymarket insider arrest, frozen wallets, and a new bet on Iran shake trust in on-chain predictions.
This one gave me a strange chill.
Polymarket is facing its most disturbing storyline yet. Donald Trump claimed that a Venezuelan insider who traded on privileged information about Nicolás Maduro has already been arrested and is now in prison. If true, this isn’t just a scandal — it’s a warning shot.
On-chain data from Lookonchain adds fuel to the fire: two of the three wallets that previously made money betting on Maduro’s departure have been inactive for 11 days. Silent. Frozen. Like someone pulled the plug.
But the story doesn’t stop there.
The third wallet — SBet365 — is still active. And two days ago, it opened a new position predicting the removal of Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei before January 31. That’s not a meme bet. That’s geopolitical dynamite.
Prediction markets are powerful because they sit at the edge between information and money. But when insiders cross that line, the whole experiment starts to look dangerous — not clever. Franchement, this is where transparency meets real-world consequences.
Crypto loves to say “code is law.” Reality keeps reminding us that power still matters.
#Polymarket #crypto #predictionmarkets #geopolitics #onchain #risk #CryptoFriture
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