This leaky device allowed three Polymarket funds to profit by betting on the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
American President Donald Trump revealed that the person who leaked information about the attack on the people of Venezuela before the incident was arrested and sent to prison.
According to a tweet from the blockchain security platform, Lookonchain, President Trump said the leaker, whose gender was not disclosed, will spend a long time in prison. He also revealed that the authorities are looking for other people who may have worked with this publisher to spread the news before the attack. However, only the one who escaped was found and arrested.
Trump arrested by Venezuelan leaker
Less than 24 hours after the United States invaded Venezuela and kidnapped the country’s president on January 3, Lookonchain revealed that three blockchain wallets of the prediction platform, Polymarket, had predicted the development.
The blockchain security company said the funds were betting that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would step down. Polymarket users placed those betting hours before Maduro’s arrest and earned more than $630,480. Lookonchain insisted that they were guilty of insider trading, meaning they knew about the arrest before it happened, pointing to the leak.
In addition, Lookonchain discovered that three wallets were created and funded in advance. They had no history of placing other bets and only predicted events related to Venezuela and Maduro.
The first fund, 0x31a5, bet $34,000 and won $409,900. The second, 0xa72D, invested $5,800 and made $75,000, while the third, SBet365, bet $25,000 and won $145,600.
Iran’s Supreme Leader To Leave Office Next?
In recent events, Lookonchain revealed that two out of three wallets became inactive after benefiting from their bets. In fact, they have not done any work for the past 11 days. The only wallet marked SBEt365 has placed a new bet in the last two days. This time, the user bet $4,000 that Ali Hosseini Khamenei, the Supreme Leader of Iran, will step down on January 31st.
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The fund’s latest bet comes amid ongoing tensions between the US and Iran, with President Trump threatening to strike. Therefore, the prediction that Khamenei will leave office at the end of the month raises concerns about another insider trade or leak of classified information.
However, a recent report from Reuters says that Trump has eased his threats of a strike after receiving reports that casualties have decreased during the Iranian government’s crackdown on the protests. However, it remains to be seen how the situation will unfold in the next few days.
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