Donald Trump confirms arrest and capture of Venezuelan attack leader

Thanks to the leaker, three Polymarket wallets were able to profit from betting on the arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.

US President Donald Trump has revealed that the person who leaked information about the Venezuelan attack before the incident took place has been arrested and jailed.

According to one tweet From the blockchain security platform Lookonchain, President Trump said that the leaker, whose gender has not been revealed, will be in prison for a long time. He also revealed that authorities are looking for other individuals who may have worked with the leaker to spread the news before the attack. However, only the leaker has been found and imprisoned.

Trump Jails Venezuelan Leaker

In less than 24 hours after the United States attacked Venezuela and captured the country’s president on January 3, Lookonchain revealed that three wallets on the blockchain prediction platform Polymarket had predicted the development.

The blockchain security company said the wallets had bet that Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro would be absent. Polymarket users placed these bets hours before Maduro’s arrest and made a profit of more than $630,480. Lookonchain insisted there was insider trading, meaning they knew about the arrest before it happened, indicating a leak.

Additionally, Lookonchain discovered that the three wallets were created and pre-funded days in advance. They had no history of placing other bets and only predicted events related to Venezuela and Maduro.

The first wallet, 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 profited $145,600.

Will Iran’s Supreme Leader Be Next to Leave Office?

In the latest turn of events, Lookonchain revealed that two out of three wallets became inactive after profiting from their bets. In fact, they have not recorded any activity in the last 11 days. Only the wallet tagged SBet365 placed a new bet two days ago. This time, the user bet $4,000 that Ali Hosseini Khamenei, Iran’s Supreme Leader, would be out of office on January 31.

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The wallet’s latest bet comes amid ongoing tensions between the US and Iran, as President Trump threatens strikes. So the prediction that Khamenei will leave office by the end of the month raises concerns about renewed insider trading or a leak of classified information.

However, a recent one report from Reuters says Trump eased strike threats after receiving reports that killings had dropped amid the Iranian government’s crackdown on protests. However, it remains to be seen how the situation will develop in the coming days.