Someone aware of the US operation earned $ 400 thousand on the capture of Maduro — WSJ

An unknown trader earned more than $ 400 thousand on the capture of Nicolas Maduro. It is reported by the Wall Street Journal.

It is noted that the trader made a bet on the cryptocurrency platform on the removal of Nicolas Maduro from the post of president of Venezuela. There are suspicions that this someone knew about the attack on Venezuela.

"Bets on Polymarket, a popular cryptocurrency trading platform, brought the trader more than $400 thousand — a 12-fold return on investment — and raised suspicions that someone was using confidential information about a secret American operation to make a quick profit," the newspaper writes.

According to the WSJ, the account was created in December, its owner used the default username consisting of the blockchain address and bet on contracts that bring profit in case Maduro loses his position by the end of January this year. The price of these contracts was only 8 cents.

However, the unknown person made more than half of the total amount of bets the evening before the attack, and also doubled the bets less than five hours before the US attack on Caracas.

The founder of Polysights, which provides analytical tools for Polymarket traders, believes that such a number of bets in a newly created account, in the absence of news indicating the imminent arrest of Maduro, indicates the possible presence of an insider.

As EADaily reported, about 200 American servicemen were involved in the ground operation to capture Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, none of them were killed, Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth said.