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(122,467 posts) Thu Oct 24, 2024, 11:08 AM 5 hrs ago

Trump Whale Identified as French Trader

Trump Whale Identified as French Trader

October 24, 2024 at 10:31 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 35 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2024/10/24/trump-whale-identified-as-french-trader/

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“A trader who spent more than $45 million on Polymarket bets that Donald Trump will win the upcoming US presidential election has been identified as a French national, following an investigation by the cryptocurrency-based prediction markets platform,” Bloomberg reports.

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Trump Whale Identified as French Trader (Original Post) applegrove 5 hrs ago OP

I was wrong. I figured it would be an American traitor, not a French trader. Midnight Writer 5 hrs ago #1

I think Americans are banned from betting on an American election. applegrove 4 hrs ago #4

I just love how the RW has used this polymarket to determine that Trump is ahead and going to win Bev54 4 hrs ago #2

It's Marine Le Pen? Wednesdays 4 hrs ago #3

Once again, how. Shocking. Foreign fiddling Maeve 4 hrs ago #5

Monsieur Musque, est-ce que tu? C_U_L8R 4 hrs ago #6

Midnight Writer

(22,856 posts)

1. I was wrong. I figured it would be an American traitor, not a French trader.

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 11:15 AM

5 hrs ago

applegrove

(122,467 posts)

4. I think Americans are banned from betting on an American election.

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #1)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 11:25 AM

4 hrs ago

Bev54

(11,785 posts)

2. I just love how the RW has used this polymarket to determine that Trump is ahead and going to win

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Thu Oct 24, 2024, 11:22 AM

4 hrs ago

when Americans are prohibited from even participating and it was an obscure crypto currency used for betting. I thought for sure it was Russia involved but then again I am so cynical, think perhaps this "French" national is a straw man.