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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump 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
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Midnight Writer
(22,856 posts)1. I was wrong. I figured it would be an American traitor, not a French trader.
applegrove
(122,467 posts)4. I think Americans are banned from betting on an American election.
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
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.
Wednesdays
(19,938 posts)3. It's Marine Le Pen?
Maeve
(42,839 posts)5. Once again, how. Shocking. Foreign fiddling
And crypto-currency at that
C_U_L8R
(45,525 posts)6. Monsieur Musque, est-ce que tu?