A user on the crypto-powered prediction market platform, Polymarket, made over $436,000 from a $32,537 bet on Nicolás Maduro's downfall just before President Donald Trump announced his seizure. This incident has raised concerns about potential insider trading in prediction markets.

• The anonymous account joined Polymarket last month and made four bets, all related to Venezuela.
• Odds of Maduro's exit jumped from 6.5% to 11% in the hours before the announcement on January 3.
• Dennis Kelleher, CEO of Better Markets, stated this bet "has all the hallmarks of a trade based on inside information."
• Congressman Ritchie Torres introduced a bill to ban government employees from trading on prediction markets with "material nonpublic information."
• Donald Trump Jr., the president’s son, serves in advisory roles at prediction market companies Kalshi and Polymarket.