Norwegian officials allegedly launched an investigation into the bets of platforms for prediction at 2025. The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for Miría Corina Machado as a potential spying.
According to Bloomberg’s report on Monday, the Norwegian Nobel Institute began, an entity that helps the Nobel Committee in selecting the recipient of the Peace Prize, began research The reports that bet on the Polymarket prediction platform grew in hours before Machad’s announcement as a winner.
Officials are reportedly still in the research process if someone “managed to steal information and earn a lot of money from him,” said the director of the Kristian Berg Harpviken Institute.
Data with Polymarket showed One user named “Dirtycup” earned more than $ 30,000 after about $ 70,000 in Machado bets. Bloomberg reported that three accounts that mostly set up similar bets that have profited around $ 90,000.
Machado received the Peace Prize for the Promotion of Democracy in Venezuela with her work as a human rights activist. In 2024, she praised Bitcoin (BTC) as a “rescue line” during hyperinflation in the country because some residents used it “to protect their wealth and fund their escape.”
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Polymarket, launched in 2020, became a platform for many cryptocurrency users who are betting on the results of various releases, from the Nobel Prize to the best -selling music albums. Last week, the home company of the New York Stock Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), invested two billion dollars in Polymarket on the eve of the reported American launch.
Targets in the media and American regulators
The predictions of predictions recently attacked the animated series of South Park, which had fun on platforms such as Polymarket -a Kalshi, as well as US regulators responsible for their supervision. Perhaps unicorn, some of the predictions made The show eventually stated on Polymarket.
In September, the US CFTC trading commission issued a letter without an action for two Polimara entities. This move allows for platforms to offer events without reporting data that is usually required according to US regulations, without threat by implementation.
Executive Director Polymarket, Shayne Coplan, said the CFTC’s action had given Polymarket “green light for living in the US.” Coplan allegedly achieved the status of a billionaire last week after investing in ICE.
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