According to Foresight News, blockchain analysis firm Bubblemaps revealed today in collaboration with CBS’s “60 Minutes” that 9 linked Polymarket accounts allegedly exploited insider information to profit over $2.4 million betting on U.S.-Iran military actions, with a 98% win rate. The accounts registered days before key events—including the February 28 Iranian strikes, the killing of Khamenei, and the U.S.-Iran ceasefire announcement—and placed large positions at low odds before each outcome, each securing roughly $400,000 per trade. The investigation traced coordinated fund flows through centralized exchanges to shared wallet networks. Bubblemaps stated it could not link the accounts to specific entities but emphasized “luck cannot explain this win rate.” The case dwarfs a prior case involving U.S. Army Sergeant Gannon Ken Van Dyke, who was federally prosecuted for profiting $400,000 from Venezuela military intelligence.
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