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COINDESK DAILY: Polymarket Whales Favor Trump in 2024 Election; U.S. Government Moves $2B of 'Silk Road' Bitcoin

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4.7698 Ratings

🗓️ 30 July 2024

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the news in the crypto industry from Polymarket whales' bets on Donald Trump to BTC's price movements after the U.S. government moved $2 billion worth of seized bitcoin. To get the show every day, follow the podcast here. "CoinDesk Daily" host Jennifer Sanasie breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry today, as Polymarket whales are putting their bags on Donald Trump winning the upcoming election. Plus, BTC price falls after the U.S. government moves $2 billion worth of seized bitcoin and the Bank of England said it plans to carry out a series of CBDC and digital ledger experiments. - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and Melissa Montañez and edited by Victor Chen. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Polymarket betters are putting their bags on Trump and the US government moves

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$2 billion

0:54.5

worth of seized Bitcoin. This is Coin Desk Daily. I'm your host, Jen Sanassi.

1:04.2

In the week since President Joe Biden announced his exit from the race, his running mate

1:08.6

Kamala Harris has effectively doubled the chances of Democrats

1:11.8

taking the White House, moving the odds to 38% from 18%. Harris's gains in the polymarket polls

1:18.2

appear to be from small individual bets entering the market. Trump's betters, however, seem to have

1:23.4

more conviction. The top five holders of the yes side of Trump's contract hold a collective

1:28.2

9.1 million shares, which will resolve to a pot of $9.1 million if Trump wins. While the top

1:35.1

five holders of the yes side of the Harris contract have a total of 4.7 million shares. All in all,

1:40.4

betters have staked $423 million on the outcome of the presidential race.

1:45.3

The U.S. government moved $2 billion worth of seized Bitcoin on Monday, sending the already

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