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Green Beret Arrested for Polymarket Insider Trading Allegations | CoinDesk Daily

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🗓️ 24 April 2026

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

A soldier was arrested for using military intel to bet on Polymarket. The DOJ arrested an Army Special Forces soldier for using classified information about a planned Venezuela raid to place $33,000 in bets on Polymarket, winning $400,000. The CFTC is also pursuing parallel insider trading charges. CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily." - This episode was hosted by Jennifer Sanasie. “CoinDesk Daily” is produced by Jennifer Sanasie and edited by Victor Chen.

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0:00.0

Bitcoin ETFs are on a hot streak and a green beret used classified military intel to bet on

0:05.7

polymarket.

0:11.5

U.S.Bot Bitcoin ETFs have now logged eight straight days of inflows totaling $2.1 billion.

0:17.6

Bitcoin climbed from $68,000 to $77,000 during this longest streak since October 2025.

0:24.3

But Glassnow data shows short-term holders have a cost basis of $80,000 to $100.

0:29.8

Every time Bitcoin has approached that level this cycle, it's marked a local top as they sold to the rally.

0:35.1

The U.S. Department of Justice arrested an Army Green

0:37.6

Beret for using classified military intel to place bets on polymarket. Master Sergeant Ganon Van Dyke

0:43.4

allegedly placed $33,000 in wagers on whether U.S. forces would capture Nicholas Maduro, a raid he

0:49.6

helped plan. He won roughly $400,000 and then tried to delete his polymarket account.

0:55.4

And Morgan Stanley just launched a government money market fund for stable coin issuers.

0:59.8

This will serve as a regulated place to hold the reserves backing their tokens.

1:03.4

The Genius Act would legally require stablecoin issuers to park reserves and regulated vehicles

1:07.9

like this. Morgan Stanley is positioning to capture that business

1:11.4

before it becomes mandatory. Get more updates on coindex.com.

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