Analysis: The insider trader betting on Maduro's arrest is connected to WLFI co-founder Steven Charles Witkoff

GateUser-6433627c · 2026-01-05T01:52:12+00:00

On-chain analysts reveal that internal traders at Polymarket accurately bet on Maduro's arrest, earning over $400,000. The funds are linked to Steven Charles Witkoff, co-founder of WLFI, involving multiple cryptocurrency transactions.

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2026-01-05 01:52:12

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On January 5th, on-chain data analyst @Andrey_10gwei analyzed that the insider trader who accurately bet on Polymarket and profited over $400,000 from the Maduro arrest has suspected links to the funding source of World Liberty Finance (WLFI) co-founder Steven Charles Witkoff. On-chain analysis shows that one of the wallets funding the insider trader’s Polymarket account received 252.39 SOL from a CEX at 23:53 UTC on January 1st. About 23 hours earlier, at 00:48 UTC on January 1st, a wallet named STVLU.SOL deposited 252.91 SOL into the CEX, with the two amounts matching with 99% accuracy. The STVLU.SOL wallet is registered with the domain name StCharles.SOL (an abbreviation of Steven Charles Witkoff’s name), and its initial funds came from a wallet named Solhundred.sol. The Solhundred.sol wallet has a transaction history worth $11 million with another wallet named StevenCharles.sol, which is suspected to be linked to World Liberty Finance (WLFI) co-founder Steven Charles Witkoff. Additionally, within 3-4 hours after the insider trader withdrew profits from Polymarket to a CEX, $170,000 worth of Fartcoin was transferred to the STVLU.SOL wallet address.

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