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Polymarket may have predicted it again. This time, someone profited from the US strike on Venezuela — do we have a geopolitical insider?

Bank of America is boarding the crypto train and has started allowing its wealth advisers to recommend crypto portfolio allocations of up to 4%.

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Polymarket Trader Who Bagged Massive Profit From US-Venezuela Bets Could Be Geopolitical Insider: Sonar Pro

Did a Polymarket whale know about the U.S. strike on Venezuela before the public?

One trader turned a $33,000 bet into a $400,000 windfall with surgical precision, executing a 100% win rate on Maduro's ouster.

On-chain analysts say this wasn't luck—it’s a "clear case" of geopolitical insider trading.

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP are surging to start the first real trading week of the year: here’s what’s moving markets today.

XRP is up 15% over the past week, which begs the question: what is prompting the surge?

Shiba Inu is also surging and has gained almost 20% over the past week. Is the bull run back for dog money?

FINTECH FOCUS

Bank of America Joins JPMorgan, Citi, Morgan Stanley By Recommending Bitcoin Portfolio Allocation

The last holdout has caved. Bank of America is officially opening the Bitcoin floodgates on Jan. 5, allowing 15,000 Merrill advisers to pitch spot ETFs like BlackRock’s IBIT directly to clients.

The bank that once called crypto a "dirty little secret" is now recommending up to a 4% portfolio allocation—marking a total capitulation by the Big Four banks.

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