Polymarket Account in Farage Backer's Name Took $9M in Crypto From Unknown Sources: FT
The "GCottrell93" account bet the funds on Trump's election win and cashed out the profit, though who paid in and who collected is unclear.
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Polymarket is showing up inside the Prediction Markets theme, so this story is worth tracking for follow-through rather than treating it as a one-off headline.
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