Ross Ulbricht pardon odds surge to 95% on Polymarket after Elon Musk comment

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The odds of U.S. President Donald Trump commuting Silk Road Founder Ross Ulbricht's sentence during his first week in office surged to 95% on Polymarket, after Elon Musk stated that the clemency would occur. At 9 p.m. ET on Monday, Tesla CEO and Trump ally Musk wrote in a reply to another user's post on X that "Ross will be freed too." Shortly after, the decentralized prediction market platform saw the odds of Ulbricht being pardoned during Trump’s first week rise from 54% to the current 95%. The bets on the specific pardon have reached a volume of $51,367. Another Polymarket bet predicting potential pardons ... (full story)