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Polymarket Traders Raise Odds of Trump Pardoning Sam Bankman-Fried After CZ Walks Free
Polymarket traders have raised the probability of former FTX Chief Executive Sam Bankman-Fried receiving a presidential pardon this year to 12%. The shift follows the recent decision to pardon Binance Chief Executive Changpeng Zhao. Trump defended Zhao’s pardon, saying he had been informed that the Binance founder’s conduct “was not even a crime” and that he had been “persecuted by the Biden administration.” Data from Polymarket shows that odds in the market titled “Who will Trump pardon in 2025” climbed from 5.6% to 12% within half a day. The total amount wagered in that market has surpassed $6.5 ... (full story)