Customers make hundreds of thousands of dollars as records show substantial bets made before announcement<\/p>\n
A group of new accounts on the prediction market Polymarket made highly specific, well-timed bets on whether the US and Iran would reach a ceasefire on Tuesday, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollars in profits for these new customers.<\/p>\n
These bets were made even though, in the hours before a two-week ceasefire was announced on Tuesday, Donald Trump\u2019s rhetoric had escalated sharply and there were few signals that a ceasefire deal was imminent. Early in the day Trump had issued a warning on social media that \u201ca whole civilization will die tonight\u201d if Iran did not meet his demand to open the Ssrait of Hormuz by his 8pm ET deadline.<\/p>\n
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