One Polymarket user made more than $400,000 in profits betting on Maduro’s capture on an investment made within 24 hours of the military action

The arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has made someone hundreds of thousands of dollars richer. Last week, one Polymarket account invested over $30,000 on Maduro’s exit by Jan. 31, 2026. When U.S. forces seized the Venezuelan leader and his wife from their home on Saturday, the user netted $436,759.61, translating to a profit of more than $400,000. The account was created less than a week before Maduro’s capture and only made bets associated with Maduro’s exit and the U.S. going to war with Ve ...