Crypto bets on war go mainstream

The following is a guest post by Nischal Shetty, co-founder and President at Shardeum. On 2nd January 2026, an anonymous trader on crypto prediction platform Polymarket put down roughly $30,000 on a contract that Nicolás Maduro would be out of power by 31 January 2026. Within hours of a U.S. special forces raid that resulted The post Crypto bets on war go mainstream appeared first on CryptoSlate.