Carney’s election win chances just leapfrogged Poilievre after Trump called Canada nasty
Bettors just gave Canadian Liberal Party candidate Mark Carney higher chances than his rival of winning the upcoming election to become prime minister.
Carney’s rival, Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, was once the clear favourite on the betting platform Polymarket.
That was until US President Donald Trump threatened the long-time US ally with tariffs as well as pushing for the country to become an American state.
Canadian backlash has prompted, among other things, a boycott of US g
XRP ETF approval chances jump as SEC drops Ripple case
Bettors are bullish about XRP exchange-traded funds.
On Wednesday, the chances that the Securities and Exchange Commission will approve XRP ETF applications this year jumped from 77% to 79% on Polymarket after Ripple announced that the regulator has dropped its case against it.
“This is it — the moment we’ve been waiting for. The SEC will drop its appeal — a resounding victory for Ripple, for crypto, every way you look at it,” Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse said in an X post on Wednesday.