Chain Analyst Links Maduro Arrest Bet Winner to WLFI Co-Founder Steven Charles Witkoff

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Release Time:01/05/2026 02:00:45

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Summary

On-chain data reveals a trader who profited over $400,000 betting on Maduro's arrest on Polymarket may be connected to WLFI co-founder Steven Charles Witkoff. On-chain analysis shows a wallet funding the trader's account received 252.39 SOL from Coinbase on Jan 5, 2026. Nearly 24 hours earlier, STVLU.SOL deposited 252.91 SOL into Coinbase. The STVLU.SOL wallet is linked to StCharles.SOL and received funds from Solhundred.sol, which had an $11 million transaction with StevenCharles.sol. After the trader withdrew profits, $170,000 in Fartcoin moved to STVLU.SOL within 3–4 hours.

BlockBeats news: On January 5, on-chain data analyst @Andrey_10gwei revealed that an insider trader who accurately bet on Maduro's arrest and earned over $400,000 on Polymarket appears to have a connection to Steven Charles Witkoff, a co-founder of World Liberty Finance (WLFI), regarding the source of their funds.

On-chain analysis shows that one of the wallets funding the insider trader's Polymarket account received 252.39 SOL from Coinbase at 23:53 UTC on January 1. Approximately 23 hours earlier, at 00:48 UTC on January 1, a wallet named STVLU.SOL deposited 252.91 SOL into Coinbase, with the two amounts matching at a 99% similarity.

The STVLU.SOL wallet is registered with the StCharles.SOL domain (an abbreviation of Steven Charles Witkoff's name), and its initial funds originated from a wallet with the domain Solhundred.sol. The Solhundred.sol wallet has had transactions worth $11 million with another wallet registered under the domain StevenCharles.sol, which is suspected to be linked to Steven Charles Witkoff, a co-founder of World Liberty Finance (WLFI). Additionally, within 3-4 hours after the insider trader transferred profits from Polymarket to Coinbase, $170,000 worth of Fartcoin was transferred to the STVLU.SOL wallet address.

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