According to @KobeissiLetter, Polymarket’s contract on whether President Maduro would be out of power by January 31 moved from 7% about 12 hours earlier to 67% at 2:10 AM ET as US strikes escalated, then fell to 37% by 4:00 AM ET, before spiking above 99% after Donald Trump said US forces captured Maduro and he was being flown to New York, with the account adding that Maduro will be charged on US soil, source: The Kobeissi Letter on X citing Polymarket odds data.

According to Fox News, JD Vance stated that recent 'precise, surgical' US strikes have 'substantially' set back the Iranian nuclear program, leading to increased geopolitical uncertainty. Such developments historically drive volatility in cryptocurrency markets as traders seek safe-haven assets like BTC and ETH. Analysts are closely monitoring potential price swings and volume spikes in major cryptocurrencies as a reaction to heightened Middle East tensions (source: Fox News Twitter, June 22, 2025).