Bettors Bet Big On Trump Pardoning Binance Founder Changpeng Zhao

According to a Polymarket poll titled “Who will Trump pardon in 2025,” Changpeng Zhao is the favored candidate for a presidential pardon, drawing 36% of bets on the decentralized prediction ￰0￱ Puts CZ Ahead Polymarket’s numbers show strong speculative interest in Zhao’s fate. A 36% share of bettors is a large lead in a market where votes are driven by opinion and information, not official ￰1￱ on reports, the poll reflects what some traders expect rather than any formal signal from the White ￰2￱ markets can move fast when new facts appear, and their prices are watched because they capture a slice of public ￰3￱ George Santos and entrepreneur Roger Ver also made the list, each drawing 10% support from bettors for a Trump ￰4￱ names listed by participants include Steve Bannon, Rudy Giuliani, and Sean “Diddy” Combs.) program at ￰5￱ conviction led to his resignation as ￰6￱ have disclosed that Zhao publicly hinted at the possibility of a pardon after US President Donald Trump’s controversial December 2024 pardon of Hunter Biden, He also confirmed on a podcast in May that he had formally filed a pardon application with the White ￰7￱ And Political Pressure Builds Key Democratic lawmakers responded quickly after news of Zhao’s pardon filing and related business ￰8￱ led by Elizabeth Warren addressed a letter to White House Counsel David Warrington and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche asking for clarity on the status of any ￰9￱ cite concerns about a separate $2 billion deal announced by Binance, Emirati firm MGX, and World Liberty Financial (WLF) involving a stablecoin called USD1, which those senators said raises questions given the overlap of business ties and a pardon ￰10￱ Trump, Bettors, And The Limits Of Speculation Polymarket’s snapshot puts Zhao well ahead of other high-profile names, but a market position is not a legal ￰11￱ are political acts made by the president; they can be influenced by many forces, and not all rumored candidates end up receiving ￰12￱ data shows where attention is focused, and it can affect perceptions, but it does not determine the White House’s ￰13￱ image from Entrepreneur, chart from TradingView