{"id":67002,"date":"2026-01-09T05:16:31","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67002"},"modified":"2026-01-09T05:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T05:16:31","slug":"irans-supreme-leader-out-by-january-31-polymarket-bet-draws-millions-as-crypto-punters-indulge-in-frantic-trading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=67002","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Supreme Leader Out By January 31? Polymarket Bet Draws Millions As Crypto Punters Indulge In Frantic Trading"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Wagering on Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader <strong>Ayatollah Ali Khamenei<\/strong> losing power has surged dramatically on <strong>Polymarket<\/strong> as anti-regime protests entered their 12th day.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Bets On Khamenei And Iran Surge<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In just four days since launch, the trade volume for the \u201cKhamenei out as Supreme Leader of Iran by January 31?\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/khamenei-out-as-supreme-leader-of-iran-by-january-31\">bet <\/a>has spiked to $4.7 million. <\/p>\n<p>It currently stands as one of the most popular bets on the <strong>Polygon <\/strong><a class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"POL\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/POL-USD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/\">POL<\/a>)-based prediction platform, surpassing those tied to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/26\/01\/49713809\/trump-should-be-taken-seriously-on-greenland-says-denmarks-prime-minister-warns-nato-will-collapse-if-us-attacks-danish-territory\">Greenland<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/26\/01\/49781184\/trump-greenlights-500-tariff-plan-to-choke-off-russian-oil-bought-by-china-india-and-brazil-senate-vote-possible-next-week\">tariffs<\/a>, NBA games, and interest rate cuts.<\/p>\n<p>Punters currently assign just a 17% chance that Khamenei will &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/events\/26\/01\/49804762\/irans-supreme-leader-out-by-january-31-polymarket-bet-draws-millions-as-crypto-punters-indulge-in-fra?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Iran's\" supreme leader out by january polymarket bet draws millions as crypto punters indulge in frantic trading>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wagering on Iran\u2019s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei losing power has surged dramatically on Polymarket as anti-regime protests entered their 12th day. Bets On Khamenei And Iran Surge In just four days since launch, the trade volume for the \u201cKhamenei out as Supreme Leader of Iran by January 31?\u201d bet has spiked to $4.7 million. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-67002","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67002","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=67002"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67002\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=67002"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=67002"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=67002"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}