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The leader of the free world Joe Biden or a head of lettuce, which will last longer? Place your bets. A bet worth over $100,000 on crypto prediction market Polymarket was settled yesterday as Joe Biden announced his decision not to seek re-election in the coming presidential race. Never bet against lettuce. pic.twitter.com/zKOmAXbgOh — Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 21, 2024 Read more: Donald Trump wants close to 1 bitcoin a photo at Bitcoin 2024 Biden joins former UK prime minister Liz Truss in being outlasted by a lettuce. Lasting a mere 45 days, Truss announced her resignation on October 20, 2022. Rather than opting to livestream the progressive wilting, as UK newspaper The Daily Star did, Polymarket went for a more strictly defined timeframe. Using an assumed 10-day shelf life, the bet’s expiry was set for July 28, 2024, 11:59 PM ET. Biden ’s sudden announcement via a post on X (formerly Twitter) came less than 24 hours after posting “ It’s the most important elec...

UK Reform Party leader Nigel Farage once described one of the party’s volunteers who is also a convicted fraudster and the alleged owner of an illegal crypto ATM, as being ‘like a son to me.’   According to the Byline Times, Farage made the comment about financier George Cottrell in 2020. Cottrell, also known as ‘Posh George,’ was caught in an FBI sting operation agreeing to launder £120,000 per month in drug funds. He allegedly threatened to report the fake drug traffickers to the police in an attempt to blackmail them out of 130 bitcoins, then worth $80,000.    Cottrell also faced allegations of owning an illegal crypto ATM machine at a private members club and casino in Montenegro. However, he denies having any financial ties to the casino and company records state a ​​Malaysian accountant from London owns the property.  He was subsequently sentenced to eight months on one count of wire fraud in 2017 and was issued another 20 charges including blackmail that were dropped ...