PPP market-monitoring data flagged one wallet buying $101,000 backing Argentina to beat Egypt and trader swisstony buying $710,000 on Egypt not to lose in regulation ahead of the July 8 match.
PPP market-monitoring data showed two sizable positions in Polymarket’s Argentina-versus-Egypt World Cup prediction market ahead of the knockout match scheduled for 00:00 Beijing time on July 8. One wallet, 0xdb859a551fcf56e49416160911476bea7307152f, described as a smart-money account with $271,000 in profits, bought more than $101,000 worth of contracts backing Argentina to beat Egypt, opening 140,000 shares at an average price of 73 cents. Separately, trader swisstony, linked to wallet 0x204f72f35326db932158cba6adff0b9a1da95e14, bought $710,000 worth of contracts on Egypt not losing in regular time; PPP said that address had earned $2.4 million over the previous seven days. The two trades refer to different but related market outcomes, with the latter excluding extra time and penalties.