# "whoops" *liquidations, Polymarket and more* By [Boys Club](https://paragraph.com/@boysclub) · 2025-10-15 --- ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/58c4380651f017cdd019faeabd4703dee755636552f98fb15a72de9f45106b81.png) [Hi from the Aptos Experience](https://x.com/BoysClubWorld/status/1978465600876745001?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) in Brooklyn, it’s not too late to join us if you’re in town. We’re on stage tomorrow at 4:30 talking crypto marketing with Kim Milosevich, CMO at a16z crypto. Come thru! > > > not to out myself as chopped and cooked but how'd i miss the invite to boysclub x aptos event > > > > [— cami (@camidarling) > 2:20 PM • Oct 15, 2025](https://twitter.com/camidarling/status/1978466075197993426) Next stop is Buenos Aires, and [we’re looking for partners](https://x.com/BoysClubWorld/status/1977748129219760434?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops). Could it be you? Also - we’re livestreaming on Friday at noon with friends from 404 Media and more. Mark your calendar. Warmest Regards, The Boys Writer: [Deana](https://twitter.com/medeana?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) Editors: [Miranda](https://x.com/mirandamartell?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) & [Natasha](https://x.com/natashaghoskins?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) [_Say GOODBYE to seed phrases with Bitkey_](https://bitkey.world/?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops)_, a Bitcoin wallet._ _Use code BOYSCLUB20 for a discount on your Bitkey._ ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/d91d37ec10341cb014abc643ab12eb0ca99df8fd8e9291467e55138561c8489c.png)![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/967a501bcb7d3fa9cec0708aa85044043d25909903d5085af4d7a01e4d020c4b.png) **The Nobel Prize Polymarket Drama.** A scandal rocked the Nobel Prize committee in Oslo last week. Hours before the Nobel Peace Prize announcement on October 10, a [brand new Polymarket account “dirtycup”](https://polymarket.com/profile/%40dirtycup?tab=activity&utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) bet roughly $70K [on María Corina Machado to win](https://polymarket.com/event/nobel-peace-prize-winner-2025/will-mara-corina-machado-win-the-nobel-peace-prize-in-2025?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops), spiking her odds from about 3.7% to ~73%. Then, wouldn’t ya know it, Machado actually won. The Nobel Institute says a leak is “highly likely” and has opened a probe. Espionage? Or the workings of an [extremely resourceful Wordpress](https://x.com/FhantomBets/status/1977410624343965999?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) dev who scraped their website to find clues in advance of the announcement? “[If an edge exists, a prediction market trader will find it.](https://x.com/Domahhhh/status/1977472555133915622?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops)” If this gets you going, you should read Chris Dixon’s take on the theory of Friedrich Hayek, [and how this relates](https://x.com/cdixon/status/1976647410446434486?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) to the beauty of prediction markets. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/bc328b06d995c2c548605d76cc9f6d0fd1c49550d8ef461db5084b5c55f01930.png) **Liquidated.** Friday was a bad day for people who trade crypto with leverage. More than $19B in leveraged positions were liquidated in 24 hours after Trump did the China tariff thing again. ([A quick lesson](https://x.com/udiWertheimer/status/1977338898108870876?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) in how leveraged positions are calculated.) TLDR - DeFi largely held up to the stress test. [Binance did not](https://x.com/AltcoinPsycho/status/1977403622406447362?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops), with some major errors in asset pricing causing $283M in unnecessary user losses ([which they are refunding](https://x.com/WatcherGuru/status/1977441515627823372?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops).) It was a bad day for basically everyone except for this lucky chap! ⤵️ > > > SOMEONE JUST OPENED A #BITCOIN SHORT 30 MINS BEFORE TRUMP'S TARIFF ANNOUNCEMENT AND JUST CLOSED WITH $88,000,000 PROFIT > > HE OPENED THIS ACCOUNT TODAY 👀 > > > > [— Vivek Sen (@Vivek4real\_) > 11:09 PM • Oct 10, 2025](https://twitter.com/vivek4real_/status/1976787212491801051?s=46) **Quick Hits.** * [Waymo DDoS](https://x.com/rtwlz/status/1977443969115029847?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) on a dead end street in San Francisco. * ChatGPT allowing [erotica for “verified adults”](https://x.com/venturetwins/status/1978134878114766974?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) in December. Happy holidays! * People are queuing to buy gold in [Sydney](https://x.com/tommyr345/status/1978324800742260743?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) and [Hong Kong](https://x.com/DarioCpx/status/1978412552871719312?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops). * Man writing 5,000 stories of [AI going well](https://x.com/ChrischipMonk/status/1977769817420841404?utm_source=boysclub.beehiiv.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=whoops) to teach the AI that things can go well. ![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/1155ea51d4bcd55cd0d0ed9558ebbb846febc7c70d064c7255d4510d356d7472.png) > > > hey man heard you’re doing awesome, i'd love to onboard you into crypto and fuck your whole life up > > > > [— Buck (@BuckOnTwidder) > 11:45 AM • Oct 14, 2025](https://twitter.com/BuckOnTwidder/status/1978064688337358950) > > > nobody is an atheist at an airdrop claim portal > > > > [— rwlk (@sherlock\_hodles) > 8:29 PM • Oct 14, 2025](https://twitter.com/sherlock_hodles/status/1978196398882295822) > > > exposed brick is a huge selling point in apartments because you can do standup comedy there > > > > [— Karli Marulli (@karlimarulli) > 4:17 AM • Oct 14, 2025](https://twitter.com/karlimarulli/status/1977951800704512418) > > > You can tell someone is at the end of their rope when they start talking about how much Vitamin D supplements help > > > > [— spooks (@skooookum) > 8:26 PM • Oct 13, 2025](https://twitter.com/skooookum/status/1977833463374807287) --- *Originally published on [Boys Club](https://paragraph.com/@boysclub/whoops)*