According to CoinMeta, recently there were small bets placed that Katie Zakaria (Katie Zacharia) would become Trump's new spokesperson, with the bets being placed before the news was made public. According to data from Kalshi, these bets had a risk of less than $175, but could potentially yield a return of over $9,500. Zakaria was not considered a front-runner before Trump officially appointed her on Friday. Bettors gave her about a 1% chance of winning on Kalshi. The first bet of $19 was placed at 10:43 p.m. on Thursday, with an expected payout of $1,896. Subsequently, on Friday at 1:41 p.m., there were additional bets of $74 and $80, with expected payouts of $3,689 and $4,023, respectively. About 20 minutes later, the media began reporting on this appointment, and Trump then confirmed the news on Truth Social.