Stanford Study Exposes Polymarket Flaw that Rewards Bitcoin Manipulation
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Polymarket Traders May Be Manipulating Bitcoin's Price To Rig Bets, Stanford Study Says
A small group of traders may have pulled $8.2 million out of Polymarket’s popular bitcoin markets by nudging the spot price on Binance in the seconds before each bet settled, researchers at Stanford University and Singapore Management University suggest in a working paper published this week. The paper examines Polymarket’s five-minute bitcoin up-or-down contract, a binary bet that pays out based on whether bitcoin is higher when a five-minute w…
Stanford study exposes Polymarket flaw that rewards Bitcoin manipulation
A new academic study has found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction contracts have created incentives for sophisticated traders to manipulate spot prices and profit at the expense of ordinary participants. According to researchers from Stanford University and Singapore Management University,…
Traders on the gambling platform Polymarket allegedly earned millions by manipulating predictions about the Bitcoin price. This is the conclusion reached by researchers from Stanford University, among others. According to them, this netted the suspected traders about $8.2 million in two months, largely at the expense of retail investors.
Polymarket Study Reveals Unfair Trading Practices - Invest In Crypto News
A new study by Stanford University and Singapore Management University says Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets may have given sophisticated traders an unfair advantage. After analyzing nearly 16,000 Bitcoin contracts over two months, researchers found trading patterns that suggest some participants were able to briefly move Bitcoin’s price just before settlement. As a result, some participants could profit from it. How the Strat…
Polymarket Study Reveals Unfair Trading Practices
The post Stanford Study Flags Bitcoin Market Manipulation on Polymarket appeared first on Coinpedia Fintech News A new study by Stanford University and Singapore Management University says Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets may have given sophisticated traders an unfair advantage. After analyzing nearly 16,000 Bitcoin contracts over two months, researchers found trading patterns that suggest some participants were able to briefl…
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