Stanford study says 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets enable settlement manipulation
CoinTelegraph·
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Researchers at Stanford University are warning that Polymarket's five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives for manipulation, specifically around contract settlement. This occurs when traders adjust spot prices to influence the outcome of contracts, which settle every five minutes. A longer settlement window is proposed as a potential fix to mitigate this issue, potentially stabilizing the market.
Researchers found that Polymarket’s five-minute Bitcoin prediction markets create incentives to manipulate spot prices around contract settlement, proposing longer settlement windows as a potential fix.