Bitcoin Magazine July 15, 2026

Traders Took $8.2 Million From Polymarket’s Five-Minute Bitcoin Bets, Study Found

Traders Took $8.2 Million From Polymarket’s Five-Minute Bitcoin Bets, Study Found

Bitcoin Magazine

Traders Took $8.2 Million From Polymarket’s Five-Minute Bitcoin Bets, Study Found

A new study found that Polymarket's five-minute Bitcoin contract functioned as a wealth transfer mechanism, funneling money from retail traders to a small group of manipulators while distorting Bitcoin's spot price.

This post Traders Took $8.2 Million From Polymarket’s Five-Minute Bitcoin Bets, Study Found first appeared on Bitcoin Magazine and is written by Micah Zimmerman.

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