Five-minute bitcoin bets on Polymarket hit records as bots dominate volume
- —Polymarket's five-minute format handled $2.3 billion between Feb 15 and Mar 30
- —Bots generated 55% of five-minute and 62% of fifteen-minute volume
- —Polymarket collected $17.8 million in fees from Jan 7 to Mar 30
- —Stanford/SMU study: 821 accounts made $8.2 million via manipulation
Why it matters: Fast crypto bets are becoming a major prediction-market segment, but manipulation and bot activity raise risks for retail traders and draw CFTC scrutiny.
Source: Journal du Coin