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Polymarket Traders May Be Manipulating Bitcoin’s Price To Rig Bets, Stanford Study Says

Unchained·July 16, 2026·1 min read
Polymarket Traders May Be Manipulating Bitcoin’s Price To Rig Bets, Stanford Study Says

A Stanford working paper says a small group of Polymarket traders may be manipulating Bitcoin's price to rig bets. The study claims traders nudged Binance's spot price in the final seconds before settlement to determine which side of Polymarket's five-minute bitcoin contracts paid out.

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