{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Indexed Podcast","title":"The Manipulation of 5min BTC Price on Polymarket","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/40e940ab\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3352,"description":"The Manipulation of 5min BTC Price on Polymarket\n\nToday we're joined by Ruizhe Jia, Assistant Professor at Stanford University, to unpack one of the most fascinating market structure discoveries in crypto this year.\nWe dive into new research showing how Polymarket's 5-minute Bitcoin prediction markets may be creating incentives to manipulate BTC's spot price at settlement. \nWe discuss who actually trades these markets, why sophisticated traders exploit them, how market makers react, and what this means for the future of prediction markets and programmable finance.\nWe discuss:Stanford's research into crypto market structureWhy 5-minute BTC markets existWho actually trades these prediction markets?Evidence of BTC price manipulation around settlementHow sophisticated traders exploit PolymarketMarket makers adapting to manipulationWhy retail may be at a disadvantageBinary options vs prediction marketsCan prediction markets become more efficient?The future of programmable financial infrastructureAnd much more—enjoy!—\nTimestamps:(00:00) Introduction(01:06) Why Stanford studies crypto(05:27) The 5-minute BTC market(09:00) Who trades these markets?(13:22) Can traders exploit them?(15:45) The manipulation research(21:05) How BTC price gets moved(30:30) Why market makers profit(38:25) Why manipulation works(41:25) Retail's hidden disadvantage(45:18) Are these markets useful?(49:43) Future of prediction markets(54:38) Final thoughts—\nContent links:https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=7028398https://x.com/RuizheJia/status/2074615729333374981?s=20https://x.com/sui414/status/2074650268927742307?s=20https://panteraresearchlab.xyz/research/crypto-on-the-clock/—\nFollow the guest:https://x.com/RuizheJiaFollow the co-hosts:https://x.com/hildobbyhttps://x.com/0xBoxerhttps://x.com/sui414Follow the Indexed Podcast:https://x.com/indexed_pod—\nThe Indexed Podcast discusses hot topics, trendy metrics and chart crimes in the crypto industry, with a new episode every 1st and...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/IM1tBn8uHFRf1EX50ZrfGhDlw_1FFNNQLXKzAVO7J9A/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8yZWI5/OGU3Y2UyZTBmYmUz/ZDM0MTA1MmNmZWEy/MDFlZi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}