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Polymarket Exploit: How a 5-Second Trading Trick Drained Millions from Prediction Market
07.08.2026 18:18
A newly revealed trading exploit on Polymarket, a leading crypto prediction market platform, allowed savvy traders to drain millions of dollars in minutes. The trick, which takes just five seconds to execute, exploited a latency issue in the platform's order matching system. By placing rapid-fire trades during price volatility, traders were able to front-run other users and capture arbitrage opportunities, siphoning significant liquidity from the POLY market. The incident highlights critical vulnerabilities in decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols and raises questions about market manipulation and security in crypto trading.
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