Polymarket just patched an $8.2M exploit in its trading bot ecosystem - here's what the new TWAP settlement means for algo traders. On August 7, 2026, Polymarket moved its crypto up/down markets from single-price-snapshot settlement to Chainlink TWAP (time-weighted average price): a 30-second window

An analysis of the public ranking of Polymarket (a "prediction markets" platform where users bet on the outcome of real events) showed that 14 of the 20 most profitable accounts are fully automated trading bots, not people trading manually. It's interesting to see where their advantage comes from-mo