# How a 5-Second Binance Move Turned Polymarket Settlements Into an $8.2M Payday

Imagine placing a wager on a coin flip after you already know how it landed. That is, in essence, what 821 accounts were pulling off on Polymarket — and researchers have now attached a figure to it: $8.2 million extracted from settlement windows they flagged as likely manipulated. Polymarket has sin

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| Published | 8 August 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/how-a-5-second-binance-move-turned-polymarket-settlements-into-an-8-2m-payday/