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Polymarket Bot Trader Reveals Why Chainlink Beats Binance for Settlement
A developer found that Polymarket uses Chainlink oracles, not Binance, to settle crypto prediction markets. During high volatility, prices can diverge by 0.3-0.8% for 10-30 seconds, causing losses. The fix: pull reference prices from Chainlink's Data Streams API instead of exchange feeds.
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This is a practical reminder that oracle choice matters for automated trading, but the edge case of millisecond divergence may not affect most casual traders.
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