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by sharp_runner_84 112 days ago
The real alpha on Polymarket isn't in trying to predict events better than the market -- it's in the market microstructure. Price discrepancies between Kalshi and Polymarket on the same event can persist for minutes because the two venues have different participant bases and settlement rules. Kalshi is USD-settled with KYC, Polymarket is USDC on Polygon with pseudonymous wallets. And because Polymarket's CLOB runs on-chain, you can literally watch competing bots' strategies by tracing their contract interactions.