Polymarket Launches 15-Minute Bitcoin Up-or-Down Markets on US Application

Polymarket has introduced continuous 15-minute Bitcoin up-or-down prediction markets on its U.S. application. The new offering allows retail and institutional users to wager around the clock on whether Bitcoin's price will finish higher or lower than a set reference price across sequential 15-minute intervals. The rapid-fire contracts settle automatically utilizing decentralized price feeds from Chainlink's BTC/USD oracle to mitigate manipulation risks. Bitcoin is currently the sole asset supported in this format, marking a strategic shift toward high-frequency financial speculation that faces potential scrutiny from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.