Bitcoin (BTC) Up or Down Markets
Bitcoin up or down markets on Polymarket: 5-minute, 15-minute, 1-hour and 4-hour windows, each with a live price to beat and how recent windows resolved.
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| Window | Per day | UP, last 50 | UP, 90 days | Median move | Median volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5m | 288 | 44% of 50 | 50% of 25,729 | 33 | $4 |
| 15m | 96 | 42% of 50 | 49% of 8,629 | 46 | $161 |
| 1h | 24 | 54% of 50 | 51% of 641 | 86 | $14.7k |
| 4h | 6 | 44% of 50 | 52% of 161 | 188 | $13.6k |
Over the last 90 days the 4-hour window closed UP most often — 52% of 161 resolved windows — while the 15-minute window closed UP 49% of 8,629. Both sit near the coin flip these markets are priced around; the gap is a record, not an edge.
A typical 5-minute Bitcoin window settles 33 away from its open against 188 on the 4-hour window, roughly 5.8× the distance for 48× fewer windows a day.
Median volume is highest on the 1-hour window at $14.7k per window, and the 24 windows it runs each day are where most Bitcoin up or down flow sits.
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