Caught an interesting market timing quirk today. Around 10:18-10:19, news dropped about Trump leaning toward keeping Kevin Hassett in position. Problem? Twitter was experiencing downtime right then. The lag was visible in real-time—Polymarket prediction markets didn't budge until after 10:20, long after the headline broke. Shows how platform outages can create those fleeting information gaps where smart traders get an edge. Information flows, but infrastructure hiccups matter more than most realize when it comes to market reaction speed.

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DataChiefvip
· 14h ago
Infrastructure failures mean money, everyone knows that. During the few minutes of Twitter downtime, arbitrage opportunities immediately appeared. Polymarket's sluggish response was because the information flow was cut off.
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SpeakWithHatOnvip
· 14h ago
Haha, that's why I don't fully believe that the market is "efficient"—a infrastructure failure can create arbitrage opportunities?
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bridge_anxietyvip
· 14h ago
Wait, isn't it too coincidental that Twitter went down at this exact time? Or is it really just a coincidence?
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MevTearsvip
· 14h ago
ngl That's why we're always getting cut... Infrastructure failure = information black hole, smart people have already had their fill in those two minutes.
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PanicSellervip
· 14h ago
Oh no, this is awkward. Twitter just went down right at the worst time. Information gaps really are money.
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