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Gate Research Explores Temporal Markets and Event Contracts
Gate Research examines temporal markets and event contracts, structured short-term price movements into defined outcomes that can be independently priced, traded, and settled. Key findings include the emergence of 5min, 15min, 1h, and 4h as primary formats for short-horizon directional markets. Gate Event Contracts support BTC and ETH across these four timeframes, with settlement based on Chainlink time-weighted average prices. The report discusses the development of stronger liquidity, transparent settlement rules, and robust risk controls for more sophisticated strategies and real-time probability-based market information.