The Hundred: Birmingham Phoenix vs Sunrisers Leeds

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Market context

Birmingham Phoenix have just lost to Sunrisers Leeds in the men’s Hundred match at Edgbaston, with Sunrisers posting 169 for 7 and Phoenix finishing on 124 for 8, a 45-run margin that underscores how quickly market sentiment can shift when a side is already out of form.[2][8][11] On the same ground, the women’s teams also produced a clear Sunrisers win earlier in the week, with Phoebe Litchfield’s 71 off 33 balls helping chase 108 in 69 balls, which adds a recent head-to-head reference point for Edgbaston conditions and Sunrisers’ strong batting outcomes there.[1][3][4]

For a 0% YES price, the key context is that the market has been framed against live cricket rather than pure pre-match probability: Phoenix won the toss and chose to bowl, and Sky Sports’ WinViz had Sunrisers ahead at 69% even before the chase fully played out.[12][14] In prediction-market terms, settlement depends on the official result under the competition’s playing conditions, so any ordinary win, DLS adjustment, or on-field tiebreak would resolve the contract the same way; the only practical catalysts are score updates, interruptions, and any late competition ruling about a voided or abandoned fixture. Because the market closes after the match window, there is little macro crypto linkage beyond general USDC settlement mechanics, but traders still tend to watch exchange liquidity and late order-flow when a contract is near final resolution.

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Methodology

This page reads The Hundred: Birmingham Phoenix vs Sunrisers Leeds on-chain. Polymarket's quote comes directly from the Polygon order book — the only comparable venue with on-chain settlement. Kalshi (USD, off-chain), Betfair (GBP/EUR, off-chain) and Manifold (play-money) are listed alongside for venue context. Every CTA routes to BTC Prediction, which mirrors the Polymarket order book directly.

Resolution & payout

Settlement is on-chain via UMA Optimistic Oracle. A proposer posts the outcome with a bond, a two-hour dispute window opens, then the smart contract lifts winning conditional tokens to 1 USDC and sends payments to holders' wallets automatically. No withdrawal fees beyond Polygon gas.

Off-chain venues (Kalshi, Betfair, Smarkets) settle in local fiat through bank-side clearing — faster than SWIFT, slower than on-chain. Manifold pays no real cash.

UK Frequently Asked Questions

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Crypto prediction markets are on-chain smart contracts where you buy YES or NO shares on a future crypto event (e.g. "BTC above $100k by year-end"). The market price between 0¢ and 100¢ is the implied probability.

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USDC is the Polygon standard — audited reserves (Circle, monthly attestation), deepest order book, low gas costs. ETH volatility would distort probability quotes; USDT has thinner Polygon liquidity than USDC.

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