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Bitcoin's 2026 price ladder repriced hard as the top rung gave way on Polymarket
Polymarket's Bitcoin 2026 ladder lurched as the leading active rung slid from 96% to 80%. Here's what the contract actually measures and what the move tells you.
Pump.fun's airdrop deadline market narrows to one live date on Polymarket
Seven dates have already resolved no on Polymarket's Pump.fun airdrop contract. Only the end-of-2026 leg is still live. Here is what the market is actually asking now.
Cape Verde hold Spain to a goalless draw in Atlanta, and Polymarket reads two different stories
World Cup debutants Cape Verde drew 0-0 with Spain in Atlanta. Polymarket's advancement and Group H winner contracts now tell two very different stories.
MrBeast's day-two view count and the Polymarket contract that has picked a lane
A Polymarket contract is pricing the 48-hour view count of MrBeast's latest YouTube video. Here is what it measures and how it resolves.
The Polymarket contract ranking AI labs by Chatbot Arena, and what June 30 actually settles
A Polymarket contract resolves on June 30 by Chatbot Arena's leaderboard. Here is what it measures, what it doesn't, and how to read the snapshot.
The Hormuz shipping contract that asks a quietly enormous question
A Polymarket contract on Strait of Hormuz shipping traffic turns a 7-day moving average into a tradable proxy for one of the world's most-watched chokepoints.
Japan hold the Netherlands 2-2 and Group F opens with two sides level on a point
Netherlands 2-2 Japan in Group F: Van Dijk, Summerville, Nakamura and Kamada's 88th-minute equaliser, and what the Polymarket group winner contract is showing.
Anthropic suspends Claude Fable 5 worldwide after a US export-control order, and Polymarket prices the timing
Polymarket traders are pricing when Anthropic restores Claude Fable 5 for US customers. The export-control order, the likely return timing, and the odds.
Netherlands favoured but not runaway against Japan, and the goals market can't decide
Polymarket has Netherlands ahead of Japan in their Group F opener, but only narrowly, and the totals and scoreline ladders tell a more interesting story.
Ivory Coast vs Ecuador: the World Cup opener nobody can call
Polymarket has Ivory Coast vs Ecuador priced as one of the tightest matches of the World Cup group stage. The exact-score ladder shows why.
Qatar 1-1 Switzerland: the draw nobody priced in, and the market that settled around it
Switzerland were the pre-match favourites against Qatar. The Polymarket ladder settled to a 1-1 draw, with goals under 2.5 and both teams scoring. Here is how it called it.
Australia stun Turkey, USA crush Paraguay, and Group D reprices in a single afternoon
Australia beat Turkey 2-0 and the USA thrashed Paraguay 4-1 on World Cup matchday one. Polymarket's Group D winner market repriced sharply within hours.