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The Federal Reserve is the story today. The crowd is pricing a Fed that holds in September but still hikes before year-end — a split view that reflects the Iran war's inflationary …
Iran diplomacy is unraveling in real time. Three markets across the Iran-Trump chain show coordinated retreat: the Iran-Oman Hormuz agreement dropped 22 points to 70%, and the US-I…
Iran's Hormuz strategy is collapsing. Two sources confirm Iran rejected Oman's mediation plan, but the money is reading this as desperation, not strength. The broader Iran-oil chai…
The world is repositioning around an Iran normalization scenario. $435K of real money pushed the probability of a U.S. The Strait of Hormuz normalization market rose 9 points to 32…
The world is repositioning around a fragile Iran détente. $570K of real money pushed the Israel-Iran ceasefire market to 98% — up 32 points in 24 hours — while $156K drove the U.S.…
The Israel-Iran ceasefire is fracturing. $101,605 of real money pushed the probability that the ceasefire holds through August 9 down 25 points to 57% in 24 hours. Simultaneously, …
The Israel-Iran ceasefire is fracturing. $234,254 of real money pushed the probability that the ceasefire holds through August 2 down 19.5 points to 71% in 24 hours. At the same ti…
The world is repositioning around two macro forces: the Federal Reserve's inflation fight and Bitcoin's stabilization above $62,000. $905,668 of real money pushed the probability o…
The Iran ceasefire narrative collapsed in 24 hours. $456K of real money drove the probability of a US-Iran ceasefire by July 31 down 35 points to 23%, while oil markets simultaneou…
The US-Iran ceasefire market moved sharply. $180,296 of real money pushed the probability of an effective ceasefire by July 31 down 17 points to 36% in 24 hours. This is the single…
The world is repositioning around an imminent pause in U.S.-Iran hostilities. $544,627 of real money pushed the probability that the U.S. announces a halt in Iran offensive operati…
The world is repricing Middle East energy risk. $351,519 of real money pushed WTI crude to 69% probability of hitting $90 in July — a 34-point jump in 24 hours — as oil soared over…
Crypto is repricing sharply upward while U.S.-Iran ceasefire expectations collapse. Bitcoin markets jumped 32 points to 78% on $142K of volume, with Ethereum climbing 29 points to …
The oil market tells a different story. WTI $90 probability collapsed 23 points to 31% on $119K volume — the crowd is pricing no sustained supply shock despite ongoing Strait of Ho…
The prediction market signal is fragmenting across every major domain today — Iran, AI, crypto, Ukraine — but the common thread is thin conviction. Twelve markets moved double digi…
The Iran conflict narrative is fragmenting. $1.37 million pushed U.S. invasion probability up 6 points to 24% in the past 24 hours, the largest volume signal in today's data. The m…
Iran diplomacy is collapsing in real time. The market on whether Iran will withdraw from MOU negotiations by July 31 moved to 16% on $218K of volume — the crowd is pricing a diplom…