Polymarket Sentiment Tracker — May 25
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Polymarket Sentiment Tracker
What does the crowd believe? Polymarket is the world's largest prediction market platform, where traders stake real money on the outcomes of global events. Unlike polls or analyst forecasts, these markets carry skin-in-the-game — each probability reflects the collective judgment of thousands of participants who stand to gain or lose based on the accuracy of their views.
Data as of: 2026-05-25 12:34 UTC
How Prediction Markets Work
A prediction market is a contract that pays $1 if a specific event occurs, and $0 if it doesn't. If a contract trades at $0.72, the market implies a 72% probability of that outcome happening. The price is set by supply and demand: when more traders believe an event will occur, they buy the "Yes" contract, pushing the probability higher. This mechanism makes prediction markets one of the most reliable real-time probability aggregators available — often more accurate than expert panels or traditional surveys.
How to Read the Tables
Each row shows one active market. Yes Prob. is the current market-implied probability of the stated event occurring. No Prob. is the inverse (100% minus Yes). The Signal column classifies confidence: High confidence (≥65%) means the crowd has reached strong consensus; Uncertain (40–64%) means the outcome is genuinely open; Unlikely (<40%) means the crowd has largely ruled the event out. Volume indicates total money traded — higher volume means more reliable pricing. The small badge (e.g. +3.5pp 24h) shows how the probability shifted in the last 24 hours.
Monetary Policy
Central bank decisions move markets more than almost any other force. These prediction markets aggregate real-money bets on rate decisions, inflation prints, and recession risk — giving you a probabilistic read on where institutional and retail capital expects policy to land. A market pricing a rate cut at 75%+ is a strong consensus signal; one hovering near 50% reflects genuine uncertainty with potential for sharp re-pricing if data surprises.
| Market | Yes Prob. | No Prob. | Signal | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 50+ bps after the June 2026 meeting? | Yes: 0.6%(-0.1pp 24h) | No: 99.4% | Unlikely | $9.6M |
| Fed rate cut by September 2026 meeting? | Yes: 14.4%(+1.8pp 24h) | No: 85.6% | Unlikely | $100K |
| Will the Fed decrease interest rates by 25 bps after the September 2026 meeting? | Yes: 10.0%(-0.5pp 24h) | No: 90.0% | Unlikely | $10K |
| Will the Fed increase interest rates by 25 bps after the September 2026 meeting? | Yes: 18.0%(-1.0pp 24h) | No: 82.0% | Unlikely | $10K |
Geopolitics & Policy
Political risk is notoriously hard to quantify — prediction markets are one of the few tools that translate it into actionable probabilities. The markets below track election outcomes, trade policy shifts, and geopolitical flashpoints. High-probability outcomes (≥65%) indicate crowd consensus; markets clustered near 50% signal contested terrain where a single headline can swing sentiment significantly.
| Market | Yes Prob. | No Prob. | Signal | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Marco Rubio win the 2028 US Presidential Election? | Yes: 13.5%(+0.8pp 24h) | No: 86.5% | Unlikely | $10.0M |
| Will Gretchen Whitmer win the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination? | Yes: 1.2% | No: 98.8% | Unlikely | $9.8M |
| Iran closes its airspace by May 24? | Yes: 2.2%(-3.3pp 24h) | No: 97.8% | Unlikely | $9.8M |
| Will Wes Moore win the 2028 US Presidential Election? | Yes: 0.7% | No: 99.3% | Unlikely | $9.7M |
| Will no qualifying diplomatic US-Iran meeting occur by June 30, 2026? | Yes: 22.8%(+8.6pp 24h) | No: 77.2% | Unlikely | $999K |
| Will the next diplomatic US-Iran meeting be in Pakistan? | Yes: 57.1%(-6.0pp 24h) | No: 42.9% | Uncertain | $999K |
Financial Markets
These markets directly price financial outcomes: index levels, asset price milestones, and key corporate events. Unlike traditional forecasts, prediction market probabilities update instantly as new information flows in. When volume is high ($1M+), the implied probability carries substantial informational weight and often leads traditional analyst consensus.
| Market | Yes Prob. | No Prob. | Signal | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Bitcoin dip to $55,000 in May? | Yes: 0.4%(-0.1pp 24h) | No: 99.6% | Unlikely | $985K |
| Will Bitcoin reach $130,000 by December 31, 2026? | Yes: 12.0%(+1.0pp 24h) | No: 88.0% | Unlikely | $963K |
| Will WTI Crude Oil (WTI) hit (LOW) $85 in May? | Yes: 48.0%(-23.0pp 24h) | No: 52.0% | Uncertain | $959K |
| Will Microstrategy announce a Bitcoin purchase May 19-25? | Yes: 0.1%(-6.2pp 24h) | No: 99.9% | Unlikely | $100K |
| Will the price of Bitcoin be above $68,000 on May 27? | Yes: 99.9%(+0.6pp 24h) | No: 0.1% | High confidence | $99K |
| Will S&P 500 (SPY) hit (LOW) $730 in May? | Yes: 12.0%(+5.0pp 24h) | No: 88.0% | Unlikely | $99K |
Macroeconomics
Macro prediction markets capture the crowd's view on economic trajectory — GDP growth, debt ceilings, technology disruption, and fiscal policy. These are slow-moving but high-impact themes: a shift of 10 percentage points in any of these markets can represent a meaningful reassessment of the economic outlook by thousands of informed traders.
| Market | Yes Prob. | No Prob. | Signal | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will Anthropic have the best AI model at the end of May 2026? | Yes: 98.8%(+0.8pp 24h) | No: 1.2% | High confidence | $979K |
| Will OpenAI have the best AI model at the end of May 2026? | Yes: 0.3%(-0.1pp 24h) | No: 99.7% | Unlikely | $976K |
| Will Google have the best AI model at the end of May 2026? | Yes: 0.5% | No: 99.5% | Unlikely | $970K |
| Will Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR) hit (LOW) $126 in May? | Yes: 21.0%(-1.5pp 24h) | No: 79.0% | Unlikely | $98K |
| Will Anthropic have the best Coding AI model at the end of May 2026? | Yes: 97.5%(+0.5pp 24h) | No: 2.5% | High confidence | $10K |
| Will Mistral have the best Coding AI model at the end of May 2026? | Yes: 0.1% | No: 99.9% | Unlikely | $986 |
Market Intelligence Commentary
Polymarket data reflects real-money crowd intelligence on key macro events. Current probabilities signal mixed sentiment across monetary policy and geopolitical risk.
Probabilities are sourced directly from Polymarket's Gamma API and represent real-money market-implied odds. Markets shown have minimum $5,000 liquidity. Data reflects live Polymarket pricing at the time of publication.
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