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Polymarket Sentiment Tracker — August 26

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Polymarket Sentiment Tracker — August 26

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: 2026-08-26 10:31 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.

High confidence ≥65%Uncertain 40–64%Unlikely <40%

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.

MarketYes Prob.No Prob.SignalVolume
Will Donald Trump win the 2028 US Presidential Election?Yes: 1.9%No: 98.1%Unlikely$10.0M
Will Tom Cotton win the 2028 Republican presidential nomination?Yes: 0.2%No: 99.8%Unlikely$992K
US announces end of Iranian blockade by December 31, 2026?Yes: 78.8%(+3.1pp 24h)No: 21.2%High confidence$987K
Will the Democrats win the 2028 US Presidential Election?Yes: 57.0%No: 43.0%Uncertain$980K
Will Radu Burnete be the next Prime Minister of Romania?Yes: 7.7%(-0.5pp 24h)No: 92.3%Unlikely$100K
Will Alexander Vindman be the Democratic nominee for Senate in Florida?Yes: 0.1%No: 99.9%Unlikely$100K

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.

MarketYes Prob.No Prob.SignalVolume
Will the price of Bitcoin be above $78,000 on August 27?Yes: 62.4%(-3.9pp 24h)No: 37.6%Uncertain$10K
Will the price of Bitcoin be above $82,000 on August 28?Yes: 16.0%(-10.5pp 24h)No: 84.0%Unlikely$10K
S&P 500 (SPX) Opens Up or Down on August 26?Yes: 40.0%No: 60.0%Uncertain$991
ITF WOMEN - SINGLES: W50 Oldenzaal (Netherlands), clay: Arina Garbiela Vasilescu vs Tena LukasYes: 39.0%No: 61.0%Unlikely$986
ITF WOMEN - SINGLES: W50 Oldenzaal (Netherlands), clay: Josy Daems vs Diletta CherubiniYes: 52.0%No: 48.0%Uncertain$99

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.

MarketYes Prob.No Prob.SignalVolume
Will OpenAI's valuation hit (HIGH) $1.0T by December 31?Yes: 67.0%(+2.5pp 24h)No: 33.0%High confidence$99K

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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