PolymarketCryptoDevelopingUpdated 8m ago

Will Bitcoin reach $500,000 by December 31, 2026?

As of Oct 12, 2026, 12:57 AM ET, Polymarket priced this market at 0.3% (little changed over 24 hours). It had $34.6K traded in the past 24 hours, $177.8K of order-book liquidity and a bid-ask spread of 0.2 pts. probcast.co rates the support behind this price as moderate.

Market probability
0.3%
Little changed over 24 hours

Thin market where small orders can move the price, with broad trading across many accounts.

Price historyPolymarket

Source: Polymarket price history

How credible was the move?

Methodology →

Move validity

Moderate

Consensus stability

Stable

Contract clarity

High

Can you trust this price?

Two different questions: how hard the price is to move, and whose trading set it.

Market capacity

How hard is it to move this price?

ThinTight spread

Order-book liquidity

$177.8K

Bid-ask spread

0.2 pts

24h volume

$34.6K

Total volume

$1.7M

It would take roughly $851.6 of buying to move the price up by ~5 pts.

Little money on the book — a modest order can move this price, so treat swings with care.

Who's trading

Whose opinion is this price?

Broad participation
23%of the traded money came from the single largest account

Accounts

137

Trades

200

over 34 days

Largest order

$94.3

$410.3 traded across these 200 trades (last 34 days).

Many independent accounts traded — the price reflects a crowd, not one bettor.

Recent trade activity$410.3 traded

From the latest trade tape (most recent 200 prints) — a live activity sample, not a lifetime total.

What this market actually measures

This market will immediately resolve to "Yes" if any Binance 1 minute candle for Bitcoin (BTC/USDT) between November 24, 2025, 14:00 and December 31, 2026, 23:59 in the ET timezone has a final "High" price equal to or greater than the price specified in the title. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No." The resolution source for this market is Binance, specifically the BTC/USDT "High" prices available at https:/…

This summary shows the opening of the venue's official rules. ProbCast has not yet generated an independent plain-English interpretation for this contract — review the full rules before relying on it.

View full official resolution rules

This market will immediately resolve to "Yes" if any Binance 1 minute candle for Bitcoin (BTC/USDT) between November 24, 2025, 14:00 and December 31, 2026, 23:59 in the ET timezone has a final "High" price equal to or greater than the price specified in the title. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No." The resolution source for this market is Binance, specifically the BTC/USDT "High" prices available at https://www.binance.com/en/trade/BTC_USDT, with the chart settings on "1m" for one-minute candles selected on the top bar. Please note that the outcome of this market depends solely on the price data from the Binance BTC/USDT trading pair. Prices from other exchanges, different trading pairs, or spot markets will not be considered for the resolution of this market.

Resolution source: binance.com

What could move this market next?

  • The market's deadline arrivesJanuary 1, 2027 at 12:00 AM ET

    The contract must resolve based on what has happened by this date.

  • Confirmation at the resolution source (binance.com)

    The rules name this source as the basis for settlement.

Derived from the contract's own mechanics as of Oct 12, 1:05 AM ET. ProbCast does not list scheduled meetings, announcements, or data releases it cannot verify.

Advanced analysis (experimental)

Research signals — these models are still accumulating the history needed for full validation, and they can disagree with the headline read. Model confidence: low · expected error ±13 pts.

Quote-drivenLegacy movement classifier: watch

What's happening

medium classifier confidence
Quote-driven

A tight, deep, quote-driven book with little executed flow. The price is stable but reflects resting quotes more than active trading.

  • Tight spread on a liquid, calm market

The latest price is a usable but caveated read — weigh it with the market state.

More details — reliability score, dynamics, durability
Reliability score
58Medium
Where the price path tends to go next440 observed
  • Choppy / mean-reverting95%
  • Stable consensus2%
  • Thin-liquidity spike1%

Short-term motion of the price line (~1h), distinct from the environment above — not a prediction of the final outcome.

DurabilityHigh· half-life —
PredictabilityStable

Secondary read: leaning toward Trading normally.

A read-only classification of the market environment — how much weight the current price deserves as a read of consensus. It describes conditions, never a trade.

Market data

24h volume

$34.6K

Liquidity

$177.8K

Total volume

$1.7M

Category
Crypto
Venue
Polymarket
Open interest
—
Spread
0.2 pts
Best bid
0.2%
Best ask
0.4%
7-day range
0.3% – 0.4%
Resolves
Jan 1, 2027
Resolution
binance.com
Change (pts)1H0.06H0.024H0.07D0.0

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