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How accurate are Polymarket's crypto price markets?

Sample collected September 24, 2026 · re-collected weekly · free CSV below

We checked 1008 daily strikes on 90 Bitcoin and Ethereum ladders that settled in the last 45 days, using each strike's price 24 hours before settlement. The side priced above 50% won 95% of the time (65% among the 84 closer calls priced 20–80%), and the Brier score is 0.034 (0 is perfect; always guessing 50% scores 0.25).

Calibration: price a day before vs how often it happened

Price 24 h beforeStrikesAverage priceResolved YESGap (pts)
0–10%3511.1%3.1%+2.1
10–20%2814.7%21.4%+6.8
20–30%2125.3%23.8%-1.5
30–40%1235.1%8.3%-26.8
40–50%1443.9%57.1%+13.3
50–60%756.6%28.6%-28.1
60–70%1463.4%50.0%-13.4
70–80%1675.4%81.2%+5.8
80–90%1886.4%88.9%+2.5
90–100%52799.0%100.0%+1.0

Bands with few strikes move a lot from week to week. Educational information, not financial advice.

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Frequently asked questions

How accurate are Polymarket's Bitcoin price markets?

We checked 1008 daily strikes on 90 Bitcoin and Ethereum ladders that settled in the last 45 days, using each strike's price 24 hours before settlement. The side priced above 50% won 95% of the time (65% among the 84 closer calls priced 20–80%), and the Brier score is 0.034 (0 is perfect; always guessing 50% scores 0.25).

What does calibration mean here?

If strikes priced around 30% a day before settlement finish YES about 30% of the time, the market is well calibrated. The table compares the average price in each band with how often those strikes actually resolved YES.

Where do the numbers come from?

Polymarket's resolved daily 'above ___ on <date>?' markets for Bitcoin and Ethereum and each strike's hourly YES price history, taken 24 hours before settlement and never after the market closed. The full sample is in the CSV below.

Data: CSV · JSON (CC BY 4.0, attribution: PolymarketTrader.com). Polymarket View is independent and not affiliated with Polymarket or Binance.