TOTAL VOLUME:
$134.2b
24H VOL:
$134,145,987
24H TRANSACTIONS:
2,388,728,490
OPEN INTEREST:
$1,441,166,947
406,422
Markets across
30,383
events
MATCHED EVENTS:
2,688
PLATFORM COVERAGE:
5
Polymarket:
39%
VS.
Kalshi:
61%
Closed: Jul 4, 5:00 PM EST
Kalshi
This event divides Ethereum's price on July 4, 2026 at 5pm EDT into specific price ranges using CF Benchmarks' Ethereum Real-Time Index. Exactly one range outcome will resolve to Yes based on where the average price falls.
Resolution is based on the simple average of sixty seconds of CF Benchmarks' Ethereum Real-Time Index (ERTI) collected immediately before 5 PM EDT on July 4, 2026. The price is divided into mutually exclusive ranges, with each outcome covering a specific band. The official price source is CF Benchmarks' RTI rather than alternative sources. At expiration, 60 individual RTI prices are collected and averaged to determine which range the final price falls within, with exactly one outcome resolving to Yes.
Prediction market odds reflect what traders are willing to stake on specific outcomes, often diverging from current spot prices because they incorporate forward-looking sentiment and tail-risk hedging. While spot markets react to immediate supply and demand, this market prices in uncertainty over months, meaning the odds may lean toward ranges that seem unlikely today but carry meaningful probability weight among informed participants. Comparing the leading outcome here to analyst price targets or on-chain metrics can reveal whether the crowd is pricing in volatility, regulatory shifts, or adoption catalysts that traditional price feeds may not yet reflect.
On Kalshi, this market is priced through an order-book mechanism where traders buy and sell shares corresponding to each ETH price range. On Kalshi, prices reflect that venue's order book, liquidity, and how traders price the outcome right now. The odds for each band update continuously as new orders flow in, with the spread between bid and ask reflecting liquidity and conviction. Shares in the correct range at resolution are worth $1, making the current price of a share equivalent to the market's implied probability for that outcome.
This market resolves around Jul 4, 2026, once the event has occurred and the outcome is verifiable from credible public sources. The winning range will be determined by where ETH trades at the specified time, confirmed through established price feeds and market data. Until that moment, traders can adjust positions as new information emerges, making this a dynamic hedge or speculative vehicle for the months leading up to the resolution date.
Major catalysts include Ethereum protocol upgrades, macroeconomic shifts affecting risk appetite, regulatory announcements, and Bitcoin price movements—since ETH often correlates with BTC. Staking yield changes, layer-2 adoption milestones, and shifts in institutional demand can also reshape trader expectations for mid-2026. Geopolitical events, central bank policy, and competing blockchain developments may influence the broader crypto sentiment, causing traders to reprrice their bets on where Ethereum will land at that precise moment.