Iran airspace closure market draws 11.0 million dollars in trading
World Monitor ranked the airspace contract among the most traded of its 50 tracked Polymarket and Kalshi markets in its November 5, 12:20 PM UTC reading. The contract closes on January 1, 2027.
A Polymarket contract on whether Iran will close its full airspace by December 31 was priced at 23 percent, according to World Monitor. Trading volume stood at 11.0 million dollars.
Where the contract stands
World Monitor placed the contract among the most traded markets in its November 5, 12:20 PM UTC reading. Its monitoring covered 50 markets across Polymarket and Kalshi.
That ranking reflects activity within the tracked group, rather than an exact position across either platform. The supplied summary does not specify the contract’s rank.
Deadline and closing date
The event deadline is December 31, while the contract closes on January 1, 2027. Those dates distinguish the period covered by the question from the contract’s closing date.
The report was published on Nov 5, 2026 · 7:30 AM ET. The supplied material provides no price history or further settlement details, limiting what can be inferred about changing expectations or the precise criteria for a full-airspace closure.
What it means for prediction markets
- The 23 percent price is a snapshot of market expectations, not confirmation that Iran will close its full airspace.
- The 11.0 million dollars traded and World Monitor’s ranking show substantial activity within its 50-market sample; neither establishes the likelihood of the outcome.
- The December 31 event deadline and January 1, 2027 contract close are distinct. Further settlement details would be needed to assess exactly which circumstances qualify.
Sources & attribution
- Published
- Source
- World Monitor
- Publisher
- The publisher did not list a web address.
- Source URL
- The feed did not publish this story's article address.
Full attribution under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512: this article is an original report by Infiniti Intelligence that summarizes the reporting of the publishers named above, links to their original work, and reproduces no protected expression beyond brief factual reference and in-line attribution (“according to World Monitor”). All rights in the underlying reporting remain with the publishers listed; nothing here implies endorsement by or affiliation with them. Rights holders may request correction, update or removal through the contact address published at infiniti.w3ai.io.
Related
- Polygon hard fork proposal would recover 70.49 million POL stolen from Polymarket and Binance, worth about 6.8 million dollars, Cointelegraph reports
- Polymarket prices Cloudflare at 86 percent to beat earnings on November 5, with Airbnb at 55 percent and Opendoor at 29 percent, TipRanks reports
- Dplus KIA against Bilibili Gaming market trades 357,000 dollars in 24 hours, with Bilibili Gaming at 60 cents on both Polymarket and Kalshi, CoinStats reports
- New York Rangers Stanley Cup contract gaps 4 points between venues, at 1 cent on Polymarket US against 5 cents on Gemini, Rivo reports
- Contract on a recession in 2027 is priced at 19 percent on Kalshi, down 3 points, with 891,000 dollars in volume, PredictionBubbles reports
- Texas and Georgia attorney general wins put two states back in play for prediction-market enforcement, analysts say