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Will Anthropic flip BTC by December 31? Predictions
A YES share pays out if this happens and NO pays out if it doesn’t — so the 78% price is just the market’s implied chance of YES. How YES/NO contracts work →
- Platform
- Polymarket
- Volume
- $160,752 volume
- Resolves
- 31 Dec 2026
- Updated
- 1 month ago
78% of traders believe Anthropic’s valuation will exceed Bitcoin’s market cap by year-end 2026. The market has slipped down 2 points, suggesting modest erosion in conviction. $161k in volume reflects genuine uncertainty around a binary that hinges on two volatile metrics moving in opposite directions simultaneously.
The math is stark. Bitcoin currently sits near $100k, implying a market cap in the high hundreds of billions. Anthropic’s last private round valued it around $15 billion—a gap that would require either Bitcoin to crater or Anthropic to reach unicorn-to-megacorn momentum in 24 months. The company would need a public listing, a blockbuster funding round, or both at exceptional multiples. Bitcoin, conversely, has survived worse skepticism and remains the largest crypto asset by a wide margin.
What moves this further: Anthropic reaching a transformative valuation event (IPO, megafund, or acquisition at premium), or Bitcoin hitting sustained bear pressure. The strongly favored read reflects the structural headwind: Anthropic would need not just growth, but growth that outpaces Bitcoin’s own trajectory. 78% remains the longer-odds bet here.
FAQ
What does a 78% price mean?
It is the market-implied probability. A 78% YES price means traders collectively judge the event about 78% likely.
How does this market resolve?
This market will resolve to "Yes" if the public valuation of Anthropic surpasses the market capitalization of Bitcoin (BTC) at any point between market creation and December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. For Bitcoin, CoinGecko's data for BTC will be used, curre
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Every price between 1¢ and 99¢ is the implied chance of YES. A contract settles at $1 if it resolves yes and $0 if it does not. Read more →
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