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Will MrBeast's next video get between 25 and 30 million views on day 1?
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A week of relentless buying has pushed US-Iran permanent peace to 50% and a nuclear deal to 66%, with traders treating June 30 as the most consequential date on the calendar.
The week's defining story is written in basis points, not dispatches. Traders have bid a US-Iran nuclear deal by June 30 to 66%, up 41 points over seven days and another 28 in the last 24 hours alone. A ceasefire extension by the same date sits at 83%, up 46 points on the week; the Hormuz blockade lifting by June 30 trades at 74%, up 38 points. The hardest outcome — permanent peace — has now crossed the 50% threshold, up 33 points in seven days on more than $8.1 million in 24-hour trading volume. In less globally consequential but equally decisive action, Peru's presidential market prices Keiko Fujimori at 98%, up 31 points on the week, with the only remaining question being whether her margin of victory falls between 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points — a bracket traders assign 96% probability.
Iran dominates every column. Markets put a 66% probability on a nuclear deal by June 30 (up 41 points in seven days), an 83% chance of a ceasefire extension (up 46 points), and a 74% probability the Hormuz blockade is lifted by month's end (up 38 points). The permanent peace market — the most ambitious outcome — sits at exactly 50%, having risen 33 points over the week on more than $8 million traded. A June 17 diplomatic meeting, however, is priced at only 12%, falling 14 points today, suggesting the near-term calendar remains compressed.
Peru is settled: Fujimori at 98% leaves traders debating only her margin, with 96% probability it lands between 0.2 and 0.3 percentage points. In the UK, the Makerfield by-election favors Andy Burnham at 72%, though that lead has slipped 12 points over the week. South Carolina's Republican governor primary has flipped, with Alan Wilson leading Pamela Evette 49% to 42% after Evette shed 16 points today. Markets give Starmer a 63% probability of departure by August 31 — elevated, but barely moving.
Crude oil markets assign a 64% chance prices fall below $80 by June's end, up 31 points on the week — a move arithmetically consistent with Iran optimism. Higher-price scenarios have collapsed: $105 is now just 9%, down 18 points on the week. The Fed holds: 76% probability of zero rate cuts in 2026. SpaceX valuation markets softened across all brackets, with the $2.5T ceiling down 11 points in a single session. NVIDIA retains the largest-company crown at 95%.
Anthropic leads the AI model quality race at 88% probability for best model by end of June, dwarfing OpenAI at 3% and Google at 10%. GPT-5.6 release timelines pulled back modestly: the June 23 bracket fell 13 points to 40%, and June 30 slipped 8 points to 78%, suggesting traders see modest schedule slippage from OpenAI.
The World Cup reshapes Group D: USA surged to 72% to top the table, up 10 points today, while Turkey collapsed to 8%, down 26 points. Group B sees Switzerland slipping to 46% (down 13 points) with Canada rising to 36%. The tournament's penalty narrative is building — markets now price a 56% chance of 10 or more missed spot-kicks, up 18 points today. G2 Esports suffered a bruising session across both CS2 and Valorant brackets.
MrBeast's market produced the day's most theatrical single-asset move: the 25-30 million views bracket surged 65 points to 83%, while the 30-35M bracket collapsed 36 points to 6%, implying traders acquired specific intelligence about an imminent video's trajectory. Elsewhere, 'Disclosure Day' locked into the $43-47M opening weekend bracket at 80%, and Spider-Man: Brand New Day extended its lead as 2026's most likely box-office champion at 55%.
The market has rendered its verdict: Iran peace is a coin flip, Fujimori won by a whisker, and MrBeast will not quite break 30 million.