The US and Iran Return to Confrontation, Smart Money Betting on US Restarting Naval Blockade Against Iran

According to PolyBeats monitoring, on the prediction market Polymarket, a savvy investor has put in $9.3k on the question "Will the U.S. announce a blockade on Iran by July 31st?" with an average buy-in probability of 16.2%. The current probability for "Yes" is 20.5%.

0xfc2f4f50 has invested $9.3k and is most active in the Politics category in this market, with a net profit of $117k. Out of 678 settled trades in this category, their win rate is 228/678 (34%), with 155 trades where the buy price was below $0.8 and the sell price was above $0.95. Within a similar cost range ($0.101-$0.25), the median historical investment amount is $623, making this current investment 15.0 times that median.

The situation in the Strait of Hormuz escalated on July 7th. The U.S. Central Command stated that the U.S. military conducted a new round of strikes against Iran, hitting over 80 targets. This action was in response to recent Iranian attacks on three commercial vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM mentioned that the targets included air defense systems, command and control networks, coastal radars, anti-ship missile capabilities, and over 60 Iranian Revolutionary Guard fast attack boats, aimed at degrading Iran's ability to further threaten international commercial shipping.

On June 18th, the U.S. had previously lifted the maritime blockade on Iranian ports based on a U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding, stating that the enforcement of relevant blockades had ceased. After July 7th, the U.S.'s public actions have been retaliatory airstrikes, revocation of Iran's oil sales waivers, and categorizing Iran's attacks on commercial vessels as a violation of the ceasefire, rather than formally announcing a reinstatement of the interception policy regarding Iranian maritime traffic.

The diplomatic front has also deteriorated. Axios reported today that during the Turkey NATO summit, Trump indicated that he believes the ceasefire with Iran is over and that negotiations are "a waste of time." Axios previously mentioned that the U.S. revoked temporary oil waivers to Iran less than three weeks ago, as Washington deemed the agreement performance-based, and Iran's actions in the strait were deemed unacceptable. Iran, on the other hand, accused the U.S. of violating the memorandum of understanding and emphasized that ships should follow Iran's designated route.

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Total Investment: $9.3k
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