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Prediction Markets Keep Betting The Strait of Hormuz Will Reopen But What If This Is the New Normal?

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency on June 1, 2026, Iranians sit on Suru Beach in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz. The United States and Iran traded strikes as negotiations between the two sides stalled and Tehran again insisted any peace deal must also cover Israel's escalating offensive into Lebanon. (Credit: Amirhossein Khorgooei/AFP)

U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration that the ceasefire with Iran was "over" sent traders on prediction markets scrambling to revise their expectations for when traffic through the Strait of Hormuz might return to normal.

Kalshi, which defines "normal" traffic as a seven-day moving average of more than 60 transit calls based on IMF PortWatch data, has repeatedly pushed back that timeline since the conflict between the U.S. and Iran began.

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