{"id":642429,"date":"2026-08-12T21:01:57","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/?p=838986"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:01:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T21:01:57","slug":"bitcoins-120m-betting-war-draws-a-brutal-map-for-2026-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/08\/12\/bitcoins-120m-betting-war-draws-a-brutal-map-for-2026-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin\u2019s $120M Betting War Draws a Brutal Map for 2026 Prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" src=\"https:\/\/static.news.bitcoin.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/bitcoins-120m-betting-war-draws-a-brutal-map-for-2026-prices-768x432.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Kalshi bitcoin bet\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 15px 15px 0\" \/>Bitcoin-focused prediction markets are pricing a turbulent 2026, with bettors expecting sharp swings but treating six-figure prices as a distant long shot. Bitcoin was trading near $63,500 when the markets were measured at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday afternoon on Aug. 12, 2026. Across six active markets on the leading prediction marketplaces, Polymarket and Kalshi, [&#8230;] <a href=\"https:\/\/news.bitcoin.com\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bitcoin-focused prediction markets are pricing a turbulent 2026, with bettors expecting sharp swings but treating six-figure prices as a distant long shot. Bitcoin was trading near $63,500 when the markets were measured at 1:30 p.m. EDT on Wednesday afternoon on Aug. 12, 2026. Across six active markets on the leading prediction marketplaces, Polymarket and Kalshi, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":642430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-642429","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-bitcoin"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642429"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642429\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}