{"id":33038,"date":"2025-06-22T06:16:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=33038"},"modified":"2025-06-22T06:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-22T06:16:44","slug":"the-probability-of-iran-blocking-strait-of-hormuz-surges-to-52-on-polymarket-after-trumps-air-strikes-on-irans-nuclear-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=33038","title":{"rendered":"The Probability of Iran Blocking Strait of Hormuz Surges to 52% On Polymarket After Trump&#8217;s Air Strikes on Iran&#8217;s Nuclear Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The probability of Iran&#8217;s leadership blocking the Strait of Hormuz for shipping has increased following the U.S. airstrikes on Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities.<\/p>\n<p>At press time, shares of the Yes side of the Polymarket-listed contract &#8220;Will Iran Close the Strait of Hormuz <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/will-iran-close-the-strait-of-hormuz-before-july?tid=1750570707073\">before June 30<\/a> traded at 40 cents, representing a 40% probability. That&#8217;s a notable increase from 14% Saturday. Meanwhile, the odds of the event <a href=\"https:\/\/polymarket.com\/event\/will-iran-close-the-strait-of-hormuz-in-2025?tid=1750570729915\">occurring by the end of the year increased<\/a> to 52%, up from 33% the previous day.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately 20 million barrels of oil are transported through the Strait of Hormuz daily, accounting for around 20% of the world&#8217;s oil consumption, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meforum.org\/mef-observer\/could-a-strait-of-hormuz-closure-stop-all-persian-gulf-oil-and-gas-exports\">according to the Middle East Forum Observer<\/a>. Therefore, the potential closure of the Hormuz could trigger a sustained oil price shock.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/markets\/commodities\/oil\/top-analysts-reset-oil-price-targets-amid-middle-east-chaos\">According to JPMorgan&#8217;s analysts<\/a>, shutting the Strait of Hormuz could catapult crude oil prices to an eye-popping $120 to $130 per barrel.<\/p>\n<p>Such a spike in oil prices, coupled with the ongoing trade war, could lead to stagflation \u2013 the worst outcome for financial assets, including cryptocurrencies.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.sanity.io\/images\/s3y3vcno\/production\/dd5676a7b715836b26b50faa29e0aae18cd52e7b-1949x1119.png?auto=format\" alt=\"Polymarket: Will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz in 2025? (Polymarket)\" title=\"Polymarket: Will Iran close the Strait of Hormuz in 2025? (Polymarket)\"><\/p>\n<p>As of writing, the cryptocurrency market has not shown any signs of panic, with bitcoin BTC continuing to trade above $100,000, per CoinDesk data. <\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump confirmed airstrikes Saturday evening, saying the attack Obliterated three critical Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities, calling &#8220;the bully of the Middle East [Iran] to make peace.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The probability of Iran&#8217;s leadership blocking the Strait of Hormuz for shipping has increased following the U.S. airstrikes on Iran&#8217;s nuclear facilities. At press time, shares of the Yes side of the Polymarket-listed contract &#8220;Will Iran Close the Strait of Hormuz before June 30 traded at 40 cents, representing a 40% probability. That&#8217;s a notable [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-33038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=33038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33038\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}