{"id":89711,"date":"2026-05-05T03:46:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=89711"},"modified":"2026-05-05T03:46:34","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T03:46:34","slug":"will-iran-close-its-airspace-again-crypto-prediction-market-sees-over-50-possibility-after-hostilities-resume-in-middle-east","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=89711","title":{"rendered":"Will Iran Close Its Airspace Again? Crypto Prediction Market Sees Over 50% Possibility After Hostilities Resume In Middle East"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Cryptocurrency bettors are pricing in higher odds on Iran closing its airspace for commercial flights after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/news\/politics\/26\/05\/52271584\/trump-warns-iran-will-be-blown-off-the-face-of-the-earth-us-ships-clear-mines\">renewed attacks<\/a> in the Strait of Hormuz challenged the ceasefire.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Will Peace Be Short-Lived?<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Polygon\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/POL-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"POL\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO:\u00a0POL)<\/a>-based\u00a0<strong>Polymarket<\/strong>\u00a0showed a 52% possibility that Iran initiates a \u201cmajor closure\u201d of its airspace, up from 42% the day before.<\/p>\n<p>A &#8220;major closure&#8221; is defined as a broad closure, cancellation, or suspension of commercial flights transiting, arriving in, and departing from Iranian airspace or a major Iranian Airspace region. Limited cancellations, delays or other partial closures will not qualify.<\/p>\n<p>Over $3.70 million has been wagered on the outcome, making it one of the most actively traded bets on Polymarket.<\/p>\n<div class=\"bz-read-next-block\"><\/div>\n<p>     data-variant=&#8221;card&#8221;<br \/>\n     data-news-mode=&#8221;manual&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>    &gt;<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong><br \/>\nRead Also:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/markets\/prediction-markets\/26\/04\/52204146\/senate-bans-members-betting-prediction-markets-polymarket-kalshi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\nSenate Bans Members From &#8230;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrency bettors are pricing in higher odds on Iran closing its airspace for commercial flights after renewed attacks in the Strait of Hormuz challenged the ceasefire. Will Peace Be Short-Lived? Polygon\u00a0(CRYPTO:\u00a0POL)-based\u00a0Polymarket\u00a0showed a 52% possibility that Iran initiates a \u201cmajor closure\u201d of its airspace, up from 42% the day before. A &#8220;major closure&#8221; is defined as [&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-89711","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\/89711","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=89711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=89711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=89711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=89711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}