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KalshiMay 8, 2026

Bitcoin price on May 8, 2026?

This contract is priced at 99¢ midpoint on Kalshi. Current book: 98¢ bid, 100¢ ask, 2¢ spread.

Implied probability

99¢
$0 volume
1.5 LAS liquidity
0% of event volume

Event outcomes

16

Family volume

$123K

Best sibling

$81,000 or above 23¢

Ticker

KXBTCD-26MAY0817-T64499.99

Price history

99¢ current

+1¢
25¢50¢75¢100¢
May 1, 2026May 3, 2026

Orderbook snapshot

98 / 100¢

Kalshi
2¢ spread
BidSize
98¢192
97¢10K
90¢144
80¢162
70¢185
AskSize

Contract terms

Resolution, venue, and identifiers.

Resolution rules

If the simple average of the sixty seconds of CF Benchmarks' Bitcoin Real-Time Index (BRTI) before 5 PM EDT is above 64499.99 at 5 PM EDT on May 8, 2026, then the market resolves to Yes.

Venue

Kalshi

Closes

May 8, 2026

Identifier

KXBTCD-26MAY0817-T64499.99

Cross-venue match

Similar contract on polymarket at .

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Indicators

Yield, cliff risk, volatility, and regime.

Regime

neutral

Score

0.5

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