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KalshiMay 8, 20265 days left

Bitcoin price on May 8, 2026?

This contract is priced at 38¢ on Kalshi. Current book: 33¢ bid, 37¢ ask, 4¢ spread.

Implied probability

38¢
$9K volume
$4K liquidity
7% of event volume

Event outcomes

16

Family volume

$125K

Best sibling

$81,000 or above 23¢

Ticker

KXBTCD-26MAY0817-T79999.99

Price history

38¢ current

+10¢
25¢50¢75¢100¢
May 1, 2026May 3, 2026

Orderbook snapshot

33 / 37¢

Kalshi
4¢ spread
BidSize
33¢621
32¢10K
30¢97
25¢300
21¢28
AskSize
37¢621
38¢10K
45¢502
46¢799
47¢899

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 79999.99 at 5 PM EDT on May 8, 2026, then the market resolves to Yes.

Venue

Kalshi

Closes

May 8, 2026

Identifier

KXBTCD-26MAY0817-T79999.99

Cross-venue match

Similar contract on polymarket at 95¢, -57¢ versus this page.

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Indicators

Yield, cliff risk, volatility, and regime.

CRI

2

Overround

17.3%

LAS

0.12

Regime

neutral

Score

0.5

Full indicator table

2
Overround
17.3%
LAS
0.12

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