Where is Ethereum price heading?
Leader sits at 14% across 9 bound outcomes, runner-up at 14%. This is a winner-take-all market — the headline is the leader’s price, not an arithmetic mean.
Leader probability
2,250 to 2,499.99
Outcomes
9
winner-take-all
Runner-up
14¢
2,500 to 2,749.99
Spread
0pp
contested
24h volume
$14K
liquid
Closes
Jan 1, 2027
102 days
Venue
Kalshi
9 bound
30-day trend
Bracket family
How the bracket ladder is priced.
Each row is one outcome on the venue. Sorted by 24h volume — the heaviest book is at the top.
Cluster 1
eth price on jan 1, 2027
ETH price on Jan 1, 2027?: 3,250 to 3,499.99
KXETHY-27JAN0100-B3375
ETH price on Jan 1, 2027?: 2,000 to 2,249.99
KXETHY-27JAN0100-B2125
ETH price on Jan 1, 2027?: 2,250 to 2,499.99
KXETHY-27JAN0100-B2375
ETH price on Jan 1, 2027?: 3,000 to 3,249.99
KXETHY-27JAN0100-B3125
ETH price on Jan 1, 2027?: 2,750 to 2,999.99
KXETHY-27JAN0100-B2875
ETH price on Jan 1, 2027?: 3,500 to 3,749.99
KXETHY-27JAN0100-B3625
ETH price on Jan 1, 2027?: 1,750 to 1,999.99
KXETHY-27JAN0100-B1875
ETH price on Jan 1, 2027?: 2,500 to 2,749.99
KXETHY-27JAN0100-B2625
ETH price on Jan 1, 2027?: 1,500 to 1,749.99
KXETHY-27JAN0100-B1625
Analysis
Traders currently assign a 16% probability that Ethereum will trade between $2,250 and $2,499.99 on January 1, 2027—the single most likely outcome among ten price bands. The distribution suggests modest upside optimism: the $2,500–$2,750 band ranks second at 14%, while lower bands capture 24% combined. This pricing reflects uncertainty about Ethereum's ability to sustain prices above current levels over the next 3.3 months. Key drivers include macroeconomic conditions affecting risk assets, regulatory developments around crypto asset classification, and technical price action around key support and resistance levels. The resolution date itself—January 1, 2027—is fixed, so the primary catalyst remains real-world price movement rather than a scheduled announcement. Current trading volume concentrates in the $2,250–$2,750 range, suggesting market participants view that zone as the realistic outcome band.
- ›Ethereum's current price relative to the $2,250–$2,750 bands defines the directional bias; traders price in either modest growth, sideways consolidation, or modest decline over 3.3 months
- ›Macroeconomic factors—Fed policy, equity market momentum, and risk-asset sentiment—historically correlate with crypto volatility and could shift probabilities sharply
- ›The $2,500 band (second at 14%) being close to the leader (16%) suggests the market sees near-equal odds between a move upward or downward from present levels
- ›Regulatory announcements or institutional adoption developments could rapidly reprrice uncertainty, particularly around spot or derivative products
- ›Combined probability below $2,000 (roughly 24%) implies traders assign non-trivial risk to significant downside over the next 103 days
What moved the line
- Sep 192,250 to 2,499.99↓3pp17→14¢ · Kalshi
- Sep 172,750 to 2,999.99↑3pp8→11¢ · Kalshi
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How we compute these odds
SimpleFunctions aggregates live prediction-market contracts from Kalshi and Polymarket. Each slug groups contracts that resolve on the same underlying event, identified by venue event_id.
For binary slugs, the headline probability is the liquidity-weighted mid-price across all bound contracts. For multi-outcome slugs (e.g. elections with 3+ candidates), the headline is the leader’s price; we never arithmetically average disjoint outcomes — that would produce a number with no real-world meaning.
Snapshots refresh every 5 minutes during market hours; daily aggregates are computed at 04:00 UTC. The 30-day sparkline is drawn from per-ticker daily means stored in market_indicator_daily; 24h delta and movement events are derived from the same source.
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