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Winner-take-all answer·4 source contracts·Kalshi 4·refreshed just now·Closes Jan 20, 2029 · 943d

Will Any part of Greenland be the 51st U.S. state before Jan 20, 2029

Leader sits at 3% across 4 bound outcomes, runner-up at 3%. This is a winner-take-all market — the headline is the leader’s price, not an arithmetic mean.

Leader probability

3%

Venezuela

runner-up 3¢leader 3¢

Outcomes

4

winner-take-all

Runner-up

Cuba

Spread

0pp

contested

24h volume

$1K

modest

Closes

Jan 20, 2029

943 days

Venue

Kalshi

4 bound

30-day trend

0%50%100%-30d-3w-2w-1wtodayVenezuela: 4% (15 days, 9 points)Venezuela: 4% on 2026-06-19Cuba: 4% (15 days, 8 points)Cuba: 4% on 2026-06-11Greenland: 3% (15 days, 4 points)Greenland: 3% on 2026-06-15
Venezuela4¢Cuba4¢Greenland3¢
Top 3 candidates by current price · 15d

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Analysis

This contract asks whether any portion of Greenland becomes a U.S. state by January 20, 2029—roughly 2.7 years away. The 3% probability reflects that territorial annexation requires constitutional amendments or acquisitions that are extraordinarily rare in modern U.S. history and face substantial legal, diplomatic, and political barriers. The probability is driven primarily by recent geopolitical rhetoric around Arctic resources and strategic positioning, balanced against the extremely high institutional friction required to admit new territory as a state. The main catalyst would be a formal acquisition agreement between U.S. and Greenlandic/Danish authorities, coupled with congressional action—neither of which has materialized despite elevated discussion. Absent dramatic political shifts or military circumstances, the timeframe remains too compressed for such extraordinary constitutional changes to occur.

  • No formal acquisition proposal, treaty, or negotiation framework exists as of mid-2026
  • Denmark retains sovereignty over Greenland and has publicly opposed any territorial transfer
  • Admitting a new state requires a constitutional amendment or treaty ratification, both extremely time-consuming political processes
  • The January 2029 deadline is only ~2.7 years away, providing minimal window for legal and diplomatic procedures
  • Historical precedent: the last U.S. state admission was Hawaii in 1959; territorial acquisition at this scale has no modern precedent

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