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The yield curve displays a dramatic inversion and cliff structure characteristic of an imminent binary event. At the 1-day tenor, probabilities cluster at 99% across the 30–58 strike range, then collapse sharply through the 59–65 range (68% down to 1%), before flatlining at 1% for all higher strikes. The 8-day tenor (BAC and PRE families) shows a more gradual decline from 90–99% at lower strikes to 3% at the 95 strike, while the 15-day tenor (MAS family) maintains elevated probabilities of 76–99% across the available strikes. The cheapest YES probability appears in the 1-day tenor at the extreme tails (65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90, 95 strikes), all priced at 1%, though these represent tail outcomes. More meaningfully, the 62 strike at 1-day tenor trades at 45%, representing the market's central uncertainty zone at the shortest horizon. This structure reveals the market's conviction that a significant event will resolve within 24 hours, with the probability mass concentrated in a narrow outcome band (roughly 55–62 range based on volume patterns). The steep cliff between 1-day and 8-day tenors—where probabilities remain elevated at 90%+ for lower strikes but compress significantly at higher strikes—suggests the market expects either rapid resolution or a sharp information cascade within the first week. The relatively stable 15-day probabilities indicate that if the event does not resolve in the near term, uncertainty persists but remains bounded. Overall, the curve communicates extreme time-urgency and specificity about outcome timing rather than mere event probability.