Policy Credibility Just Repriced

Stocks rebounded on tariff relief, Greenland odds compressed, markets are now pricing walkback probability.

The last 48 hours repriced credibility.

Wednesday: Trump walked back European tariff threats.

Thursday: Equities rebounded—S&P up 0.55%, Nasdaq up 0.91%.

Traditional coverage called it relief.

But prediction markets were already compressing follow-through probability before the rally.

Shutdown odds: now 8% on Polymarket and 8.5% on Kalshi. Down from 30% just 72 hours earlier.

Supreme Court tariff risk: compressed to 37% on Kalshi, down 20 points.

Greenland acquisition: normalized to 27% on Polymarket, down 10 points.

The repricing happened in continuous probability updates while equity markets waited for the all-clear signal.

Here's what traditional coverage missed: the compression started before the walkback was complete.

Tuesday saw the selloff.

Wednesday morning, prediction markets started compressing threat probability even as headlines remained uncertain.

By Wednesday afternoon, when Trump signaled de-escalation, the markets had already moved.

Thursday's equity rally was confirmation, not discovery.

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Greenland odds peaked at 45% during the escalation, compressed to 27% after his walkback—below the starting baseline.

Markets aren't just pricing the headline anymore.

They're pricing the credibility of the next headline.

When threats become patterns, probability compresses faster than traditional risk premiums.

The Greenland trajectory shows this clearly.

Initial threat: odds spiked from low 30s to 45%.

Peak fear: maintained 40-45% for several days.

Walkback begins: rapid compression to 35%.

Full normalization: settled at 27%—below where it started.

That final compression below baseline is the key signal.

The market isn't returning to neutral.

It's pricing in a credibility discount for future threats.

$11M in Greenland volume isn't betting on acquisition.

$5.2M on Kalshi, $6M on Polymarket—that's sophisticated capital establishing a credibility discount.

The next policy threat will start from a lower baseline because markets now factor in walkback probability upfront.

This is a structural shift in how policy risk gets priced.

Traditional models treat each threat independently.

Prediction markets are now pricing pattern recognition: "This administration threatens, then walks back."

That gets priced as a probability discount on the front end.

Signal: Fed hold probability anchored at 97-98% while processing $481M in total volume, $458M on Polymarket, $23.5M on Kalshi.

Binary outcomes with fixed timelines concentrate liquidity.

The Fed decision has three characteristics that pull capital:

Fed decision certainty pulled 40x more capital than shutdown contracts ($6.9M) or Greenland ($11M).

This isn't coincidence.

It's liquidity following clarity.

When an event has those three characteristics, institutional capital can size positions confidently.

Compare this to Greenland markets: ambiguous resolution criteria, unclear timeline, subjective verification.

That limits position sizing regardless of conviction.

The Fed contract has none of those constraints.

When a single contract processes half a billion in volume, that's institutional capital treating prediction markets as legitimate pricing infrastructure.

But look at the breakdown: $458M on Polymarket (crypto-native), $23.5M on Kalshi (CFTC-regulated).

Polymarket processed 20x Kalshi's volume on the same event.

That gap shows where liquidity is actually concentrating.

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The constraint isn't demand, it's that capital concentrates in high-certainty events and flows through the rails with the least friction.

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March for Life mention contracts processed $69K-108K volume each.

These are binary contracts on whether specific politicians mention specific phrases during today's event.

Trump mention markets: "Adopt/Adoption" leading at 69%, $69K volume.

JD Vance mention markets: "Democrat" leading at 57%, $108K volume.

Mike Johnson mention markets: "Democrat" leading at 54%, $24K volume.

This is tradable speech as an asset class.

Events with live coverage create binary verification moments.

Did Trump say "pro-life" during his remarks? Yes or no, verified in real-time.

Earnings mention markets are showing similar traction.

Microsoft mentioning Anthropic: 65% probability.

Starbucks mentioning "comparable sales": 49% probability.

PayPal mentioning "unprofitable": 58% probability.

These aren't material business outcomes.

They're linguistic predictions about what executives will say during earnings calls.

But early professional attention is showing up.

When speech becomes tradable, you unlock a new category of event-based contracts.

The volume is still small relative to policy contracts.

But adoption is accelerating faster than regulatory framework is forming.

This creates both opportunity and constraint.

Amateur question: "Will there be a shutdown?"

Professional question: "How fast did probability compress?"

This week: 22 points in 72 hours.

That's consensus forming in real-time while traditional coverage waited for the deal announcement.

Understanding compression rate tells you something direction alone can't: how quickly new information is being processed and priced.

Fast compression signals high information flow.

Market participants are actively updating beliefs based on new developments.

Slow compression signals uncertainty or information scarcity.

Market participants are waiting for clarity before repositioning.

This week showed both patterns:

Shutdown: 22-point compression in 72 hours (fast consensus formation).

Greenland: 10-point compression over 5 days (slow normalization).

The speed difference tells you where the information asymmetry exists.

Shutdown negotiations happen in public, with visible legislative progress.

Information flows continuously. Markets can reprice in real-time.

Greenland policy develops behind closed doors, with limited public signals.

Information flows sporadically.

Markets reprice in chunks when new statements emerge.

That's why watching compression rate matters.

It shows you where markets have the information they need to form consensus quickly versus where they're still waiting for clarity.

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If you're new to reading these markets, the instinct is to focus on the probability number.

"Shutdown is 8%—that means it probably won't happen."

That's true but incomplete.

The full picture requires watching how fast that number moved.

Shutdown: compressed 22 points in 72 hours.

That's fast consensus formation.

The market absorbed new information (Congressional negotiations progressing) and rapidly repriced the outcome.

Greenland: compressed 10 points over 5 days.

That's slow normalization.

The market is gradually adjusting but still uncertain about the final baseline.

The velocity tells you confidence level.

Fast movement = high confidence in the new information.

Slow movement = still digesting, still uncertain.

When you see rapid compression like the shutdown odds, that's the market telling you: "We have enough information now to reprice this significantly."

When you see gradual drift like Greenland, that's the market saying: "We're updating incrementally as each new signal comes in."

Both are valuable signals.

Fast compression tells you consensus has formed.

Slow compression tells you consensus is still forming.

● Credibility baseline: Greenland settled at 27%—below pre-threat levels. This creates a new baseline for the next policy announcement. Will markets continue pricing in walkback probability upfront? If so, future threats will start discounted by 5-10 points automatically. That's a structural repricing of policy credibility.

● Fed volume concentration: $481M processed on a single binary event signals genuine institutional participation. But the 20x volume gap between Polymarket ($458M) and Kalshi ($23.5M) shows capital flowing through crypto rails despite regulatory clarity favoring the CFTC-regulated platform. We're watching whether this gap narrows as institutions prioritize compliance or widens as they prioritize liquidity access.

● Mention market adoption: Tradable speech is establishing itself as a legitimate category. March for Life contracts pulled $200K+ combined volume. Earnings mentions are drawing institutional attention. Participation velocity rising faster than regulatory framework can adapt. The constraint will be verification infrastructure—can platforms scale real-time speech verification as volume grows?