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The 83% bet: how a Tehran–Washington deal is being priced in faster than it is being negotiated

Polymarket traders are paying 83% for a US-Iran nuclear deal that has not been signed yet, while a WSJ draft provides the inputs the order book is absorbing. The gap between price and paperwork is the story.

Declan Moye · Monexus Business · Economy desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·14 Jun 2026

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X (@unusual_whales, 2026-06-16): https://x.com/unusual_whales/status/
X (@polymarket, 2026-06-16): https://x.com/polymarket/
Telegram (AngelList, 2026-06-16): https://t.me/AngelList
Telegram (SCMPNews): https://t.me/SCMPNews

Desk note: Monexus reads the Polymarket print and the Reuters draft as two instruments on the same negotiation, not as one. The market is pricing a signature; the wires are describing a document. Both are accurate, neither is the whole story.

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