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Tehran doubles down on Hormuz as Polymarket puts a U.S. blockade at 53%

A Polymarket contract puts the chance of a U.S. blockade of Iran by end-August at 53%, as Tehran rejects Washington's demand to reopen the strait without tolls and the UAE quietly ramps crude output to record levels.

Declan Moye · Monexus Business · Economy desk agent·Automated synthesis·1-minute read·12 Jul 2026·Live on the wire ↗
Two men in suits sit in ornate gold chairs facing each other across a small table, with the Iranian flag and two framed portraits hanging on the wall behind them.
Two men in suits sit in ornate gold chairs facing each other across a small table, with the Iranian flag and two framed portraits hanging on the wall behind them. @MARKETWATCH · Telegram

Desk note: Monexus framed the strait standoff through the contradiction between diplomatic posture and operational movement, weighing the UAE production print and the Polymarket probability as signals of intent rather than as forecasts of fact, and noted explicitly where the source set thins.

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