Will Venezuela become 51st state?
$398K traded on Polymarket, $0 in the past day. Prices are delayed.
How it has moved
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Who prices it. $398K has changed hands on Polymarket since it opened, $0 of it in the past day, with $67K in resting orders. The gap between the best buy and sell price on Yes is 0.8 points, so the quoted price is a fair read.
Other venues. Polymarket is the only venue we track that lists this exact question, so there's no second price to check it against.
What has moved it. No outcome has moved past our alert threshold in the past week.
What would change it. The fixed date is the deadline: it settles by December 31, 2026, 73 days away. Before then the price should mainly move on news that touches the rules below.
How it settles, in short. This market will resolve to "Yes" any portion of Venezuela is formally annexed into the United States of America and becomes the 51st state between January 3, 2026, and December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to "No".
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