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Bitcoin Price Prediction Markets Turn Bearish as Traders Eye $55K

Denis O.
3 June 2026 2 min read

Bitcoin price prediction markets turned bearish, with traders on Polymarket and Kalshi putting fresh attention on downside levels.

Bitcoin (BTC) Market Data

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Market Cap $1.23T
Fully Diluted Valuation (FDV) $1.23T
Volume (24h) $74.89B
Volume / Market Cap 0.0610
Circulating Supply 20.04M BTC
Total Supply 20.04M BTC
Max Supply 21.00M BTC
All-Time High (ATH) $126,080.00
All-Time Low (ATL) $67.81

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Bitcoin‘s recent drop below $67,000 has pushed traders on prediction markets Polymarket and Kalshi back toward lower BTC$61,277.00 targets, with the $60,000 and $55,000 levels getting more attention now.

On Polymarket, traders are pricing a 64% chance that Bitcoin hits $55,000 or lower before 2027. The $55,000 line has drawn about $3.3 million in volume, while the broader Bitcoin price market has over $38 million in total volume.

The same Polymarket market also shows a 51% chance of BTC even hitting $50,000, 37% for $45,000 and 29% for $40,000 before 2027.

Odds of Bitcoin falling below $55,000 on Polymarket. Source: Polymarket
Odds of Bitcoin falling below $55,000 on Polymarket. Source: Polymarket

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The market’s rules say the downside contracts resolve to “Yes” if any Binance one-minute BTC-USDT$0.9996 candle records a low at or below the listed price before the end of 2026.

Meanwhile, Kalshi has also shown bearish pricing around Bitcoin’s next downside level.

Odds of Bitcoin falling below $55,000 on Kalshi. Source: Polymarket

Traders are pricing a 65% chance Bitcoin falls below $55,000 by the end of 2026, with the outcome measured by the CF Real-Time Index, a Bitcoin pricing benchmark used for crypto derivatives.

Prediction Markets Watch Bitcoin’s Next Leg Down

The turn towards bearishness came following a tough time for BTC that saw it dip below the $67,000 level to reach lows seen since early April. Analysts attributed the downturn to declining demand for BTC, ETF withdrawals and falling spot purchases as well as $1.8 billion+ worth of liquidation of cryptocurrencies on June 2 as per CoinGlass.

The leverage flush also showed how exposed bullish traders were before the drop. More than 272,000 traders were liquidated, with longs accounting for about $1.57 billion of the total, compared with about $215.7 million in shorts.

BTC accounted for more than $833 million in liquidations, followed by ETH$1,594.54 with almost $480 million and SOL$64.62 with more than $90 million.

Read more: Why Is Crypto Tanking Today? Bitcoin and Altcoins Enter Full Panic Mode

Denis O.

Crypto news reporter at Bitcoin Foundation covering topics including crypto markets, DeFi exploits, and regulatory developments. He was previously a reporter at The Defiant, crypto.news, currency.com, iHodl, BeInCrypto, and other…