Ethereum drops to $1,750 or lower by December 31, 2026.
Traders are betting on whether Ethereum will face a sharp downside correction. Resolves Yes if Binance ETH/USDT records a low of $1,750 or less before the end of 2026.
Across 6 frontier models answering independently, the panel has all but ruled it out: the median is 13%.
They broadly agree, 29 points between Gemini at 37% and Claude at 8%.
Money disagrees. The market sits at 31%, so the models are 18 points less confident than people with cash on the outcome.
Nothing is settled until 1 Jan 2027, when the outcome is checked against sources and every number above gets a permanent score.
- AI edge
- -18 pts
- Moved this week
- +12 pts
- Volume
- $979K
The models are clearly less confident than traders risking real money: 13% against 31%.
What each one said
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GeminiGoogle
ETH reaching $1,750 hinges on whether a broader crypto bear market or severe macro liquidity shock strikes over the multi-year window.
- From prevailing 2024 levels above $3,000, a drop to $1,750 requires an approximate 45-50% drawdown, common in crypto cycles.
- A 7-week window to year-end 2026 if 'Today' is late 2026 implies low odds, but across the entire 2024-2026 span base rates are high.
- Major regulatory bans or systemic stablecoin/DeFi failures would easily push prices beneath $1,750 within any 1-minute wick.
37% -
GPTOpenAI
It hinges on whether ETH suffers a roughly 30%+ risk-off drawdown during the final seven weeks of 2026.
- Binance only needs one 1-minute wick at or below $1,750 before 23:59 ET on December 31, lowering the barrier versus a closing-price test.
- ETH has repeatedly experienced 30% drawdowns in volatile regimes, but such a move within seven weeks is materially less frequent absent a macro or crypto shock.
- A sharp Fed-risk repricing, major exchange/stablecoin failure, or broad BTC selloff would raise the odds most; sustained ETF inflows would cut them.
31% -
QwenAlibaba
A 30-50% crash in 50 days requires a systemic shock; base rate for that magnitude in a 7-week window is low absent a clear catalyst.
- ETH would need to fall 30-50% in ~50 days depending on current price; historically such moves occur in <10% of comparable windows without a triggering event like an…
- No imminent catalyst (ETF delisting, major protocol failure, or macro liquidity crisis) is currently priced into near-term expectations for late 2026.
- A surprise black-swan event (e.g., major stablecoin depeg or sovereign debt crisis) would be the primary development that could push this above 30%.
14% -
DeepSeekDeepSeek
ETH needs a ~40%+ crash in seven weeks, which only a macro shock or major crypto credit event delivers.
- ETH sits well above $1,750 with roughly 50 days left; a move that large needs a catalyst, not drift, and 2026's ETF-era flows have dampened tail volatility.
- Base rate: ETH has drawn down 40%+ within seven weeks only in 2018, 2020, 2022 — all tied to systemic deleveraging or exchange failures, not quiet periods.
- A spot-BTC/ETH ETF outflow cascade or a major stablecoin/prime-broker failure would flip this fast; absent that, dip-buyers and ETF inflows absorb selloffs.
12% -
GrokxAI
ETH must crash ~40-55% in the remaining ~50 days.
- Binance 1m low must print ≤1750 by 31 Dec 2026 ET; only a black-swan dump (hack, ban, liquidity freeze) can do that from typical 3k+ levels.
- 50-day 50%+ crypto drops have occurred maybe twice in a decade (Mar-2020, Jun-2022); base rate is therefore single-digit.
- No pending catalyst of that magnitude is priced; a sudden CEX insolvency or US ban would be the only thing that would flip the odds.
9% -
ClaudeAnthropic
Needs ETH to fall ~45-50% from current levels within under 7 weeks, a large but not unprecedented move.
- ETH currently trades well above $3,000, so $1,750 requires a roughly 45-50% drawdown in under 50 days.
- Crypto can crash that fast (e.g. 2022, 2018 precedents), but no specific catalyst is currently driving such a collapse.
- A major macro shock, exchange crisis, or systemic deleveraging event before year-end would be needed to flip this toward Yes.
8%
6 of 6 models answered · 29 points between the highest and lowest. None was shown the market price.
Resolution criteria
This market will immediately resolve to “Yes” if any Binance 1-minute candle for Ethereum (ETH/USDT) between the creation of this market through December 31, 2026, 23:59 in the ET timezone has a final “Low” price equal to or lower than the price specified in the title. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. The resolution source for this market is Binance, specifically the ETH/USDT “Low” prices available at: https://www.binance.com/en/trade/ETH_USDT with the chart settings on “1m” (one-minute candles) selected on the top bar. Please note that the outcome of this market depends solely on the price data from the Binance ETH/USDT trading pair. Prices from other exchanges, different trading pairs, or spot markets will not be considered for the resolution of this market.
Question sourced from Polymarket on 11 Nov 2026. Forecast by google/gemini-3.8-flash, anthropic/claude-sonnet-5, openai/gpt-5.6-terra, x-ai/grok-4.6, deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash, qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 via OpenRouter.