What is the “Anthropic acquired before 2027?” market asking?

It asks whether the following will happen: Anthropic acquired before 2027? Traders buy Yes shares if they think it will and No shares if they think it will not.

What do the Yes and No prices mean?

Right now Yes trades at 2.9¢ and No at 97.2¢. A Yes share pays $1 if the market resolves Yes, so its price is the market's implied probability: 2.9% for Yes and 97.2% for No. The two prices add up to about one dollar.

When does this market close?

Trading is scheduled to close on Jan 1, 2027 UTC. After the close no new trades are accepted and the outcome is settled by the resolution source.

How does this market resolve?

This market will resolve to “Yes” if credible reporting confirms that any entity enters into an agreement to acquire Anthropic by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. Mergers where Anthropic is subsumed by another entity will count toward a "Yes" resolution. An announced agreement between Anthropic and an acquiring entity will qualify for a “Yes” resolution, regardless of whether the acquisition is ultimately completed. The primary resolution source for this market is official information from Anthropic and/or its leadership, however a consensus of…

What is the difference between volume, liquidity and open interest?

24h volume ($30.21K) is the dollar value of shares traded in the last 24 hours; liquidity ($2.56K) is the dollar value resting in the order book. Volume measures activity, liquidity measures how easily you can trade, and open interest measures how much is at stake.

Who holds the biggest positions in this market?

Vultax loaded 127 public holder wallets for this market; the largest ten hold 57.0% of the loaded shares. The Holders view lists them by size on each side, and every wallet links to its trader profile.

Where does this data come from and how fresh is it?

Prices, the order book, holders and the trade tape come from Polymarket's public order book and data API. Vultax records each observation with its own timestamp (market facts last updated Sep 24, 9:00 AM UTC) and shows a value as unavailable rather than as zero when a source has not answered.

Can I trade this market on Vultax?

No. Vultax is a research and paper-trading terminal; it does not execute orders. The trade controls open the official market on Polymarket (https://polymarket.com/event/anthropic-acquired-before-2027) or the Vultax predictions monitor, where you can track the market and paper trade it.

Anthropic acquired before 2027? Polymarket Odds

Market referenceanthropic-acquired-before-2027Updated just now

techActive

Closes Jan 1, 2027 UTCclaude-5anthropic-ipo

Yes

2.9%

97.2%

Buy Yes 2.85¢Buy No 97.15¢

24h Volume

$30.2K

Liquidity

$2.6K

Closes

Jan 1, 2027 UTC

Yes price

2.85¢

Market actionRead-only Polymarket handoff.

Yes

2.9%

97.2%

24h volume

$30.21K

Vultax does not execute orders. These controls open the official Polymarket market or route back into the Vultax predictions terminal.

Trade

buy Yes· 2.85¢

Open in terminal$30.21K 24h vol

Source Evidence

Evidence coverage

Items

Fetched

Latest

2m ago

Public Polymarket market/event context is available; Vultax source-pack coverage is tracked separately.

Depth

Spread

0.5%

Observed

just now

Current public quote is shown when Vultax depth snapshots are unavailable.

Trading stateMarket usability at the displayed observation.

Market state

Active

Order book

Captured book available

Observed Yes

2.9%

Orderbook depth should be read with the displayed bid/ask, liquidity, and observation time.

Holder depthCapped public top-holder sample.

Rows loaded

127

Wallets

127

Top 10 share

57%

Yes / No shares

6.64K / 6.64K

Rows reflect the positive holders returned for this market, not venue-wide open interest.

Recent tapeLatest public market trades.

Trades loaded

500

Wallets

175

Loaded notional

PricesPolymarket CLOB price history · daily closes · latest observation Sep 24, 9:00 AM UTC

Depth historyCheckSubscriber depth access is checked only when requested, keeping the public page fast.

Bucket	Close	Mid
Sep 24, 9:00 AM UTC	2.9%	2.9%
Sep 24, 12:00 AM UTC	2.9%	2.9%
Sep 23, 12:00 AM UTC	3.0%	3.0%

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What is the “Anthropic acquired before 2027?” market asking?: It asks whether the following will happen: Anthropic acquired before 2027? Traders buy Yes shares if they think it will and No shares if they think it will not.
What do the Yes and No prices mean?: Right now Yes trades at 2.9¢ and No at 97.2¢. A Yes share pays $1 if the market resolves Yes, so its price is the market's implied probability: 2.9% for Yes and 97.2% for No. The two prices add up to about one dollar.
When does this market close?: Trading is scheduled to close on Jan 1, 2027 UTC. After the close no new trades are accepted and the outcome is settled by the resolution source.
How does this market resolve?: This market will resolve to “Yes” if credible reporting confirms that any entity enters into an agreement to acquire Anthropic by December 31, 2026, 11:59 PM ET. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”. Mergers where Anthropic is subsumed by another entity will count toward a "Yes" resolution. An announced agreement between Anthropic and an acquiring entity will qualify for a “Yes” resolution, regardless of whether the acquisition is ultimately completed. The primary resolution source for this market is official information from Anthropic and/or its leadership, however a consensus of…
What is the difference between volume, liquidity and open interest?: 24h volume ($30.21K) is the dollar value of shares traded in the last 24 hours; liquidity ($2.56K) is the dollar value resting in the order book. Volume measures activity, liquidity measures how easily you can trade, and open interest measures how much is at stake.

Analytics

Bucket

Mid

Spread

Volume

Trades

Sep 24, 9:00 AM UTC

2.9%

Sep 24, 12:00 AM UTC

2.9%

Sep 23, 12:00 AM UTC

3.0%