🏛 Central Banks & Macro mixed · 6–18 months
A what‑if from the future

What if Iran-deal disinflation lets the Fed cut?

Lower oil from an Iran settlement pulls headline inflation down, giving the Fed room to ease; the dollar softens, EM FX firms and global risk appetite improves.

13%
our model probability
over 6–18 months
prediction markets — wisdom of the crowd
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Empirically anchored 13% · 90% range 0–32% · 25 analogues · measured class de_dollarization 35% in 18 mo · 3% held back for the unknown
how we built this number — every step
Measured class rate — de_dollarization ≈0.2857/yr → 35% in 18 mo35%
Analyst prior · editorial share 37% of the class13%
Pooled · weight 81%13%
Crowd — no liquid market
Reserve 3% · no extremizing (×1.0)13%
Published13%

The class rate is measured from our dated, sourced event library (decade-normalized Poisson — the full table is public at base_rates.json). The variant’s share within its class is the analyst’s editorial call, published so you can audit it. A wider range means thinner precedent. Full recipe: methodology · scored at Reality Check.

The butterfly cascade

How this trigger trickles across markets, left → right — the root shock, its first‑order moves, then the ripple effects. Drag any node; tap a market for its real price history.

Resolution timeline — how this probability is moving

Our model's odds (gold) over time vs the crowd's (Polymarket, blue), from the past toward the 6–18 months horizon. Each dot is a real macro event that nudged the probability — green pushed it up, red pushed it down. Tap a dot for the source. The gold path is an illustrative reconstruction anchored to today's estimate — real dated events, not a live re-estimate history.

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What it would mean

If this plays out, it is a mixed shock. Lower oil from an Iran settlement pulls headline inflation down, giving the Fed room to ease; the dollar softens, EM FX firms and global risk appetite improves. The trigger decomposes into signed root‑shocks — EM currencies ▲ · Dollar/reserve confidence ▼ · Inflation expectations ▼ · Oil demand ▼ · Risk appetite ▲ — which propagate through our causal graph to the markets below.

If it happens — the markets it would move

Biggest moves first. Projected moves are cascade-model priors; hist A–B% = what comparable past events actually did (measured abnormal returns), and model prior · unmeasured marks markets with no analogue backing yet. Tap any market for its price history.

MarketClassProjected move
1MicroStrategy MSTRon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +2.4%
hist -4.77–+12.87% · other way +14.03% (n=5)
2Bitcoin BTCon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +1.3%
hist -5.66–+9.65% · other way +2.36% (n=5)
3Gold XAUon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCommodity▲ +1.3%
hist +0.14–+1.43% · other way +0.55% (n=5)
4Solana SOLon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +1.2%
hist -2.09–+4.36% · other way -5.62% (n=5)
5Turkish lira TRY 📈 chartFX▲ +0.9%
hist +0.2–+0.73% · other way -0.13% (n=5)
6Hyperliquid (HYPE) HYPEon HyperliquidCrypto▲ +0.9%
model prior · unmeasured
7Ether ETHon Hyperliquid 📈 chartCrypto▲ +0.8%
hist -2.04–+4.82% · other way -0.58% (n=5)
8Coinbase COINon Hyperliquid 📈 chartEquity▲ +0.9%
hist -15.82–+20.11% · other way +15.26% (n=5)
9Indian rupee INR 📈 chartFX▲ +0.7%
hist +0.1–+0.76% · other way +0.41% (n=5)
10US dollar (DXY) DXYon Hyperliquid 📈 chartFX▼ -0.7%
hist -0.4–-0.04% · other way -0.03% (n=12)
11EUR/USD EURUSDon Hyperliquid 📈 chartFX▲ +0.6%
hist +0.19–+0.6% · other way -0.92% (n=5)
12GBP/USD GBPUSDon Hyperliquid 📈 chartFX▲ +0.5%
hist -0.78–+0.54% · other way -1.69% (n=5)
13Chinese yuan CNY 📈 chartFX▲ +0.4%
hist +0.01–+0.31% · other way -0.99% (n=5)
14Nasdaq 100 NDXon Hyperliquid 📈 chartIndex▲ +0.4%
hist -0.22–+1.23% · other way +0.25% (n=5)

Probable recommendation

If the scenario above plays out, the probable cross‑asset positioning → a scenario‑conditional read, not personalized investment advice
For a common-man portfolio: Mixed for a typical portfolio — the move is more about rotation than direction. Favour the winners over the losers below rather than net exposure.
Also moves (not yet on Hyperliquid): Turkish lira +0.9% · Indian rupee +0.7% · Chinese yuan +0.4% · Aussie dollar +0.3% · Tech sector +0.3% · 30y Treasury yield +2bp

Historical precedent — what analogous events actually did

Across 25 analogous events (overlap‑weighted), as abnormal returns — market beta stripped, so it's the event's own effect, not the market backdrop. Shown at 20 days (persistent) and 5 days (immediate); ↺ fades = the two horizons disagree. Confidence = consistency × sample × significance.

Henry Hub natural gas hits a 25-year low amid record US production 2024-11 Waha hub natural gas prices crash to record negative on Permian glut 2024-08 WTI crude futures settle negative as demand collapses 2020-04 Oil collapses from $147 to the $30s as the GFC craters demand 2008-12 Russia central-bank reserves frozen 2022-02 FDR gold confiscation & revaluation 1933-04 Platinum hits an 11-year high on Chinese jewelry demand and deficit 2025-06 Palladium jumps after US pushes G7 sanctions on Russian metal 2024-10 Niger coup d'etat 2023-07 PJM grid emergency during Winter Storm Elliott 2022-12 European TTF gas hits all-time record high 2022-08 Texas grid failure during Winter Storm Uri 2021-02 Norilsk Nickel Arctic diesel spill 2020-05 Silver hits 30-year high as JPMorgan and HSBC face manipulation suits 2010-10 Henry Hub natural gas spot price peaks during 2008 commodity boom 2008-07 Platinum hits all-time record near $2,290 on South African power crisis 2008-03 South Africa Eskom power emergency spikes platinum/PGMs 2008-01 Amaranth Advisors natural-gas blowup 2006-09 Northeast blackout cascading grid failure hits ~55 million 2003-08 Fed surprise inter-meeting cut 2001-01 Soviet August coup attempt against Gorbachev 1991-08 Gulf War air campaign begins 1991-01 Volcker Saturday Night Special 1979-10 Smithsonian Agreement 1971-12 London Gold Pool collapses 1968-03
AssetHistory saysAbnormal (20d · 5d)HitnConfidencevs cascade
Volatility VIXSHORT-6.3% · 5d -4.4%73%21 0.34✓ matches cascade
ETH ETHLONG+4.3% · 5d -2.8% ↺ fades72%11 0.32✓ matches cascade
30y yield DGS30LONG+11bp · 5d +2bp70%22 0.30✓ matches cascade
GBPUSD GBPUSDSHORT-1.0% · 5d +0.4% ↺ fades67%17 0.27⚠ differs
NDX NDXLONG+0.9% · 5d -0.4% ↺ fades63%21 0.20✓ matches cascade
US dollar DXYLONG+0.2% · 5d -0.3% ↺ fades60%23 0.18⚠ differs
INR INRLONG+0.3% · 5d +0.6%60%17 0.16✓ matches cascade
Bitcoin BTCLONG+9.1% · 5d -2.0% ↺ fades59%11 0.14✓ matches cascade
Gold XAULONG+0.7% · 5d +0.2%57%19 0.14✓ matches cascade
COIN COINLONG+20.8% · 5d +5.9%57%8 0.13✓ matches cascade
CNY CNYSHORT-0.2% · 5d -0.1%56%18 0.11⚠ differs
MSTR MSTRLONG+11.2% · 5d -3.9% ↺ fades53%19 0.06✓ matches cascade
SOL SOLLONG+3.5% · 5d -7.9% ↺ fades48%11 0.00✓ matches cascade
TRY TRYSHORT-0.2% · 5d +1.5% ↺ fades44%17 0.00⚠ differs

Methodology. Probability and impact are anchored to history and scored against what actually happens — wins and losses, in public, at Reality Check. Crowd odds live from Polymarket & Kalshi. By Vikas Singh, Quantitative Strategist. Updated 2026-07-03.