U.S. Government Shutdown Likely To Drag On Past Oct. 15, Polymarket Bettors Predict

A majority of Polymarket bettors predict that the ￰0￱ shutdown will continue until October 15 or later, according to a new poll on the decentralized prediction ￰1￱ Shutdown To Drag On, Polymarket Bettors Predict According to the poll titled “When Will The Government Shutdown End,” 43% of participating bettors believe that October 15 is the earliest date the ￰2￱ shutdown will end. Meanwhile, 35% of Polymarket bettors believe that the shutdown will come to a close between October 10 and October ￰3￱ 6 through October 9 trails behind at 20% of the vote, followed by October 3 and October 5 with just 3% of the ￰4￱ Deadlock Continues With No End In Sight News of the Polymarket poll’s latest figures comes just one day after the ￰5￱ officially entered a shutdown after both Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on government spending ￰6￱ congressional deadlock continued on Thursday following a failed vote on Wednesday that would have effectively ended the shutdown, leaving no end in sight to the political dysfunction. “…The president has directed his cabinet, and the Office of Management and Budget is working with agencies across the board to identify where cuts can be made, and we believe layoffs are imminent,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in an October 1 statement.

meanwhile, key players in the crypto sector have urged ￰7￱ to work together in a bid to keep key policy initiatives from ￰8￱ Wednesday, leading crypto trade group the Blockchain Association took to social media to push members of Congress to find common ground and keep their “foot on the gas.” 1/ Bipartisan momentum is building in Washington around digital asset ￰9￱ the first time in our industry’s history, lawmakers, regulators, and industry are working together to create clear rules of the ￰10￱ — Blockchain Association (@BlockchainAssn) October 1, 2025 “Congress should keep the momentum going—we encourage Congress to work together, across the aisle as they have so often done with crypto policy,” the crypto organization said.