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Will the Treasury announce sanctions on a Chinese bank? on Kalshi
If the U.S. Department of the Treasury announces sanctions on a Chinese bank before Apr 1, 2027, then the market resolves to Yes.
Settles on: the U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
Market says (typical open contract)
14%
Median YES price across 3 open contracts, 10 Nov 2026 04:28 UTC.
Real-world odds
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No independent base rate yet. Until we connect one (sportsbook consensus, forecasts, the score), the market's own price is the best public forecast, and the fee sits on top of it.
Luck needed meter
27% 😈
Mostly decided, says the market. You are paying a fee to collect a few cents the market already agrees on.
The cover charge
| If you buy at | Fee per contract | On $50 | Win rate to break even |
|---|---|---|---|
| 14¢ (now) | 0.8¢ | $3.01 | 14.8% |
| 30¢ | 1.5¢ | $2.45 | 31.5% |
| 50¢ | 1.8¢ | $1.75 | 51.7% |
| 70¢ | 1.5¢ | $1.05 | 71.5% |
| 90¢ | 0.6¢ | $0.35 | 90.6% |
Resting orders pay no fee on this series. Formula: 7% × contracts × price × (1 − price), rounded up, on orders that take liquidity. Break-even assumes you hold to settlement; trading out early pays the fee twice.
Open contracts right now
| Contract | YES price | Implied | Fee at this price | Real-world odds | Luck needed | Volume | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Will the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announce sanctions on a Chinese bank, meaning the addition of an institution licensed as a bank by China's National Financial Regulatory Administration or by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or to the Correspondent Account or Payable-Through Account Sanctions List, or a final rule imposing a special measure on such an institution under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act before Jan 1, 2027? · Before Jan 1, 2027 | 14¢ | 14% | 0.8¢ | — | 27% | 890 | Jan 01, 04:59 UTC |
| Will the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announce sanctions on a Chinese bank, meaning the addition of an institution licensed as a bank by China's National Financial Regulatory Administration or by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or to the Correspondent Account or Payable-Through Account Sanctions List, or a final rule imposing a special measure on such an institution under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act before Nov 11, 2026? · Before Nov 11, 2026 | 2¢ | 2% | 0.2¢ | — | 5% | 30 | Nov 11, 04:59 UTC |
| Will the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network announce sanctions on a Chinese bank, meaning the addition of an institution licensed as a bank by China's National Financial Regulatory Administration or by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority to the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List or to the Correspondent Account or Payable-Through Account Sanctions List, or a final rule imposing a special measure on such an institution under Section 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act before Apr 1, 2027? · Before Apr 1, 2027 | 21¢ | 21% | 1.2¢ | — | 42% | 0 | Apr 01, 03:59 UTC |
Who actually wins this market
- Whoever posts the resting orders and collects the spread without paying a fee.
- The venue, on every fee.
- Not, on average, the person clicking buy because the chart is going their way. That was us.
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