Odds of Jesus Christ appearing in 2026 double, beating return on bitcoin

The Polymarket bet is a reminder that the weirdest corners of crypto are sometimes the only ones going up. What to know : Traders on prediction platform Polymarket have pushed the implied odds of Jesus Christ returning by the end of 2026 to about 4%, more than doubling since early January. The contract, treated largely as a novelty, has outperformed bitcoin this year as the cryptocurrency has slid on concerns ranging from quantum-computing risks to speculation of hedge-fund troubles. The movement highlights how thinly traded prediction markets can swing like microcap tokens and how Polymarket increasingly mirrors shifting online attention across politics, pop culture and religion.