U.S. State of the Union Address Sets New Record for Duration

On February 25, the 2026 U.S. State of the Union address officially exceeded 100 minutes, setting a new historical record. According to BlockBeats, the previous longest address was delivered by Bill Clinton in 2000, lasting 89 minutes, while U.S. President Donald Trump's longest address was 82 minutes in 2019. Notably, on the prediction market Polymarket, an account with an 86% success rate in the political section had previously wagered $9,000 that the 2026 State of the Union speech would last 100 minutes or more. Before the result was confirmed, the probability of this outcome was only 42%. With the speech duration confirmed to surpass 100 minutes, the bet was successfully realized. The account address is 0xcf19c420814435ffb1c459588208ed23a7ee6402.