Kalshi News and Prediction Markets Updates

  • Igor Krasulya
  • 10.06.2026
Kalshi adds XRP to regulated perpetual futures market
​Kalshi is expanding its push into crypto derivatives with the launch of XRP perpetual futures, adding another major token to a product category long dominated by offshore exchanges. The ...
  • Ciaran Ryan
  • 10.06.2026
Kalshi tightens compliance controls on insider trading risks
Prediction market operator Kalshi is adding employment checks for users before they can place trades as scrutiny of the sector intensifies in the U.S. The move expands the company's compliance ...
  • Ciaran Ryan
  • 08.06.2026
U.S. election betting boom tests prediction market insider trading controls
Expanding bets on the U.S. midterm elections are raising scrutiny over whether prediction markets can prevent insider trading across thousands of races. Growing volumes on platforms such as Kalshi ...
  • Ashutosh Sureka
  • 04.06.2026
Kalshi expands hedging pitch to small businesses through New York bar promotion
Kalshi is using a New York City bar's Knicks-linked promotion to demonstrate how small businesses can use hedging tools more commonly associated with Wall Street. The Upper East Side venue, The ...
  • Ciaran Ryan
  • 02.06.2026
Wall Street exchange stocks fall as CFTC approval of bitcoin perpetual futures raises competition risk
Wall Street exchange operators are coming under pressure as investors weigh how new derivatives products could alter the competitive balance in trading markets. The selloff follows the Commodity ...
  • Ciaran Ryan
  • 29.05.2026
CFTC approves Kalshi bitcoin perpetual futures contract
Kalshi is expanding its regulated crypto derivatives offering after securing federal approval for a new bitcoin-linked perpetual contract. The decision allows the designated contract market to ...
  • Olga Shendetskaya
  • 22.05.2026
Kalshi and Polymarket face U.S. congressional scrutiny
​U.S. lawmakers have increased pressure on prediction markets, which in recent years have become a popular way to bet on the outcomes of elections, wars and political decisions. The House ...
  • Dan Blystone
  • 22.04.2026
Kalshi weighs crypto perpetual futures expansion in U.S. derivatives market
Regulated derivatives platforms in the U.S. are widening the range of products they aim to offer as competition intensifies across digital asset trading. Kalshi is reportedly preparing to enter ...
  • Ashutosh Sureka
  • 22.04.2026
Kalshi plans crypto perpetual futures push in U.S. derivatives market
Kalshi is preparing to expand beyond prediction markets by entering crypto trading in the U.S. with perpetual futures tied to digital tokens. The planned move broadens competition with established ...
  • Eugene Komchuk
  • 22.04.2026
Kalshi aims to enter crypto market through perpetual futures
​Prediction market exchange Kalshi is reportedly preparing to enter the crypto trading space by introducing perpetual futures. If launched, this would mark a significant shift for the company, ...