Kalshi News and Prediction Markets Updates
U.S. election betting markets draw rising midterm trading volume
Prediction markets tied to the 2026 U.S. midterm elections are expanding rapidly as traders place more money on congressional races and increasingly detailed political outcomes. The growth is ...
Kalshi and Polymarket comparison highlights divergent private-market pricing
Prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket are showing sharply different private-market momentum as trading activity and investor pricing diverge in 2026. The contrast comes as both ...
Kalshi traders see U.S. inflation staying elevated through 2026
Market pricing on Kalshi suggests U.S. inflation is near its high for the year, but traders do not expect a meaningful decline in underlying price pressures anytime soon. Ahead of September ...
Kalshi market signals continued U.S. AI data center expansion
Investor expectations for U.S. artificial intelligence data center growth are strengthening even as local opposition to new projects intensifies. Kalshi traders now price a 75% probability that ...
Kalshi pushes perpetual futures into U.S. oil market
Kalshi has asked U.S. regulators to approve a futures contract tied to West Texas Intermediate crude that would have no expiration date. The proposal would bring a structure common in ...
Kalshi adds transparency tools to U.S. election contracts before midterms
With less than a month until the midterm elections, Kalshi is introducing new disclosure tools for its election contracts as trading interest shifts toward more local contests. The changes include ...
House Democrat proposes ban on candidate trades in own election contracts
With midterm election prediction markets drawing closer scrutiny, a House Democrat is pushing to stop federal candidates from trading contracts tied to their own races. The proposal follows a ...
Philippine ube exporters push traceability to protect premium market growth
As overseas demand for Philippine ube expands, producers are facing rising pressure from imitation products and mislabeled supply that threaten pricing power and brand value. Philippine Ube Co. ...
Russia threatens nuclear strikes over Kaliningrad access dispute with Nato
Tensions around Russia's Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad are escalating as Moscow warns Nato against any move that could isolate the territory from the rest of the country. The threat adds to ...
Kalshi advances funding talks at $40 billion valuation
After doubling its valuation earlier this year, prediction market platform Kalshi is now in advanced talks to raise about $1 billion at a $40 billion valuation. The discussions point to continued ...
U.S. prediction markets price September payrolls above economist forecasts
Ahead of Friday's U.S. labor market release, prediction market traders are signaling expectations for another month of solid hiring. The pricing on Kalshi and Polymarket points to payroll growth ...
U.S. appeals court backs state oversight of sports prediction contracts
Pressure is building on prediction market platforms as federal appeals courts continue to split over who controls sports-related event contracts. A new ruling from the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of ...
Kalshi disputes scrutiny over Ether futures trading activity
Rapid growth in Kalshi's perpetual futures business is drawing attention to trading patterns in its Ether-linked market. The company says it has not been contacted by the Commodity Futures Trading ...
Kalshi tests leveraged prediction market model for event contracts
Prediction markets are drawing closer scrutiny as platforms look for ways to expand beyond simple binary wagers and deepen trading activity. Kalshi is part of that discussion because leveraged ...
Senate Banking Democrats seek public hearing on prediction markets as Republicans meet with Kalshi
A dispute over how Congress should scrutinize prediction markets is intensifying as Senate Banking Committee Democrats press for a public hearing on the issue. The push lands as committee ...
Senate Banking Democrats seek public hearing on prediction markets
Senate Banking Committee Democrats are pressing for a public review of prediction markets as lawmakers weigh the sector's growing reach in finance. The request follows reports that Chairman Tim ...
Kalshi legality contract proposal highlights hedging stakes in Supreme Court fight
As Kalshi seeks fresh funding and depends heavily on sports-related trading fees, a Stanford Law School paper argues the prediction market operator should let users bet on the legality of its own ...
Kalshi disputes fake volume allegations over crypto perpetuals
Scrutiny is rising around Kalshi's newly launched crypto perpetual futures as unusual trading patterns trigger claims of inflated activity on the regulated U.S. prediction market. The dispute ...
ESMA questions prediction platforms' EU market access controls
European regulators are tightening scrutiny of prediction market platforms as questions grow over how event contracts should be classified and sold across the bloc. ESMA says the largest operators ...
DoubleZero expands market data offering with Kalshi election contracts
As institutions prepare for the November midterm elections, DoubleZero Edge is adding political prediction market data to broaden access to event-driven trading signals. The move brings Kalshi’s ...
Illinois crypto groups seek to block transaction tax before 2027 start
Illinois faces a fresh legal challenge from cryptocurrency trade groups as the state prepares to impose a new levy on digital asset transactions from January 2027. The dispute centers on a 0.2% ...
