Kalshi and Polymarket are in preliminary talks for brand new funding rounds that might worth every platform at roughly US$20 billion, doubling their most up-to-date valuations of US$11 billion, and US$9 billion, respectively. Mixed month-to-month buying and selling quantity for each platforms reached US$18.3 billion in February 2026, up fromContinue Reading
Prediction markets confronted heavy quantity and moral backlash following U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran that resulted within the dying of Supreme Chief Ali Khamenei. Kalshi drew sharp criticism for its “Ali Khamenei out” contract, with CEO Tarek Mansour defending a settlement course of that pays out primarily based on the last-tradedContinue Reading
Giannis Antetokounmpo’s fairness funding in prediction market Kalshi was finalised throughout the identical week the platform hosted high-volume markets speculating on his commerce standing. Kalshi says restrictions barring Antetokounmpo from buying and selling on NBA-related markets, alongside integrity and monitoring controls, had been already in place earlier than he turnedContinue Reading
Coinbase launched prediction markets in all 50 states on January 28, 2026, by a partnership with Kalshi, overlaying sports activities, politics, and cultural occasions. The transfer advances Coinbase’s “the whole lot change” technique, following its December acquisition of The Clearing Firm to combine event-based buying and selling with shares andContinue Reading
A Massachusetts decide granted a preliminary injunction towards Kalshi, requiring a sports activities wagering license to supply occasion contracts within the state. The court docket dominated that federal CFTC oversight doesn’t preempt state playing legal guidelines, permitting state-level regulation of sports-related derivatives. The injunction particularly targets new contracts, that meansContinue Reading
CNN named prediction market Kalshi its official information companion, agreeing to combine Kalshi’s real-time market chances into its on-air and digital information protection. The information, which covers political, financial, and cultural occasions, might be utilized by CNN’s information analysts and can seem in a dwell ticker to enrich conventional pollingContinue Reading
Kalshi launches tokenised contracts on Solana to focus on crypto customers and increase liquidity. November volumes hit US$5.8B (AU$8.97B) for Kalshi, US$3.7B (AU$5.70B) for Polymarket. Builder Codes and a US$2M (AU$3.08M) grant programme goal to encourage developer engagement. Kalshi, a number one US prediction market, has built-in tokenised occasion contractsContinue Reading
Kalshi was hit with a brand new class motion lawsuit, accusing the betting platform of illegally working as a sports activities bookmaker. The lawsuit additionally states that Kalshi misled customers by advertising its platform as “authorized sports activities betting” regardless of missing state gaming licenses. The swimsuit additional claims Kalshi’sContinue Reading
The non-public valuation of prediction market platform, Kalshi, has greater than doubled in only a few weeks as traders wager that Kalshi and Polymarket will proceed to dominate the house. In 2025 Kalshi has clawed vital market share away from Polymarket; it began the 12 months at simply 12% marketContinue Reading
Google is integrating Polymarket and Kalshi prediction information into Search and Google Finance, giving customers real-time insights into future occasion chances. Polymarket and Kalshi lead the booming prediction market sector, now valued at US$9B (AU$13.86B) and US$5B (AU$7.7B) respectively. The mixing displays Google’s broader AI-driven technique to mix monetary searchContinue Reading
