Tag: Kalshi

U.S. CFTC Proposes Ban on Political Event Contracts

U.S. CFTC Proposes Ban on Political Event Contracts

Prediction platforms including PredictIt, Polymarket, Zeitgeist and Kalshi give users opportunities to buy contracts on the outcomes of actual events, [...]
Elon Musk Will Likely Remain Tesla CEO, and Tweet Non-Stop: Prediction Markets

Elon Musk Will Likely Remain Tesla CEO, and Tweet Non-Stop: Prediction Markets

Now, Tesla faces an existential threat. Sales and profits are falling, competition is increasing, particularly from China, and drastic cost-cutting me [...]
Polymarket Odds Say Columbia University President Minouche Shafik Will Keep Job

Polymarket Odds Say Columbia University President Minouche Shafik Will Keep Job

Right now, "yes" shares for the crypto-based betting platform's "Minouche Shafik out as Columbia President in April?" contract are trading at 7 cents, [...]
Prediction Market Kalshi to Take Bets on Crypto (Settled in Dollars)

Prediction Market Kalshi to Take Bets on Crypto (Settled in Dollars)

The CFTC-regulated platform will let traders bet on whether BTC will outperform ETH this year and other price outcomes amid renewed interest in both c [...]
U.S. CFTC’s Behnam Says Agency Writing New Policy on Prediction Markets

U.S. CFTC’s Behnam Says Agency Writing New Policy on Prediction Markets

"We must continually be fair and consistent in evaluating the products and proposals presented for our consideration," Behnam said."The commission mus [...]
CFTC Chief: Nothing Changed After FTX Meltdown to Empower Agency to Prevent Repeat

CFTC Chief: Nothing Changed After FTX Meltdown to Empower Agency to Prevent Repeat

U.S. regulators don't have any more authority now to head off another major crypto collapse than they did when FTX imploded and took much of the indus [...]
Prediction Market Kalshi Sues U.S. CFTC for Denying Its Contracts for Congressional Elections

Prediction Market Kalshi Sues U.S. CFTC for Denying Its Contracts for Congressional Elections

When the CFTC denied the application earlier this year, Commissioner Summer Mersinger dissented, arguing, "It is important for the commission to make [...]
Prediction Market Kalshi Signals It Sees CFTC's Blessing for Midterm Election Bets

Prediction Market Kalshi Signals It Sees CFTC's Blessing for Midterm Election Bets

A countdown clock on its website ends today, indicating the service is optimistic regulators' will let it offer contracts for the Nov. 8 election. ww [...]
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