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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.
Prediction market Kalshi is hinting strongly Friday that it expects U.S. regulators to approve its request to debut contracts linked to the Nov. 8 U.S. election.
At the top of its homepage, under the heading "Countdown to election markets," there's a clock counting down to midnight in the U.S. There is a caveat, though: a note saying "Pending regulatory approval."
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Kalshi, unlike some alternatives, has taken a cautious approach to launching its service and introducing contracts, working closely with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to get permission. An ex-CFTC commissioner, Brian Quintenz, is on its board.
Others have struggled to remain available for Americans. PredictIt, another prediction market, was told by the CFTC earlier this year to wind down its U.S. operations, though PredictIt has filed a lawsuit to overturn that decision. Polymarket, whose engine is a blockchain, is also barred from doing business in the U.S.
Nick Baker
Nick Baker was CoinDesk's deputy editor-in-chief. He won a Loeb Award for editing CoinDesk's coverage of FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried, including Ian Allison's scoop that caused SBF's empire to collapse. Before joining in 2022, he worked at Bloomberg News for 16 years as a reporter, editor and manager. Previously, he was a reporter at Dow Jones Newswires, wrote for The Wall Street Journal and earned a journalism degree from Ohio University. He owns more than $1,000 of BTC and SOL.
