Key facts
- Kalshi filed with the CFTC to offer margin trading on event contracts.
- The offering will apply to contracts related to objectively verifiable events, excluding sporting, cultural, and mention markets.
- The move aims to attract institutional liquidity by enabling qualified traders to borrow capital.
- Kalshi already offers leverage on its perpetual futures contracts, including crypto assets.
- The platform's valuation has doubled in recent months, with reports of seeking capital at $40 billion.
Prediction market platform Kalshi has filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to offer margin trading on event contracts. This initiative is designed to attract greater institutional liquidity by allowing traders who meet specific capital requirements to leverage their positions. The offering will be available for contracts tied to economic, financial, political, commercial, and other objectively verifiable events, but will exclude contracts related to sporting, cultural, and mention markets.