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Kalshi Aims to Expand Perpetual Futures After $5.5 Billion Debut

Kalshi Aims to Expand Perpetual Futures After $5.5 Billion Debut
Bloomberg Markets Tuesday 16 June 2026, 22:18 UTC By Katherine Doherty, Denitsa Tsekova 1 min read
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Kalshi Aims to Expand Perpetual Futures After $5.5 Billion Debut Kalshi Inc. is looking to expand its new perpetual futures business beyond digital assets after the never-expiring derivatives racked up more than $5.5 billion of trading volume in their first two weeks on the prediction-market platform. Kalshi currently lists 11 perpetual contracts, all of them tied to crypto tokens. The company is in talks with regulators about adding more, with a longer-term goal of extending the products...

Kalshi Aims to Expand Perpetual Futures After $5.5 Billion Debut Kalshi Inc. is looking to expand its new perpetual futures business beyond digital assets after the never-expiring derivatives racked up more than $5.5 billion of trading volume in their first two weeks on the prediction-market platform. Kalshi currently lists 11 perpetual contracts, all of them tied to crypto tokens. The company is in talks with regulators about adding more, with a longer-term goal of extending the products across other asset classes, according to co-founder Tarek Mansour.
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