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Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading, letting users buy with borrowed funds
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:41 pm
This will be bad for some folks
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Prediction market platform Kalshi filed on Tuesday with federal regulators to seek approval to offer leverage on event contracts, a prevalent practice already on Wall Street for stocks and futures.
The filing with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission — the federal regulator for event contracts — comes from Kalshi Klear, the company’s internal clearing house. It’s the latest move by the company as prediction markets increasingly seek to attract institutional liquidity to event contract exchanges.
Kalshi already provides leverage on its perpetual futures contracts, though has yet to receive the same approval to do so for its prediction markets.
Offering margin trading, which allows a trader to borrow money to purchase more of an asset than the cash they put down, has been seen widely by institutions eyeing the prediction market space as a critical step needed for bigger players to participate, which are used to the practice on traditional equities and derivatives. Currently, all event contracts on regulated U.S. exchanges are entirely collateralized.
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Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:43 pm to RLDSC FAN
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letting users buy with borrowed funds
Woof...
They really want to frick people, eh?
I mean, I guess it's ultimately up to the user to pull the trigger, but Kalshi giving them the gun is brutal.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:44 pm to RLDSC FAN
This seems like something that could ruin someone pretty quickly
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:45 pm to RLDSC FAN
online gambling/prediction markets need to be banned. They are a scourge on our society
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:47 pm to Pilot Tiger
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Pilot Tiger
online gambling/prediction markets need to be banned. They are a scourge on our society
I heard a Kalshi ad yesterday that was about "event contracts" on an NFL game. Whatever rules apply to gambling companies need to apply exactly the same to "prediction market" companies.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:51 pm to RLDSC FAN
Wow, what a terrible idea
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:52 pm to RLDSC FAN
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Prediction market Kalshi granted Donald Trump Jr. about $300,000 worth of shares after he became a strategic adviser to the company early last year, according to a report.Prediction market Kalshi granted Donald Trump Jr. about $300,000 worth of shares after he became a strategic adviser to the company early last year, according to a report.
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Probably unrelated tbh.
These prediction markets really make me second guess my stance on limited regulations.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:53 pm to TigerIron
Prediction markets are much more bettor friendly than regular gambling sites.
One example would be, if Roger Goodell decides to frick the Saints in the middle of the NFC Champ game, you can get your money back out at market value without going to zero.
Draftkings, not so much. They pick and choose when you can cash out, and it's never convenient for you.
One example would be, if Roger Goodell decides to frick the Saints in the middle of the NFC Champ game, you can get your money back out at market value without going to zero.
Draftkings, not so much. They pick and choose when you can cash out, and it's never convenient for you.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:54 pm to RLDSC FAN
Posted on 9/22/26 at 12:54 pm to TigerIron
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Whatever rules apply to gambling companies need to apply exactly the same to "prediction market" companies.
They’re different products though, and therefore they fall under different regulatory regimes.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:00 pm to RLDSC FAN
Anyone willing to spend a significant amount of their own money gambling like this deserves no sympathy when the inevitable consequences finally catch up with them.Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:01 pm to RLDSC FAN
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prevalent practice already on Wall Street for stocks and futures.
Online gamblers are not the same type of people
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Currently, all event contracts on regulated U.S. exchanges are entirely collateralized.
Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:33 pm to NawlinsTiger9
Who is handing who the gun?
Posted on 9/22/26 at 1:52 pm to RLDSC FAN
This type shite is what happens when you call Kalshi and similar outfits anything but outright gambling.
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