Prediction markets ran up $10.5 billion in notional volume over one college football Saturday and NFL Sunday, and Kalshi alone accounted for $7.87 billion of it. That’s $1.76 billion in taker volume on a single app, for a company that insists it’s a financial exchange and not a sportsbook. Three days later, Kalshi rolled outContinue reading “Kalshi Just Moved $7.87 Billion in a Weekend, Then Started Selling Player Props. Call It Whatever You Want, That’s a Sportsbook.”
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The World Cup Just Made Prediction Markets Impossible to Ignore
The 2026 World Cup just became a $5.4 billion argument that prediction markets aren’t a novelty anymore. That’s the confirmed trading volume across platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket for the tournament so far, with Bank of America projecting the final number lands somewhere between $12 and $13 billion by the time the trophy gets lifted.Continue reading “The World Cup Just Made Prediction Markets Impossible to Ignore”
