Veytics Intelligence
2026-09-22 · CNBC

Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, letting users buy with borrowed funds

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.

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