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Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, letting users buy with borrowed funds
The company says leverage could draw institutional liquidity and make longer-dated markets more attractive, while regulated U.S. event contracts are now fully collateralized.
Summary
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.
Kalshi filed an application with the CFTC to offer margin transactions in certain event contracts, a measure that seeks to attract institutional liquidity and bring its predictive markets closer to Wall Street practices.