Kalshi Files for Perpetual Futures on US Stocks and Copper, Its First on Equities

Kalshi Files for Perpetual Futures on US Stocks and Copper, Its First on Equities

Kalshi asked the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Aug. 18 to approve perpetual futures on a US large-cap stock index and on copper, its first attempt to carry the crypto-native contract structure into equities, a month after it asked the agency to approve a perpetual future on gold. Perpetual futures never expire. Rather than roll a position into a new contract every quarter, traders hold one indefinitely and exchange periodic funding pay…

Kalshi Pushes Beyond Prediction Markets With Copper Perpetual Futures

The prediction market operator is seeking CFTC approval for a copper perpetual as it moves further into traditional derivatives markets.

Kalshi Files With CFTC for US500, Copper Perps as CME Sues

What Is Kalshi Planning To Launch? Kalshi has filed with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to offer perpetual futures tied to a major U.S. equity index and copper, extending its business beyond prediction markets as it builds a wider financial trading platform. In filings submitted Tuesday, Kalshi said it intends to list a US500 Contract tracking the MerQube US Large Cap Index, which measures the performance of 500 of the largest companie…

Kalshi Files for US500 and Copper Perpetual Futures

Kalshi filed two new perpetual futures contracts with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Aug. 18: one tracking a broad U.S. stock index, the other tracking spot copper. Both went through self-certification, the fastest regulatory pathway available to the...