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Kalshi Raises $1 Billion at $11 Billion Valuation, Becomes CNN’s Prediction Market Partner

New on‑chain contracts plus a developer grants push seek deeper liquidity despite mounting rivalry, with state‑level legal questions still unresolved.

Overview

  • Paradigm led the Series E with Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, CapitalG and others participating, confirming reports of an up-round just weeks after a $300 million raise at $5 billion.
  • CNN named Kalshi its official prediction‑markets partner, with real‑time probabilities integrated into programming, a Kalshi‑powered on‑air ticker, and oversight by chief data analyst Harry Enten.
  • Tokenized versions of Kalshi event contracts are live on Solana, with DFlow and Jupiter bridging the exchange’s off‑chain order book to on‑chain liquidity and enabling third‑party front ends.
  • Kalshi launched a $2 million Builders Program to fund apps, tools and integrations that distribute its markets, part of a strategy to aggregate liquidity across on‑ and off‑chain venues.
  • Recent data show Kalshi outpacing Polymarket in monthly trading volume (about $4.5 billion versus $3.76 billion in November, per Token Terminal), even as Polymarket re‑enters the U.S. and Nevada court rulings and class actions raise legal risks.