Kalshi Aims to Expand Perpetual Futures After $5.5 Billion Debut

Kalshi Inc. is looking to expand its new perpetual futures business beyond digital assets after the never-expiring derivatives racked up more than $5.5 billion of trading volume in their first two weeks on the prediction-market platform.

Kalshi currently lists 11 perpetual contracts, all of them tied to crypto tokens. The company is in talks with regulators about adding more, with a longer-term goal of extending the products across other asset classes, according to co-founder Tarek Mansour.

“It’s been our fastest growing launch in terms of adoption and customers,” Mansour said at the Bloomberg Market Structure Conference on Tuesday, pointing ...