Kalshi and Polymarket Expand into Perpetual Futures Trading
- Kalshi plans to introduce crypto trading with access to perpetual futures, allowing round-the-clock trading without expiration dates.
- Polymarket will soon offer perpetual futures trading on its platform, enabling users to leverage trades up to at least ten times.
- Both platforms are positioned under the CFTC’s framework for Designated Contract Markets, providing access to futures and options.
- Polymarket’s new feature allows speculation on various assets, including Bitcoin, gold, silver, and stocks like Nvidia and Coinbase.
- The interest in perpetual futures is growing, as seen with Hyperliquid’s $148 billion derivatives volume last month.
Kalshi and Polymarket are expanding their offerings into the perpetual futures space, aiming to enhance their platforms beyond traditional prediction markets like politics and sports. This move aligns with broader industry trends towards more sophisticated financial instruments in the cryptocurrency sector.
With Kalshi’s planned rollout of crypto trading and Polymarket’s announcement of leveraged perpetual futures, these platforms are set to provide traders more diverse speculative opportunities within regulated frameworks. (Source)
