Kalshi Adopts Nasdaq Surveillance Tool in Multi-Year Deal as Insider Trading Scrutiny Mounts
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Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 10
Kalshi Adopts Nasdaq Surveillance Tool in Multi-Year Deal as Insider Trading Scrutiny Mounts
1 articles · Updated · Yahoo Finance · Aug 10
Summary
Kalshi said Monday it will roll out Nasdaq’s market surveillance platform in phases, adding real-time monitoring for prediction markets and perpetual-style derivatives on top of its existing controls.
The upgrade comes as lawmakers and regulators intensify scrutiny of suspicious trading, with Kalshi saying the system will help detect manipulation and insider trading and deliver data to the CFTC in the required format.
A $35,000 CFTC fine against former Representative George Santos last month and a separate investigation into a White House teleprompter operator have sharpened pressure on the platform; Kalshi referred suspicious activity in both cases.
Nasdaq said its surveillance platform already serves more than 50 exchanges and 20 regulators globally, underscoring how prediction markets are adopting infrastructure long used in mainstream financial markets.
As Kalshi deploys Nasdaq’s powerful surveillance tools, could this massive crackdown on insider trading end the golden era of anonymous prediction markets?
Can Nasdaq's AI algorithms truly distinguish between a brilliantly researched geopolitical prediction and illegal insider trading before regulators step in?