Kalshi is building a prediction markets 'Bloomberg Terminal' for high-end traders, source says

Cnbc · Jun 04, 2026 · 405 words · By Davis Giangiulio

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What to know about Kalshi is building a prediction markets 'Bloomberg Terminal' for high-end traders, source says

Prediction market platform Kalshi is developing a new interface for its highly engaged traders to track the company's prediction markets, according to a source familiar with the plans.

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What happened

Prediction market platform Kalshi is developing a new interface for its highly engaged traders to track the company's prediction markets, according to a source familiar with the plans.

Why it matters

The product, which the source compared to the "Bloomberg Terminal" for traditional equities and derivatives, is currently in alpha testing with a select group of traders on the platform and has been in development for about a month.

Common ground

Some of the features of the interface, which were shown to CNBC, include tracking popular contracts by 24-hour volumes across various categories, the ability to see all trades as they're actively placed and also to view individual contracts' order books.

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What concrete event or decision sits underneath the headline: Kalshi is building a prediction markets 'Bloomberg Terminal' for high-end traders, source says?
What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that In April, Fortune reported that venture capital firm Paradigm, a major Kalshi investor, was building its own prediction markets data platform?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 10 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In April, Fortune reported that venture capital firm Paradigm, a major Kalshi investor, was building its own prediction markets data platform.”

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Multiple independent sources (Fortune and The Block) report that Paradigm, a major Kalshi investor, was building its own prediction markets data platform/trading terminal in April.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frederick "Fred" Ernest Ehrsam III (born May 10, 1988) is an American entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, the co-founder and general partner of the cry…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ehrsam

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The neurodiversity paradigm is a framework for understanding human brain function that considers the diversity within sensory processing, motor abilities, social comfort, cognition, and focus as neuro…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paradigm Operations LP, doing business as Paradigm, is an American investment firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm focuses on investments related to cryptocurrency and blockchain technolo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradigm_(venture_capital_firm…

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Claim 2: “Prediction market platform Kalshi is developing a new interface for its highly engaged traders to track the company's prediction markets”

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The provided evidence describes Kalshi's general nature as a prediction market but does not mention the development of a specific new interface for highly engaged traders. This appears to be a detail from the source article not corroborated by the provided search results.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City, that launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of site ac…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi

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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi is a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events. Buy and sell Event Contracts.
https://kalshi.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Explore all Kalshi prediction markets in one place. View live odds, market prices, and crowd-sourced predictions across politics, sports, crypto, and more.
https://kalshi.com/category/all

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Claim 3: “That announcement came one day after the company launched another product, its American Power Index, which it calls a real-time measure of political power using Kalshi's data.”

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The provided Wikipedia results for '2026 in the United States' and other firms do not mention the 'American Power Index' or its launch date relative to other products.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026 was the 250th anniversary of the signing of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_States

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Interactive Brokers, Inc. (abbreviated as IB or IBKR) is an American multinational brokerage firm headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut. It operates one of the largest electronic trading platforms i…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_Brokers

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Plus500 is an Israeli-founded, London-based financial betting firm that provides online trading services in contracts for difference (CFDs), share dealing, futures trading, Prediction markets and opti…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plus500

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Claim 4: “Kalshi's market data is currently accessible on Bloomberg's platform.”

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The provided evidence describes Kalshi and Bloomberg separately but does not contain information regarding whether Kalshi's market data is accessible on Bloomberg's platform.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi is a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events. Buy and sell Event Contracts.
https://kalshi.com/

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Claim 5: “Some of the features of the interface... include tracking popular contracts by 24-hour volumes across various categories, the ability to see all trades as they're actively placed and also to view individual contracts' order books.”

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While the evidence confirms Kalshi is a prediction market, there is no specific mention of these particular interface features (24-hour volume tracking, real-time trade visibility, order books) in the provided evidence.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City, that launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of site ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luana Lopes Lara (born 1996) is a Brazilian entrepreneur and former ballerina, who currently serves as the chief operating officer (COO) of the online prediction market site Kalshi, which she co-found…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luana_Lopes_Lara

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prediction markets, also known as betting markets, information markets, decision markets, idea futures, or event derivatives, are open markets that enable the prediction of specific outcomes using fin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_market

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Claim 6: “Users can customize their interfaces to see event contracts related to their own portfolios and are able to manage multiple positions in varying markets at the same time.”

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The provided evidence does not confirm the specific customization and portfolio management features of a new interface.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi is a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events.Trading on Kalshi involves risk and may not be appropriate for all. Members risk losing their…
https://kalshi.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Polymarket and Kalshi, prediction markets where users can bet on outcomes as varied as the Super Bowl and the length of the State of the Union address, have been some of the fastest-growing destinatio…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/23/technology/meta-predictio…

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web search NEUTRAL — Prediction markets are moving from niche crypto experiments to a serious new asset class. In November 2025 alone, Kalshi processed around $5.8 billion in volume, while Polymarket hit $3.74 billion, br…
https://bingx.com/en/learn/article/polymarket-vs-kalshi-whic…

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Claim 7: “CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment.”

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Multiple cross-references explicitly state that CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship involving customer acquisition and a minority investment.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/kalshi-traders-confident-sec…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/traders-predict-michael-jack…

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cross reference SUPPORTS — CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/05/uber-and-lyft-report-earning…

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Claim 8: “On Friday, Kalshi announced it received approval to offer perpetual futures on cryptocurrencies.”

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The provided evidence does not mention an announcement regarding approval for cryptocurrency perpetual futures.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi is a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events. Buy and sell Event Contracts.
https://kalshi.com/

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Claim 9: “The product... is currently in alpha testing with a select group of traders on the platform and has been in development for about a month.”

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The provided evidence does not mention alpha testing or the development timeline of a new interface. This detail is not found in the search results or Wikipedia.

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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi is a regulated exchange & prediction market where you can trade on the outcome of real-world events. Buy and sell Event Contracts.
https://kalshi.com/

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Claim 10: “Bloomberg's system... switched from a closed computer system to a software package long ago.”

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Wikipedia and Quora both confirm that the Bloomberg Terminal transitioned from a hardware/closed system to a software package that can be used on Windows machines.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bloomberg L.P. is an American privately held financial, software, data, and media company headquartered in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was co-founded by Michael Bloomberg in 1981, with Thomas…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Rubens Bloomberg (born February 14, 1942) is an American businessman and politician. He is the majority owner and co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., and was its CEO from 1981 to 2001, and again fro…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bloomberg Terminal is a computer software system provided by the financial data vendor Bloomberg L.P. that enables professionals in the financial service sector and other industries to access Bloo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_Terminal

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