Kalshi is rolling out a new set of market integrity measures after its independent Surveillance Audit Committee issued its first report.
Kalshi Tightens Market Rules With New Safeguards
Introduction The company says the changes take effect immediately and are aimed at strengthening protections against insider trading and manipulation on its federally regulated prediction market platform. Main In its June 9 announcement, Kalshi said the update includes three major changes: a new risk-scoring system for markets, employment verification for certain higher-risk markets, and expanded whistleblower tools for users who want to report suspicious activity. The company says the goal is to better identify markets with a higher chance of insider trading or manipulation before they are listed or actively traded. The risk-scoring framework weighs several factors, including corporate event risk, outcome concentration, market importance, regulatory risk, non-traditional insider risk, and national security risk. Kalshi said markets with high insider or manipulation risk may be rejected from listing, while employment verification will be used to screen out presumptive insiders in sensit…
