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Kalshi Pauses Flight-Cancellation Contracts but Launches Drug-Trial Bets and AI Markets
Prediction market platform Kalshi abandoned plans for contracts on airport-wide flight cancellations. It instead launched 13 contracts on clinical drug trial outcomes and expanded AI compute markets on Thursday.
Jul 16, 12:38 PM·1m read4 sources
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Kalshi has abandoned plans to offer prediction contracts on upcoming flight cancellations. The company had intended to begin listing the contracts on Wednesday, according to a regulatory filing. A Kalshi spokesperson said Thursday that the platform would not proceed with the contracts for now.
The proposed contracts would have covered airport-wide cancellations rather than individual flights and barred wagers by insiders such as TSA agents and airport and union officials. FlightAware declined to allow Kalshi to use its data to settle the contracts. On the same day, Kalshi introduced 13 contracts tied to the results of clinical drug trials.
It also expanded markets tracking the cost of AI compute and released its own version of the Bloomberg terminal.
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