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"We Want to Be Bigger Than the CME" | Kalshi's John Wang
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- Bankless
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- Sep 1, 2026
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- 4047
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Summary
Kalshi’s ambition extends far beyond winning prediction markets. It wants to become the largest exchange on Earth. John Wang joins David to explain Kalshi’s regulated crypto-perps push, upcoming gold and silver markets, international expansion, and the strategy for turning retail event contracts into serious institutional hedging infrastructure. --- 📣SPOTIFY PREMIUM RSS FEED | USE CODE: SPOTIFY24 https://bankless.cc/spotify-premium --- BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS: 🔓NEAR | TRADE CONFIDENTIALLY, GET 20% BACK https://bankless.cc/near-pod 🔑BITKEY | GET 10% OFF USE CODE: BANKLESS | #bitkeypartner https://bankless.cc/bitkey 🎯THE DEFI REPORT | ONCHAIN INSIGHTS https://thedefireport.io/bankless 👑BANKLESS CONTENT MCP https://www.bankless.com/premium --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Is Kalshi a Crypto Company? 3:56 Global Expansion and the Regulated Edge 14:55 The Regulated Perps Bet 21:38 Combining Perps and Predictions 27:51 The Insider Trading Problem 38:50 Who Owns Market Information? 45:58 From Sportsbooks to the CME 55:24 Prediction Markets for Institutions 1:02:40 Kalshi Versus Polymarket --- RESOURCES John Wang https://x.com/j0hnwang --- Not financial or tax advice. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures