Prediction Markets Surge to $40B Valuation | Business and Finance News

Kalshi is poised to raise $750 million, potentially pushing its valuation to $40 billion—nearly doubling in just three months. Prediction markets are exploding in popularity, with $111 billion traded in Q2 alone, outperforming traditional surveys in forecasting inflation, interest rates, and unemployment. Backed by the Federal Reserve’s validation and real-time data, these platforms are gaining mainstream traction, even earning regulatory wins against New York’s attempts to restrict them. With Robinhood’s event contract revenue now surpassing crypto, and sports, politics, and crypto driving massive volume, the future could see Kalshi—and others—go public as prediction markets become the new norm. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/85cfc5c6e1c73389