Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. launched institutional block trading in event contracts on Kalshi, acting as an introducing broker. The service initially operates through Kalshi’s block-trading framework, with Cantor planning to add other venues; Susquehanna Predictions will provide liquidity.
Institutional clients gain a brokerage route to block trading, while liquidity is provided by Susquehanna Predictions.
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Plus500 said event contracts have expanded its US product suite since their launch earlier in 2026. The company plans to launch a US trading app, according to the headline and snippet.
Plus500 intends to introduce a US trading app, the company said, following its rollout of prediction-market contracts earlier in 2026. According to the firm, the event contracts have helped “significantly expand the group’s US product suite” since launching earlier this year.
Polymarket offers contracts on whether major banks will collapse in 2026. Trading on one contract exceeded $77,000, amid warnings that such betting could contribute to financial panic.
Polymarket is offering contracts on whether some of the world's largest banks will fail before the end of 2026, with more than $77,000 traded on one such contract, according to a report attributed to The Guardian. The listed institutions include HSBC and Lloyds, alongside JPMorgan Chase, BNP Paribas, Bank of America and Goldman Sachs, among others.
DraftKings chief executive Jason Robins said he had become more receptive to cryptocurrency event contracts after seeing early positive signs, according to a report of his remarks at the NEXTPredict Summit. The report said DraftKings routes these contracts through Crypto.com and may be considering bringing the activity in-house; it also cited analyst estimates that timed digital-currency contract volumes rose 44-fold in the first seven months of 2026.
DraftKings chief executive and co-founder Jason Robins said at the NEXTPredict Summit in New York City last week that he had become more open to cryptocurrency event contracts after seeing early positive signs, according to a report of his remarks. The report said DraftKings routes these contracts through Crypto.com rather than its own DKeX exchange, and cited an analyst as saying the company may be examining bringing the activity in-house.
It was reported that DraftKings offers sports event contracts in 18 states where it has no online sportsbook. It offers none in the 27 states where it operates an online sportsbook.
DraftKings offers sports event contracts in the 18 states where it does not operate an online sportsbook, and in none of the 27 states plus Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico where it does, according to the company's availability page. The page, headed "DraftKings is available nationwide for sports," assigns each state to one of three lists: online sports betting, prediction sports markets, or free-to-play sports contests. No state appears on two lists.
Kalshi has filed a federal lawsuit against Illinois over a new 15% levy on gross receipts from sports-event contracts on prediction markets. The law, part of a $56bn annual budget signed by Governor JB Pritzker, takes effect on 1 July. Kalshi is seeking a temporary restraining order and accuses the state of violating the US Constitution's Supremacy Clause.