Kalshi has become the preferred platform for offering event contracts tied to S&P Dow Jones Indices benchmarks, with settlement based on the group’s officially published index values. S&P Dow Jones Indices will also explore creating indexes based on Kalshi’s prediction market data to measure market expectations about economic, political and sporting events. No timeline was provided for either initiative. The partnership follows traditional financial market operators expanding their involvement in prediction markets, after Intercontinental Exchange committed up to $2 billion to Polymarket and Nasdaq announced plans for contracts tied to the Nasdaq 100 and market surveillance technology for Kalshi. Separately, S&P Global completed its acquisition of OpenZeppelin, a blockchain security and smart contract development tools company.
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