Kalshi Partnership With CNN Brings Prediction Market Data Into News Coverage

• Kalshi’s data partnership with CNN brings real-time prediction signals into major news coverage.
• Trading activity on Kalshi hit record levels, surpassing $4.5B in November with rapid weekly growth.
• The company faces legal challenges over alleged unlicensed sports wagering amid rising scrutiny.

Kalshi has entered a new data partnership with CNN, marking a shift in how major media organizations incorporate real-time forecasting signals into their reporting. The arrangement allows CNN’s newsroom to draw directly from Kalshi’s event-driven markets when evaluating political developments, economic indicators, and cultural trends, creating a system where audience insights are supplemented with live market probabilities.

The collaboration comes at a time when the prediction-market sector is experiencing unprecedented growth, intense regulatory scrutiny, and rising institutional attention across the United States.

Kalshi Data Will Be Embedded Across CNN Programming

Under the agreement, CNN will integrate Kalshi’s market data throughout its broadcasts. Harry Enten, the network’s chief data analyst, will oversee the rollout and ensure that the information is presented consistently across political and analytical segments. CNN also plans to introduce a Kalshi-powered on-air ticker that will surface market signals tied to upcoming events.

Kalshi stated that the objective is to provide data that reflects real-time shifts in expectations, allowing journalists to reference probability-based trends rather than speculation. The platform pointed to its rapid read on the New York City mayoral race, produced minutes after polls closed, as an example of how markets can offer early directional signals. The company maintains that reporters, public officials, and financial analysts increasingly rely on event-contract markets as part of their information flow.

Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour stated that the platform is designed to present sentiment through price changes rather than opinion-driven commentary. The company has highlighted a transition among users toward interpreting market signals as a measure of expected outcomes.

Kalshi Sees Trading Activity Reaching New Highs

Data shows that Kalshi processed $4.54 billion in trading activity in November, edging above the $4.49 billion recorded in October. Its weekly volume surpassed $1 billion, representing a growth rate of more than 1,000% since 2024. Rival Polymarket logged $3.76 billion in November after $3 billion in October.

Kalshi’s expansion coincides with the close of a $1 billion Series E round led by Paradigm, with participation from Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and ARK Invest. That funding pushed the company’s valuation beyond the $5 billion mark set earlier in October.

The collaboration emerges as Kalshi battles a nationwide class-action lawsuit alleging that the firm acted as an unlicensed sportsbook and overstated the distinctions between prediction markets and traditional betting. Authorities claim the company handled more than $1 billion in sports wagers across 3.4 million transactions from January through June 2025. Sports contracts accounted for 70% to 75% of its activity during that period.