Kalshi announced raising more than $300 million in Capital from Sequoia, a16z, Paradigm…

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Kalshi – America’s leading prediction market trading platform – has just closed a massive Capital round worth more than $300 million , bringing the company’s valuation to $5 billion , according to information revealed by The New York Times .

This is XEM one of the largest deals in the financial technology sector since the beginning of 2025, marking a strong transformation of Kalshi in the context of global investors looking for new, transparent and more authentic prediction channels than traditional exchanges.

Big guys Capital in Kalshi

This investment round was led by a series of leading Silicon Valley investment funds such as Sequoia Capital , Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) , Paradigm , CapitalG (investment fund of Alphabet - Google's parent company) and Coinbase Ventures .

The new Capital is expected to help Kalshi expand its operations globally, while also boosting its technological capabilities to meet booming trading demand.

Expanding from the US to over 140 countries

Kalshi was once famous for being the first prediction market platform to be officially licensed by the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) . Previously, the platform only allowed US users to participate in predicting events such as election results, interest rate policies, or oil prices.

Now, with plans to expand to more than 140 countries , Kalshi aims to become the “Nasdaq of the future,” where people around the globe can legally bet on real-world events.

“We believe that prediction markets are not just investment tools, but also information tools – helping to reflect society’s realistic expectations for each major event,” said a Kalshi representative.

Transactions grow rapidly, towards 50 billion USD per year

If last year, the total volume on Kalshi only reached 300 million USD , this year this number has increased more than 150 times , expected to reach 50 billion USD/year .

This growth reflects a global trend of users shifting to “non-traditional” prediction platforms where they can profit based on their insights and beliefs about the future – rather than simply investing in stocks or cryptocurrencies.

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