Kalshi Partners With CNN as Official Prediction Market Provider

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• Kalshi announces data integration with CNN as official prediction market partner.
• Partnership includes a new Kalshi-powered ticker during CNN programming segments.
• Kalshi topped November‘s market with $4.5B in trades, surpassing Polymarket’s $3.75B.

Kalshi announced a data integration partnership with CNN, becoming the networks official prediction markets partner. The federally regulated exchange will provide real-time event probability data across CNN programming and newsroom operations.

The platform operates as the worlds largest regulated prediction market exchange, allowing users to trade on outcomes of elections, weather events, cultural moments, and political developments. Kalshi called the NYC mayoral election eight minutes after polls closed, hours before traditional media outlets.

Integration Spans Programming and Newsroom Access

The partnership includes integration of Kalshi data across CNN programming led by CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten. Enten translates polling and data analysis for CNN audiences and will now incorporate real-time prediction market information to inform reporting and fact-checking.

A new Kalshi-powered real-time news ticker will run during segments featuring prediction market data. CNN‘s newsroom, data, and production teams will receive access to Kalshi’s political, news, and cultural data for developing storylines and visual presentations.

Kalshi positions the partnership as complementary to CNNs reporting by surfacing credible information about real-time probabilities of future events. Journalists can use prediction market data to provide audiences with market-based forecasts alongside traditional analysis and polling.

Kalshi Leads by Trading Volume

The exchange prediction market sector by trading volume over the past 30 days. Kalshi achieved over $4.5 billion in trading volume during November 2025, compared to Polymarkets $3.75 billion.

Kalshi raised $1 billion in November 2025 at an $11 billion valuation. Sequoia Capital and CapitalG led the funding round, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Paradigm, Anthos Capital, and Neo. The round came less than two months after a $300 million raise at a $5 billion valuation.

Prediction markets surged in popularity in 2025 as forecasting instruments that aggregate collective intelligence through financial incentives. Participants with capital at risk are motivated to make rational, data-driven predictions rather than relying on subjective analysis. The sector has faced criticism related to gambling concerns, market manipulation risks, and questions about the impact on democratic processes.