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Kalshi Powers $3M Flight-Cancellation Hedge for $12K Premium

  • —NEXTPredict paid a $12,000 premium to hedge $3 million of flight-cancellation risk
  • —Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated exchange listing contracts on CPI, Fed decisions, GDP and weather
  • —BMLL added Kalshi historical order book data for hedge fund backtests in September 2026
  • —Liquidity concentrates around Fed events and elections, while local markets stay illiquid
Why it matters: Prediction markets are shifting from speculation to real-world hedging infrastructure, broadening demand for blockchain-based settlement.
Source: TronWeekly
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