S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi to build prediction-market indices
- —Kalshi event contracts will settle against official S&P Dow Jones Indices values
- —S&P will build indices from Kalshi data on politics, economics, sports and weather
- —S&P Global closed its acquisition of blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin on October 26
- —Launch dates, index methodologies and financial terms were not disclosed
Why it matters: A top index provider is tying traditional benchmarks to prediction markets, creating a new product class built on event expectations.
Source: CoinGape