Trading on Event Contracts and Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is with Kalshi Co-founders Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara

Horacio sat down with Tarek and Luana, co-founders of Kalshi. Kalshi is the only CFTC-approved event contract platform allowing users to make bets on real-world outcomes. Tarek and Luana are driving Kalshi to be a paradigm-shifting exchange for events on par with exchanges for stocks and commodities.Discussion topics include:Kalshi is an exchange that trades on events in the form of event contractsBeing the first event contract platform federally regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)The “Kalshi behavior” of thesis-driven investments on specific eventsRoles as founding partners and their working dynamicDetermining the questions for the event contracts, including relevancy, volume, structure, expiration, and settlement sourcesThe yes and no proposition of the questions as the heart of the event contractsTurnaround from the idea of a contract to putting it on the platformPeople with greater interest in real events than traditional financial assetsExpanding Kalshi predictive markets into other eventsThe trading mechanics of each event contractSurprising predictions from the Kalshi marketThe importance of having clear rules for contract settlementKalshi’s future and fulfilling its mission---Follow Alts- Website & newsletter: https://alts.co- Discord: https://discord.gg/DEkHgzggwC- Twitter: https://twitter.com/altassetsclub- Insta: https://instagram.com/alts_co- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpmgk4gzQ56QvpyegBJJVQA?sub_confirmation=1