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- CNN’s partnership will feature a new Kalshi-powered live ticker for on-air segments and use the prediction data across the network’s newsroom, data, and production teams.
- The announcement follows Kalshi’s move to the Solana blockchain, where the platform will tokenize thousands of event contracts.
A day after prediction platform Kalshi announced its move to the Solana blockchain, media house CNN announced its partnership with the platform. As part of the deal, CNN will integrate Kalshi data for use across its newsroom, data, and production teams. This move comes as the platform takes a step towards greater decentralization, with its events market now operating as Solana-based SPL tokens.
CNN Joins Hands With Prediction Platform Kalshi In Latest Partnership
CNN has announced a partnership with prediction market platform Kalshi, which will provide real-time probability data to support the network’s political and cultural coverage. Under the agreement, CNN’s newsroom, data unit, and production teams will gain access to event-forecasting metrics as a supplemental reporting tool.
According to the announcement, Kalshi’s data, led on-air by CNN Chief Data Analyst Harry Enten, will be integrated throughout CNN programming. The collaboration will also include a new Kalshi-powered real-time ticker displaying live probability updates during segments that utilize the platform’s data. In the message, the prediction platform noted:
“[Kalshi] has become the definitive source for staying informed about the future and is used by reporters, politicians, pundits, Wall Street, and Main Street.”
In the prediction market space, the firm is closely competing with the decentralized platform Polymarket. This sector is rapidly growing, with both players surpassing $45 billion in cumulative trading volume this year.
Polymarket CEO Shayne Coplan, in a recent interview with 60 Minutes on CBS News, described prediction markets as “the most accurate tool available” for forecasting future events. The platforms have formed major institutional partnerships. Some recent examples include integrations with Google Finance, Yahoo Finance, Robinhood, and Intercontinental Exchange.
As reported by CNF last week, Polymarket secured approval from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), to operate in the U.S. market. This will allow them to work with different brokerage clients and partners.
Despite this momentum, the prediction market industry has been under scrutiny. As per critics, this sector is similar to sports betting. Moreover, Kalshi is currently facing a nationwide class-action lawsuit alleging that it operates an unlicensed betting service.
Tapping Solana Blockchain for Tokenizing Event Contracts
As mentioned in our previous story, Kalshi partnered with the Solana blockchain to expand its presence in the broader crypto market. Under the collaboration, the firm plans to tokenize thousands of its event contracts on the Solana blockchain, creating a link between its traditional off-chain order book and on-chain liquidity.
The integration is designed to attract crypto-native traders and support larger-scale operations. In practical terms, the partnership will enable users to buy and sell tokenized versions of their event contracts directly on Solana.
