Kalshi strikes deal with S&P Dow Jones Indices to expand financial event contracts

Kalshi strikes deal with S&P Dow Jones Indices to expand financial event contracts

Summary

S&P Dow Jones Indices named Kalshi its preferred platform for event contracts tied to S&P benchmarks, settled using official index values. The firms will also explore indexes based on Kalshi contract prices to track expectations about economic, political and sporting outcomes; no timeline was announced. Separately, S&P Global completed its acquisition of smart-contract security firm OpenZeppelin, whose team and tools will expand the company’s digital-asset risk assessment capabilities. OpenZeppelin will remain a separate business unit under its founder.