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Creating prediction markets (and suing the CFTC) with Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara

Podcast: Cheeky Pint · Stripe

Opublikowano: 2026-03-17

Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara are the co-founders of Kalshi, the first federally regulated prediction market in the US. They sit down with John and Matt Huang to discuss growing their revenue 11x in six months, why they sued their own regulator to list election markets, and how they are building the "New York Stock Exchange of events." They cover why prediction markets are an antidote to social media polarization, the mechanics of market making for culture, and their vision for trading everything from GPU shipments to the Oscars and the weather. Timestamps<...