No Priors Ep. 88 | With Founder & CEO of Kalshi Tarek Mansour
In this week’s episode of No Priors, Sarah sits down with Tarek Mansour, CEO of Kalshi—the first CFTC-regulated prediction market exchange in the U.S. They dive into Kalshi’s recent victory to legalize election betting, explore ethical questions around trading on elections, and discuss whether prediction markets can offer more accuracy than traditional polls. Tarek shares insights on the history of futures markets, the line between gambling and financial trading, and the psychology behind betting. Plus, Sarah makes a live election bet, and Tarek reveals some of Kalshi’s most intriguing markets…
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Chapters (14)
Introduction
1:22
Sarah makes a live election bet on Kalshi
3:35
Getting approved and regulated by CFTC
5:48
Going up against the CFTC to legalize election betting
7:21
Debating the ethics of trading on elections
8:12
Gambling vs. trading
9:12
Context and purpose of futures markets
12:38
The human psychology behind speculating /Humans conditioned to risk taking
17:17
Building a healthy exchange and scaling liquidity
19:30
Introducing leverage and working with clearinghouses
22:29
Polls vs. prediction markets
24:59
Conditional markets
26:38
What makes Kalshi’s markets accurate
31:29
Tarek’s insights on the most interesting trades and markets on the platform
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