Kalshi’s Stephen Curry next-team market hits $4M in volume as prediction platform deepens crypto ties

A prediction market asking where Stephen Curry will play next has already attracted $4 million in trading volume on Kalshi, the CFTC-regulated event contract platform. Current odds price the likelihood of Curry staying with the Golden State Warriors or retiring somewhere between 84% and 94%. The market launched in late July 2026, during a stretch of NBA trade speculation involving the Warriors. Kalshi’s crypto pivot is accelerating Kalshi launched crypto perpetual futures in early June 2026, covering assets including Bitcoin and Ethereum. Those contracts surpassed $1 billion in notional volume within a single week of going live. The platform now supports crypto deposits of up to $500,000 per transaction. On July 22, 2026, Kalshi integrated with Talos, an institutional trading platform, giving professional traders direct access to both event contracts and crypto perpetuals through a single interface. Tokenized contracts and the Solana connection Back in December 2025, Kalshi rolled out tokenized versions of its event contracts on the Solana blockchain. The move was aimed squarely at attracting crypto-native traders who prefer on-chain settlement and composability over traditional fi...