TLDR
- Paradigm, a leading crypto venture capital firm, is developing a trading terminal specifically for prediction markets under partner Arjun Balaji’s leadership
- The platform targets institutional traders and market-making firms rather than everyday users
- The firm is considering launching its own market-making operations and developing index products for prediction markets
- Paradigm has invested more than $1 billion in Kalshi through several financing rounds
- Trading activity in prediction markets frequently surpasses $10 billion each month
Leading cryptocurrency venture capital firm Paradigm is developing a specialized trading terminal for prediction markets, Fortune has learned from people familiar with the matter. Development allegedly began in the final months of 2025.
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The initiative is being spearheaded by Partner Arjun Balaji. Rather than targeting everyday retail participants, the terminal focuses on serving institutional traders and professional market-making operations.
Beyond the trading platform, Paradigm is reportedly evaluating the creation of an internal market-making operation. Such a desk would involve proprietary traders continuously posting bid and ask prices to enhance market liquidity across various prediction platforms.
Additionally, the company is collaborating with research teams on developing prediction market index products. These instruments would aggregate exposure to multiple prediction markets into a single tradable vehicle, mirroring how traditional equity indexes like the S&P 500 consolidate hundreds of individual stocks.
The venture firm maintains significant connections to Kalshi, America’s dominant prediction market operator. Paradigm spearheaded Kalshi’s $185 million Series C funding round in June 2024, which assigned the startup a $2 billion valuation.
By December 2025, Paradigm again led the charge with Kalshi’s massive $1 billion Series E investment, pushing the valuation to $11 billion. Following an additional $1 billion capital injection in March 2026, Kalshi’s valuation has climbed to approximately $22 billion.
Paradigm’s founder, Matt Huang, holds a seat on Kalshi’s board of directors and has been vocal about viewing prediction markets as an emerging trillion-dollar sector.
Intensifying Competition Across Prediction Markets
While Polymarket and Kalshi maintain dominant positions in the prediction markets ecosystem, new entrants are rapidly multiplying. Major cryptocurrency exchanges Coinbase and Crypto.com have rolled out prediction market features, as has Genesis.
Traditional sports betting giants like DraftKings are also moving into the territory. Meanwhile, established financial exchanges Nasdaq and Cboe have submitted applications for regulatory clearance to introduce prediction market-style binary option contracts.
Paradigm has previously launched a publicly available dashboard that monitors trading volumes and outstanding positions across multiple platforms including Polymarket and Kalshi. The tracker encompasses markets spanning sports outcomes, political events, cryptocurrency prices, cultural predictions, and financial indicators.
Regulatory Landscape Remains Uncertain
The regulatory framework governing prediction markets continues to evolve without clear resolution. Under Chairman Michael Selig’s leadership, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission has asserted that prediction market operations fall under its regulatory purview.
Despite federal guidance, multiple state governments have initiated legal proceedings against platforms like Kalshi and Crypto.com. State authorities contend these services may violate existing gambling statutes within their jurisdictions.
International regulators have taken even more aggressive stances, with some nations implementing complete bans on specific prediction market platforms.
The prediction markets sector emerged as one of crypto’s most explosive growth categories throughout the previous year. Monthly transaction volumes have regularly exceeded the $10 billion threshold.
Kalshi’s meteoric valuation surge illustrates the sector’s momentum, jumping from $2 billion in the middle of 2024 to $22 billion just 20 months later. Paradigm has declined to publicly acknowledge the trading terminal development project.
