S&P Global Announces Another Big Crypto Move, Partners with Kalshi

HIGHLIGHTS S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi will develop indices based on prediction-market event contracts. Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour outlined potential indices tracking political outcomes, supply-chain risks, AI employment impacts and weather. S&P Global completed its OpenZeppelin acquisition on October 26, adding blockchain security capabilities to its business. S&P Global is extending its index business into prediction markets through a partnership between S&P Dow Jones Indices and Kalshi. This comes as the financial information provider continues to expand its digital asset strategy following its completed acquisition of blockchain security firm OpenZeppelin.