Luana Lopes Lara
Founder at Kalshi
Luana Lopes Lara is the founder of Kalshi and graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States.
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Do the regulatory work early — it pays off. Sara Eisen (@CNBC) in conversation with Tarek Mansour of @Kalshi and Alex Michael of Lion Tree LLC at last week's Rise of Prediction Markets. Thanks to our sponsor @nielsen for helping make these conversations possible.
This is a great story about the individuals who are crushing it on Kalshi and Polymarket https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/magazine/polymarket-prediction-wall-street.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Matt Kalish probly just pissed at Kalshi cause his name sounds exactly like Kalshi so he’s like “I founded a sports betting platform” and people are like “Oh Kalshi?” and he’s like no actually DraftKings we have a prediction market now and then he doesn’t get laid
Donald Trump is making protecting prediction markets a priority. His son is a paid strategic advisor for Kalshi, and a major investor and advisor for Polymarket. The Trump administration is using taxpayer money to protect his family’s investments. This is what corruption looks like.
Sports as a % of total trading volume on Kalshi has been consistently falling since the start of the 2025 NFL season. Sports is now roughly 58% of the total volume. A large part of this is the rise of crypto-related markets. Over time, as new categories emerge, I would argue this drops to teens
Spain Blocks Prediction Markets Kalshi and Polymarket for Alleged Gambling Law Violations
LATEST: 🇪🇸 Polymarket and Kalshi are now blocked in Spain after regulators launched disciplinary proceedings, claiming they operated without licenses under Spanish gambling law. https://t.co/LjlpFbU
Spain Blocks Polymarket and Kalshi for Operating Without Gambling Licenses
Spain and Indonesia Block Polymarket; Binance Launches Event Trench