Crypto Exchanges
By James Thorp
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What happened. Kalshi is pushing its trade surveillance deeper into its own infrastructure.
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The historical context. Kalshi isn't the first to go down this road. Big exchanges have been layering on surveillance tech…
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Why it matters. The FCM layer is where things get complicated. Futures commission merchants handle client funds,…
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What to watch. A few things worth tracking from here.
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Kalshi is pushing its trade surveillance deeper into its own infrastructure. The prediction-market operator has brought Solidus Labs' monitoring technology into Kinetic Markets,…
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The Solidus relationship isn't new. It started in February 2026, when Kalshi first brought the firm on to cover KalshiEx, its designated contract market.
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The stated goal is straightforward: give institutional investors the regulatory reassurance they need to commit real capital to prediction markets.
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Kalshi isn't the first to go down this road. Big exchanges have been layering on surveillance tech for years, usually after a regulatory scare or a volume surge forced their hand.
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Crypto exchanges went through a version of this too. Platforms that wanted institutional money eventually figured out that a robust compliance framework wasn't just a box to check.
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Kinetic Markets is basically making that same bet now. By extending Solidus Labs' coverage to the FCM layer — not just the exchange — Kalshi is saying that the entire trading…
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The FCM layer is where things get complicated. Futures commission merchants handle client funds, manage margin, and sit between traders and the exchange.
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Related: Binance Drops $7 Billion in Stablecoins as Liquidity Fears Grip Crypto Markets
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By pulling Kinetic Markets into the Solidus Labs framework, Kalshi closes that gap. Institutional clients get a cleaner picture of the full risk environment.
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That's probably the real story here. It's not just about following rules. It's about being the platform that institutional money trusts when prediction markets get serious…
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Smaller platforms, for their part, won't find this easy to replicate. Third-party surveillance tools cost money. FCM registration is a long, expensive process.
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