DoubleZero Adds Kalshi Data for Faster Trading Flows
The feed gives institutional traders real-time order book data from Kalshi, including liquidity and market depth. That could speed up price discovery around the U.S. midterms.
Key Takeaways
- DoubleZero added Kalshi's election and political prediction markets to its low-latency data platform.
- The new feed offers trades, best bids, offers, and market depth for institutional and automated traders.
- The timing lines up with growing trading around the U.S. midterm elections.
DoubleZero has added Kalshi's election and political prediction markets to its low-latency data platform. That gives institutional and automated traders access to real-time order book information ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.
Faster Market Data
The new feed includes trades, best bids and offers, and market depth by price level, the DoubleZero Foundation said in a press release. The data runs through DoubleZero Edge, which uses the project's fiber network to distribute market information.
According to DoubleZero, that setup makes political odds more useful as a signal for trading, hedging, and risk management. It means not just the headline probability matters, but also the liquidity behind it and how quickly traders reprice an outcome when news comes in.
Kalshi Under Scrutiny
Kalshi is a federally regulated prediction-market exchange that offers event contracts around political, economic, and other outcomes. In recent years, the company has also faced legal disputes in several U.S. states, while the CFTC continues to claim federal authority over prediction markets. That makes the market structure around these kinds of contracts especially relevant for professional players who rely on data and execution.
DoubleZero itself is based in the Cayman Islands and is building a contributor-powered fiber network on Solana. The project focuses on systems where speed and reliable data transmission matter, such as blockchains, prediction markets, and other distributed networks.
More Attention on Midterms
The timing stands out because trading around the elections is already picking up. According to data from Anti-Corruption Data Collective, as reported by Reuters, more than $133 million (€115 million) had been wagered by August 10 on the 2026 House and Senate races through Kalshi, Polymarket, and Polymarket US. That is above the $92.4 million (€79.6 million) traded during the entire 2024 congressional cycle.
For European crypto followers, this shows how blockchain infrastructure is increasingly being used for markets outside the classic crypto space. The mix of real-time data, automated trading, and regulated event contracts could also matter for players looking at how information gets priced in faster.
Earlier, Gemini expanded its prediction markets offering through Apex, showing that other major players also see this market as a distribution channel for regulated event contracts.
