Meta Held Talks to Buy Kalshi Before Deciding to Build Its Own
The acquisition never progressed. Now the company is assembling a play-money prediction app of its own, as trading volumes across the sector approach $220 billion a month.
The acquisition never progressed. Now the company is assembling a play-money prediction app of its own, as trading volumes across the sector approach $220 billion a month.
The former congressman is said to have bet he would skip the State of the Union, then posted that he would attend. Kalshi froze his account.
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Acy Cooper eats lunch out of his pickup truck at the Myrtle Grove Marina in Port Sulphur, La. on Friday, May 15, 2026. Cooper had just returned to the marina after a shift ferrying oil rig workers from offshore platforms — a job he's taken because of falling shrimp prices and increasing fuel costs.
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