# Polymarket, Kalshi Plan Perpetual Futures Expansion

*Author: Jack Inabinet*
*Published: Apr 21, 2026*
*Source: https://www.bankless.com/es/read/news/polymarket-kalshi-plan-perpetual-futures-expansion*

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Leading prediction market platforms Polymarket and Kalshi are both eyeing a derivatives market expansion with perpetual futures products.

### What's the Scoop?
- **Perpetual Expansion:** Citing anonymous sources, *The Information* [reported](https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/exclusive-kalshi-launch-crypto-trading-perpetual-futures) earlier today that Kalshi is considering an expansion into perpetual futures trading. Shortly afterwards, competitor Polymarket [posted](https://x.com/polymarket/status/2046653304810156283?s=46&t=nijbLlQkK5nHRW5eLahZmw) to X that it has already launched a perpetual futures product, indicating that interested users can sign up now for early access.
- **Blurred Boundaries:** In a statement to *Bankless*, a Polymarket representative framed the launch as blurring the distinctions between prediction markets and traditional trading, saying, "We've priced the future – now you can actually trade it. We're collapsing the gap between prediction markets and real trading."
- **Regulatory Advantage:** Unlike offshore competitors such as Binance, Kalshi and Polymarket (via [subsidiary](https://www.bankless.com/read/news/polymarket-gets-green-light-from-cftc-to-reenter-u-s-market) QCX) hold key U.S. regulatory approvals from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, positioning their platforms to legally offer derivatives products to U.S. traders.
- **Existing Substitutes: **Polymarket and Kalshi already offer substitute products for perpetual futures that allow platform users to wager on the price movements of popular crypto asset commodities – such as BTC and ETH – primarily through binary up/down options markets and price prediction contracts.

> We price the future.Now you can lever it.Perps are coming to Polymarket.Sign up for early access 👇 [pic.twitter.com/j3PRHhxv8N](https://t.co/j3PRHhxv8N)— Polymarket (@Polymarket) [April 21, 2026](https://twitter.com/Polymarket/status/2046653304810156283?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)
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