According to the announced information, Kalshi, the largest prediction market platform in the world, has officially integrated the TRON network. This integration allows users to deposit and withdraw directly $TRX as well as USDT on TRON, thereby expanding the multi-chain infrastructure and bringing on-chain liquidity directly to real-world event prediction markets.
The point I want to mention is that Kalshi is not just 'adding a chain for completeness.' This is a step that shows this platform is proactively expanding beyond traditional financial rails, diving deeper into blockchain infrastructure to solve the global liquidity problem, settlement speed, and transaction costs. For domestic users, Kalshi allows direct deposits and withdrawals of native assets on TRON. For international users, connecting through exchange accounts makes the flow of crypto into prediction markets much smoother than before.
On the TRON side, their advantages are quite clear. Fast block time, fees nearly zero, and especially a very large stablecoin ecosystem. Kalshi representatives said that TRON currently processes over 24 billion USD in transaction value daily and has over 80 billion USD USDT in circulation. This depth of liquidity makes TRON a reasonable piece in Kalshi's multichain strategy.
TRON DAO also emphasizes that this collaboration reflects the increasingly clear trend of the market: traditional finance and blockchain infrastructure are gradually converging, rather than being separated as in previous years. For Kalshi, direct access to the TRON ecosystem means the ability to open doors for hundreds of millions of on-chain users and leverage a network that has processed tens of billions of transactions.
Looking broadly, this is quite a timely move. Prediction markets are gradually being mainstreamed, with clearer legal frameworks, while blockchain plays the role of reducing friction, expanding user borders, and increasing capital efficiency. Personally, I see this not as news that creates immediate price waves, but as very good foundational news for both sides. It shows that prediction markets are entering a real scaling phase, while TRON continues to solidify its position as a stablecoin and global liquidity infrastructure.
These types of integrations are often not noisy, but in the long run, they carry weight, especially as the market enters a more mature phase.