Prediction market platform Kalshi has filed a request with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission to introduce leveraged trading in regulated event contracts through its clearing arm, Kalshi Klear. Kalshi said full cash collateral requirements tie up funds and limit institutional participation in longer-dated contracts. The proposal would raise margin as expiry nears and exclude sports, culture and “mention” markets. Questions have also been raised about repeated fixed-size trades in crypto perpetual futures samples.

More than half of U.S. drivers say they are more likely to consider buying an electric vehicle than a year ago, a survey showed, even as U.S. EV sales growth slows. In the HERE-SBD EV Index 2026, 53% said they considered EV purchases more positively. The survey of about 4,000 drivers in the United States, Europe, India and Australia was conducted in June and July.