Futu subsidiary partners with Kalshi to offer CFTC-regulated event contracts
A Futu subsidiary has partnered with Kalshi to offer CFTC-regulated event contracts to retail traders, according to a Thursday report. The deal connects Futu's Asian-founded brokerage platform — which operates across Hong Kong, Singapore, the U.S., and other markets — to the U.S.-regulated prediction market venue. The partnership expands Kalshi's distribution pipeline through a major retail brokerage at a moment when its event-contract volumes face competitive pressure from Robinhood's rival arrangements. Separately, Robinhood launched AI agent accounts for automated trading, though that development was reported alongside rather than as part of the Futu-Kalshi agreement.
Kalshi locks in a second major Asian retail brokerage pipeline in two days after the Moomoo deal, giving it another retail flow channel as Robinhood diverts World Cup volume to Rothera. Any sustained volume from Futu helps offset the brokered flow Kalshi is losing to its largest partner's rival clearing arrangement.