Kalshi launches gold and silver perpetuals in the US, marking expansion into commodity derivatives as its fastest-growing product category.
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Kalshi has launched perpetual contracts for gold and silver in the US, positioning commodity derivatives as its fastest-growing product category. The expansion reflects the exchange's strategy to broaden market access through continuous price discovery mechanisms.
Perpetual contracts are derivatives that track an underlying asset's price without requiring ownership of the asset itself. Unlike traditional futures with set expiration dates, perpetuals allow traders to maintain leveraged exposure indefinitely, making them a dominant force in digital asset markets. Commodity derivatives—including gold and silver products—now represent Kalshi's fastest-growing segment, signaling growing demand for non-crypto underlying assets through crypto-native trading infrastructure.
It remains unclear what leverage ratios Kalshi is offering on these new commodity products, how they compare to existing crypto perpetuals on the platform, or whether this expansion will extend to other commodity classes beyond precious metals.