Gate News, March 24 - Recently, Stripe co-founder John Collison and Paradigm co-founder Matt Huang held a video conversation with Kalshi co-founders Tarek Mansour and Luana Lopes Lara. During the conversation, the Stripe co-founder confirmed that prediction market platform Kalshi is integrating Stripe.

On February 9th, the prediction market platform Kalshi experienced some transfer delays during the Super Bowl due to a surge in visits and capital inflows. The official statement indicated that the system was under short-term pressure, and some users' deposits were not credited immediately, but the funds were in processing and security was not affected. Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara responded on the X platform, saying that the peak traffic combined with deposit requests triggered queuing and risk control verification mechanisms, leading to longer deposit times. She emphasized that the delays were not due to abnormal funds but were a passive slowdown in the transaction and settlement process. Several users on social media expressed understanding, while some requested refunds, stating that if deposits could not be made before halftime, the related predictions would lose their timely value.

Recently, prediction market platforms have developed rapidly, with trading volumes on Kalshi and Polymarket reaching record highs. Kalshi completed a $1 billion financing round, reaching a valuation of $11 billion, and founder Lopes Lara became the world's youngest female billionaire. Kalshi has also established multiple partnerships with Solana, CNN, and CNBC, further expanding its business.

Lopes Lara has become the youngest self-made female billionaire in the world, surpassing Lucy Guo. She met Mansoor, co-founder of Kalshi, at MIT and after interning at Five Rings Capital, developed the idea of starting a prediction market. Kalshi completed a $1 billion funding round at a valuation of $11 billion.