{"id":604257,"date":"2026-05-25T06:52:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/kalshi-backs-prediction-markets-lobby-group-with-former-trump-official\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T06:52:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T06:52:51","slug":"kalshi-backs-prediction-markets-lobby-group-with-former-trump-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/25\/kalshi-backs-prediction-markets-lobby-group-with-former-trump-official\/","title":{"rendered":"Kalshi backs prediction markets lobby group with former Trump official"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Kalshi<\/p>\n

“We\u2019re not going to be outspent or out-organized by entrenched interests protecting their monopolies,” said John Bivona, head of government relations at Kalshi.\n<\/p>\n

Kalshi has backed a new lobbying group for prediction markets called Americans for Fair Markets, which has tapped former deputy White House chief of staff Taylor Budowich as its strategic advisor.<\/p>\n

Kalshi said<\/a> on Friday that the organization is positioning itself against sportsbooks and casinos, which it claims are \u201cfocused on protecting their monopolies and seeding lies about prediction markets to policymakers.\u201d<\/p>\n

Americans for Fair Markets, which Kalshi said was launched with its support, would join a broader lobbying push that includes the Coalition for Prediction Markets, an advocacy group for prediction markets launched in December 2025, backed by Coinbase, Crypto.com, and Robinhood.<\/p>\n

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“We\u2019re not going to be outspent or out-organized by entrenched interests protecting their monopolies,” said John Bivona, head of government relations at Kalshi. Kalshi has backed a new lobbying group for prediction markets called Americans for Fair Markets, which has tapped former deputy White House chief of staff Taylor Budowich as its strategic advisor. Kalshi […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":604258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-604257","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=604257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/604258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=604257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=604257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=604257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}