Kalshi Seeks CFTC Approval for Equity and Copper Perpetual Futures

Kalshi has submitted two new applications to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to list perpetual futures contracts on a broad US equity index and copper.

The first application covers a contract called the 'US500 Contract,' which would track the MerQube US Large Cap Index, measuring the performance of the 500 largest companies listed and headquartered in the US.

This move extends Kalshi's push into financial derivatives following its first such approval earlier this year, when the CFTC cleared the platform to list a perpetual contract tied to Bitcoin (BTC) prices in late May 2026.

The second filing covers a contract named 'COPPERPERP,' a perpetual futures contract on the spot price of copper, priced in US dollars per pound and referencing the Pyth Network XCU-USD price feed.