
Hudson River Trading Starts Kalshi Contract Trading
The high-frequency trading firm has begun trading short-term asset-price contracts on the prediction market platform Kalshi.
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The high-frequency trading firm has begun trading short-term asset-price contracts on the prediction market platform Kalshi.
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