Kalshi App: How It Works, Features, and Setup (2026)
The Kalshi app puts every market on the CFTC-regulated exchange in your pocket — politics, sports, economics, weather. Here's what it does, how to set it up, and the catches.
- Platforms: iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play).
- Account: shared with kalshi.com — sign in once, trade anywhere.
- Funding: ACH and debit card. No credit cards, no crypto.
- Markets: politics, sports, economics, weather, culture — same catalog as the desktop site.
- Eligibility: U.S. residents 21+, available in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Kalshi has a native app for both iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play). It's the same exchange as the website — the same markets, the same CFTC-regulated venue, the same ACH/debit funding — packaged for mobile trading and price alerts.
- •Platforms: iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play).
- •Account: shared with kalshi.com — sign in once, trade anywhere.
- •Funding: ACH and debit card. No credit cards, no crypto.
- •Markets: politics, sports, economics, weather, culture — same catalog as the desktop site.
- •Eligibility: U.S. residents 21+, available in all 50 states and Washington, D.C.
Setting up the Kalshi app
Install from the App Store or Google Play. Sign up with email and enter promo code MIAPREDICTS in the referral field to unlock the $10 trading credit (after $10 in qualifying trades). Verify your identity with a driver's license or U.S. passport — Kalshi is a CFTC-registered exchange, so KYC is a federal rule, not optional. Fund via ACH (1–3 business days) or debit card (instant).
What the app does well
- •Push notifications on price moves and market resolutions.
- •One-tap order entry with a clean order book view.
- •Watchlists across politics, NFL, weather, economics.
- •Biometric login (Face ID / fingerprint).
- •Full account history, tax documents, and ACH withdrawals from the app.
The catches
Same exchange as the web means the same constraints. Sports liquidity is real but thinner than a dedicated sportsbook on niche props. Spreads on long-tail political contracts can be wide (3–5¢ on small markets). Withdrawals are ACH-only — 1–3 business days to land in your bank; there's no instant cashout.
Kalshi app vs Polymarket app vs OG by Crypto.com
- •Kalshi — iOS and Android. Best for politics, economics, weather. CFTC-regulated.
- •Polymarket US — iOS only today. Deepest book on high-profile political contracts. CFTC-regulated via QCX.
- •OG by Crypto.com — biggest welcome offer (up to $100 with code MIAPREDICTS) and the broadest funding options on a CFTC-regulated venue.
Frequently Asked Questions
Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated event-contract exchange where you trade Yes/No on real-world outcomes — sports, politics, weather, economics — at peer-to-peer prices.
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Sources & references
- 1.KalshiEX LLC — DCM Registration — CFTC.gov
- 2.Kalshi — Fee Schedule — Kalshi
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Catie Di Stefano has spent 15 years working with online gambling across some of the most regulated and competitive gambling markets in the world.
Starting at Betsson Group in Malta in 2011, she has in recent years worked her way through VIP management, CRM, gamification and marketing leadership across European and North American operations. Catie was a licensed consultancy for Hard Rock Casino in New Jersey, where she held a DGE vendor license and owned the execution of the online CRM program from launch day in 2018.