Kalshi Strips Non-Employee X Affiliate Badges Amid Paid Promotion Policy Change
Kalshi removes all non-employee affiliate badges on X following the platform's tightened rules on paid sports betting promotions, while competitor Polymarket retains its badges.
Fact Check
The official Kalshi Newsroom post is the most authoritative and relevant source, confirming that Kalshi itself removed the X affiliate badges from accounts not employed by the company. This directly supports the first part of the statement. Additional commentary and user posts link the removals to a broader change in X’s paid partnerships or promotion policy affecting gambling-related accounts, providing contextual support for the second part of the statement, though this connection is inferential rather than explicitly confirmed by Kalshi. There is no credible evidence contradicting these claims. However, since the linkage between the badges’ removal and the X policy change is not directly established by an official statement from either X or Kalshi, overall confidence remains medium rather than high.
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Summary
Kalshi removed all non-employee affiliate badges on X on February 24 in response to changes in the platform’s policy requiring paid promotion disclosures. X product lead Nikita Bier warned accounts about undisclosed partnerships, with the threat of suspension. Polymarket retains its badges despite the change.
Terms & Concepts
- Kalshi: A U.S. prediction market platform allowing regulated trading on event outcomes.
- Polymarket: A decentralized prediction market platform where users trade on real-world events using cryptocurrency.
- Affiliate badge: A visual identifier on X showing official association with verified organizations.