News of the probe comes after the CFTC ordered Kalshi to take down a sports-related "mention markets" back in August. The CFTC has warned Kalshi it could face charges over how it notified the agency of new contracts, Politico reports. Kalshi calls it a procedural error. Kalshi (KALSHI) is asking the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to allow users of its prediction platform the ability to make bets on margin, mirroring similar.