Source: Fortune
Summary
Club Atlético Osasuna, a Spanish football club, denied placing a nearly $600,000 bet on Kalshi to hedge against relegation. The club claimed it had taken out a €1.2 million relegation risk policy with Howden, an international insurance company. Kalshi stated that the broker acting on Osasuna’s behalf had placed the wager. The incident highlights the use of prediction markets as financial instruments to hedge real-world risks.
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Osasuna denied betting against itself, but its insurance broker, Howden, did place a wager on Kalshi. The club’s relegation risk policy with Howden was valued at €1.2 million. Kalshi operates under a federal framework overseen by the CFTC. The incident raises questions about the potential for sports teams to use prediction markets to hedge against financial losses.
Osasuna’s situation is a new twist on an old hedging strategy.
Author: Evan Null
