Compare Kalshi and Uniswap on TVL, fees, revenue and activity to understand how these projects stack up.
Kalshi is a CFTC-regulated event derivatives exchange where users trade binary yes/no contracts on real-world outcomes. Each contract settles at $1 if the event occurs and $0 otherwise, creating a direct, transparent market for probabilistic pricing across politics, economics, sports, weather and more. Founded in 2018 and designated as a U.S. Designated Contract Market, Kalshi operates under federal commodities law rather than state gambling rules, enabling legal trading nationwide. The platform combines traditional exchange infrastructure with compliance tooling including KYC/AML screening, IC360 monitoring for sports-related markets, and real-time surveillance for insider or anomalous activity. Backed by Sequoia, YC, and industry figures such as Charles Schwab and Henry Kravis, Kalshi pioneered regulated event contracts and in 2024 became the first U.S. exchange in over a century to legally list election markets.
Uniswap V3 pioneered concentrated liquidity ranges and multiple fee tiers, letting LPs choose custom price curves and earn up to 4000 × higher fee capital efficiency. It introduced NFTs to represent positions and a licence that restricts commercial forks for two years. As of 2025 V3 is deployed on more than 15 chains and retains over 60 % DEX market share by volume.