Kalshi partners with Signify Group to police abuse tied to sports markets

Kalshi announced on October 14, 2026 a partnership with Signify Group, a threat-intelligence, investigations and online-safety firm, with the goal of shielding athletes and coaches from harassment and threats tied to Kalshi’s sports markets.

According to the exchange, people found responsible for such conduct could face enforcement measures, with permanent account closure as the most severe outcome; where appropriate, evidence may also be passed to sports organizations or referred to law enforcement.

Three components of the initiative

Kalshi said the partnership has three parts: proactive monitoring through Signify’s Threat Matrix service; participation in the Bad Actor Program, which Signify Group and Integrity Compliance 360, Inc. (IC360) established together; and a new exchange rule accompanied by revisions to Kalshi’s platform policies and terms and conditions.

The company said the rule and policy updates are intended to make clear that abuse and threats connected with its markets will not be tolerated.

Threat Matrix monitoring

Under the arrangement, Threat Matrix will watch public social media for abusive, threatening and harassing material directed at athletes, coaches and other sports personnel in the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL, as well as the ATP Tour, including content connected to Kalshi’s sports markets.

Signify said the service pairs AI-powered detection with specialist human intelligence, and can flag harmful material spanning 32 categories of abuse and threats, in over 100 languages, across major social platforms.

Signify’s in-house analysts then rate each case for severity and risk, and an open-source intelligence (OSINT) team looks into cases requiring further action.

Kalshi said the effort targets behavior that is abusive, threatening or potentially criminal, rather than legitimate criticism or debate about sports performance.

When conduct appears to cross a criminal threshold, the company said, evidence will be collected to support a possible referral to law enforcement; where appropriate, it may also be passed to the relevant sports organizations.

Account identification and enforcement

Through the Bad Actor Program, Signify flags and investigates the most serious cases of abuse and threats, and IC360’s technology then lets Kalshi check whether the people identified as responsible hold accounts on the exchange.

Kalshi said its platform policies and terms provide the basis for enforcement where evidence identifies a user as responsible, with action available up to permanent account closure.

Kalshi said the measures build on existing market-integrity controls, including rules that stop athletes, coaches and others with access to relevant information from trading in their own sports markets, as well as proactive monitoring and compliance systems the exchange says it already operates.

Statements from Kalshi and Signify

Robert DeNault, Kalshi’s head of enforcement, said the partnership gives the exchange another tool to identify unacceptable behavior and act against those responsible.

He said the tool will be used together with a new exchange rule expressly barring abuse or threats connected to trading activity, because the company wants to show there are “real consequences for anyone who crosses that line.“

Signify Group chief executive Jonathan Hirshler said Threat Matrix can detect, assess and investigate such behavior and compile the evidence needed for action, with intelligence also passed to sports organizations and, where appropriate, to law enforcement.

“Anyone who thinks a losing position entitles them to threaten or abuse an athlete should know that they can be identified, that their account can be closed, and that serious cases can have consequences beyond the platform,” he said.

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