As Congress returns from its summer recess, there’s a lot going on in the world. Members of the House are trying to push through a vote on releasing Epstein-related DOJ files. Meanwhile, Trump resignation rumors are swirling on social media. Then there’s the matter of congressional redistricting, as states from coast to coast threaten to further gerrymander their opponents out of the picture.

That said, the fact that we’re coming off a three-day weekend makes me think everyone is probably in a pretty good mood, and they don’t want to jump right back into the political fray. So instead, we’ll keep it light by focusing on less contentious topics, like sports, entertainment, and VACCINES.

Note: Click on any of the links in this article to see our markets, and to drive up our clickthrough rate and keep me employed.

_{This is an opinion and not financial advice. The author uses a pseudonym and cannot trade on Kalshi.}

Fall doesn’t begin until September 22nd. But award season is already underway, thanks to the 2025 Venice Film Festival. And Kalshi lets you trade on all the major awards (click here to see all our Venice markets).

OK, maybe “award season” isn’t a real season. But it does have a real impact on who will take home an Oscar next March.

For example, this year, the festival hosted the premiere of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s newest film, The Smashing Machine. And while that might sound like some family-friendly slop, apparently it’s not, because it’s already generating Oscar buzz. Or at least that’s what the AP is telling me.

Don’t believe the hype? Then click here to buy a dollar for around $0.42 by shorting The Rock’s chances of being nominated.

This past weekend, college football kicked off in earnest (not that Week 0 nonsense). And apparently, it’s pretty popular with Kalshi users, since the platform has already seen over $165 million in college football trades this year. But this week, sports traders will have even more pigskin prospects to trade on, as professional football begins.

The year’s first game kicks off Thursday night as Dallas takes on Philadelphia, followed by Kansas City at Los Angeles (C) on Friday, and 14 more games on Sunday and Monday. And while you can certainly trade on each individual game, there’s still plenty of time to trade on futures, players’ performance, and more. Click here to see them all.

Last but not least, let’s discuss a topic that everyone can agree on: vaccines.

Last week, employees at the CDC’s Atlanta headquarters staged a walkout in response to the firing of Director Susan Monarez and the ensuing resignation of several top officials. Normally, this sort of drama would be a shocking turn of events. But considering President Trump chose vaccine skeptic Robert Kennedy Jr. to lead HHS, the department in charge of vaccines, it’s surprising that it didn’t happen sooner.

Think you’re smarter than your brother-in-law who drinks raw milk? Think you know more than your blue-haired niece with her fancy book-learnin’? Well now is your chance to prove it with Kalshi’s vaccine-related markets (click here to see them).

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New markets you might have missed.

Random markets Terry would love to trade if he didn't work here.

Crypto influencer John Wang is joining Kalshi as Head of… you guessed it… Crypto. He previously worked as a fellow at Paradigm, an intern at Immutable, and co-founded blockchain security company Armor Labs. Now Wang is here to bring new Kalshi markets to life, lead the push onchain, and expand our builder ecosystem.

And when he’s done with that, maybe he can help me find the password to my Ledger Nano S.

“Out of all the platforms, Kalshi stood out as the one actually capable of bringing prediction markets mainstream as trusted financial infrastructure,” Wang said in a recent X post. “Crypto will be existential to Kalshi’s success just like it is for Robinhood, Stripe, and Coinbase.”

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