Overview
- Blanket is live at tryblanket.app and was developed in a quiet, earlier phase with London‑based financial economist Lauris Zminsky who owns the project.
- The tool analyzes a user’s business description to identify exposures and recommends specific yes‑or‑no markets on Kalshi that could offset those risks.
- Blanket is strictly a recommendation layer that does not execute trades or hold funds; users are redirected to Kalshi for trade execution, compliance checks, and account verification.
- Kalshi markets are a CFTC‑regulated exchange, and Blanket reframes those event contracts as practical hedges for risks that are hard for small firms to cover with traditional futures or options.
- Adoption will hinge on market liquidity, the availability of relevant contracts, and user trust in recommendations rather than custody, with early examples showing how contracts can offset targeted losses for small businesses.