Coinbase says Kalshi caused a mistaken prediction-market settlement tied to Michigan’s wild 13-12 win over Western Michigan. The crypto company plans to make affected winners whole while letting customers keep money they received because of the original error.
The dispute stems from a game that appeared finished before officials restored one second, giving Michigan another play and changing the result.
CNN correspondent Marshall Cohen reported Monday (September 7) that Coinbase customers were caught up in the problem. Screenshots reviewed by Cohen showed Coinbase apologizing for “an issue with the settlement” and saying it was “manually recalculating the balances for all affected accounts.”
Cohen later shared a Coinbase statement that pointed directly at Kalshi.
“An erroneous settlement by Kalshi led to certain positions being underpaid.”
Coinbase plans to credit affected customers with the full amount their winning positions should have paid. Customers who received money because of the earlier, incorrect result will also be allowed to keep it.
“Payouts already made under the original incorrect settlement will stand and will not be reversed or recovered,” the statement said.
That differs from Kalshi’s handling of the mistake, which involved reversing payouts issued when Western Michigan was initially treated as the winner.
Coinbase will pay rightful Michigan winners without clawing back mistaken payouts
No. 16 Michigan trailed Western Michigan 12-7 when quarterback Bryce Underwood launched what looked like the game’s final pass. The Hail Mary was incomplete, the clock showed zero and Western Michigan began celebrating an apparent upset.
After reviewing the play, officials concluded Western Michigan’s Micah Davis had touched the ball after jumping from out of bounds with one second remaining. The Big Ten later said Davis “started his jump from an established out-of-bounds position” before touching the ball.
Michigan received another snap, and Underwood found JJ Buchanan for a 47-yard Hail Mary touchdown that produced the 13-12 victory.
“One for the history books right here,” Michigan coach Kyle Whittingham said after the game.
The restored second remained controversial. ReadWrite reported that broadcast footage appeared to show zero on the clock before Davis made contact. Western Michigan asked for clarification but said it would not appeal.
Kalshi had already settled its “Western Michigan vs. Michigan” market by the time the review ended. We previously put trading volume at about $18.6 million. Kalshi initially paid positions based on a Western Michigan victory.
Cohen later reported that Kalshi admitted it had “wrongly and prematurely settled” the market. Kalshi reversed those payouts, reimbursed traders mistakenly treated as losers and paid positions matching Michigan’s official win.
“We corrected the result to a Michigan win, making sure all Kalshi customers got paid out correctly.”
ReadWrite also reported that a customer shared a Kalshi email saying the market had been settled “to the wrong outcome” before being “re-settled to the correct result.”
Coinbase is taking another route. Cohen said the company blamed Kalshi for the Michigan “prediction market snafu” but would “let the wrongful winners keep the payouts.”
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