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Kalshi trading in 'perps' crosses $1 billion in volume within a week of launch

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 299 words · By Davis Giangiulio
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Prediction market platform Kalshi's perpetual futures have already crossed $1 billion in trading volume within a week of their launch last week, the company shared exclusively with CNBC.

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What happened

Prediction market platform Kalshi's perpetual futures have already crossed $1 billion in trading volume within a week of their launch last week, the company shared exclusively with CNBC.

Why it matters

The company officially launched trading on crypto perpetual futures, or "perps," on Wednesday, and in the first 24 hours saw more than $100 million in volume.

Common ground

Volumes are notional, which means leverage traders take in their contracts is included in that figure.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

open_in_new Read the original article: https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/kalshi-perpetual-futures-trading-perps-crosses-1…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Coinbase on the same day also received approval from regulators to offer its U.S. traders access to global perp contracts through an affiliate”
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The KuCoin evidence mentions 'Coinbase's path is different' in the context of the May 29 approvals, but the provided evidence does not explicitly confirm that Coinbase received approval on that same day to offer access via an affiliate. The other Coinbase results are general company descriptions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Balaji S. Srinivasan (born May 24, 1980) is an American entrepreneur, scientist, and investor. He is the author of The Network State: How to Start a New Country and the founder of the Network School, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaji_Srinivasan
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Coinbase Global, Inc. is an American cryptocurrency exchange. It was founded in 2012 by Brian Armstrong and Fred Ehrsam. Coinbase has over 100 million users, and is the largest U.S. based cryptocurren…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coinbase
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Frederick "Fred" Ernest Ehrsam III (born May 10, 1988) is an American entrepreneur and investor. He is the co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, the co-founder and general partner of the cry…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ehrsam
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Claim 2: “in the first 24 hours saw more than $100 million in volume”
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Three separate sources (CNBC, Quartz, and a report on Kalshi's prediction market) all confirm that the platform saw more than $100 million in volume in the first 24 hours.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City, that launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of site ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Luana Lopes Lara (born 1996) is a Brazilian entrepreneur who currently serves as the chief operating officer (COO) of the online prediction market site Kalshi, which she co-founded with Tarek Mansour.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luana_Lopes_Lara
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prediction markets, also known as betting markets, information markets, decision markets, idea futures, or event derivatives, are open markets that enable the prediction of specific outcomes using fin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_market
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Claim 3: “The company officially launched trading on crypto perpetual futures, or "perps," on Wednesday”
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CNBC explicitly states the company launched trading on crypto perpetual futures on Wednesday. This is supported by the timeline in other reports mentioning the launch 'last week' relative to June 9, 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City, that launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of site ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore all Kalshi prediction markets in one place. View live odds, market prices, and crowd-sourced predictions across politics, sports, crypto, and more.
https://kalshi.com/category/all
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web search NEUTRAL — Sign in to start trading event contracts.
https://kalshi.com/sign-in
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Claim 4: “Prediction market platform Kalshi's perpetual futures have already crossed $1 billion in trading volume within a week of their launch last week”
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Multiple independent sources (CNBC, Quartz, and a separate news report) confirm that Kalshi's perpetual futures crossed $1 billion in trading volume within a week of launch.
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... Kalshi told CNBC that volumes on its perpetual futures, or "perps," have crossed $1 billion in trading volume. · Perps first launched on the ...
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/06/09/kalshi-perpetual-futures-tra…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 2, 2026 ... By all accounts, this new financial product has been a smash success. In the first 24 hours, trading volume on Kalshi hit $100 million. In the ...
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/crypto/articles/trading-pe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Jun 9, 2026 ... Kalshi's crypto perpetual futures crossed $1 billion in trading volume within a week of their launch, the company shared with CNBC.
https://qz.com/kalshi-perpetual-futures-billion-trading-volu…
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Claim 5: “at one point the waitlist to access perps on the platform had more than 1 million people on it”
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The web search results for 'waitlist' returned generic waitlist management apps (Waitlist Me, Waitwhile) and not any information regarding a 1 million person waitlist for Kalshi.
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web search NEUTRAL — Waitlist Me is a free app for managing restaurant wait lists. It's easy to manage guest lists, track wait times, and send free text alerts to guest mobile phones. iPad and Android apps available.
https://waitlist.me/
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web search NEUTRAL — Waitwhile is a customer journey management solution with virtual waitlists, appointment scheduling, event registration, messaging, analytics, and more.
https://waitwhile.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — Please sign in using your Waitlistcheck or Assistance Connect account. Need help, tap here .
https://www.waitlistcheck.com/
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Claim 6: “The asset class has over $90 trillion in annual global volume, according to Bank of America”
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While Bank of America is a known entity, the provided search results for Bank of America are general homepages and Wikipedia entries and do not contain the specific statistic regarding $90 trillion in annual global volume for perpetual futures.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bank of America Corporation (Bank of America; often abbreviated BAC or BofA) is an American multinational bank and financial services holding company headquartered at the Bank of America Corporate…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bank of America Private Bank (formerly U.S. Trust) was founded in 1853 as the United States Trust Company of New York. It operated independently until 2000, when it was acquired by Charles Schwab, an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Private_Bank
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Bank of America Tower, also known as 1 Bryant Park, is a 55-story skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City, New York, U.S. It is located at 1111 Avenue of the Americas (Si…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_America_Tower_(Manhatt…
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Claim 7: “Kalshi received regulatory approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on May 29 to be the first company in the U.S. to offer perp contracts”
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Multiple sources (KuCoin, TokenPost, and a guide on US rules) confirm the CFTC approved Kalshi's Bitcoin perpetual contract on May 29, 2026, marking it as the first of its kind for a US exchange.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kalshi Inc. is a prediction market platform based in Manhattan, New York City, that launched in July 2021. The platform is used primarily for sports betting, which constitutes more than 90% of site ac…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalshi
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Polymarket is an American cryptocurrency-based prediction market which offers a platform where individuals can place bets on future outcomes, including sports matches, economic indicators, weather pat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymarket
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Prediction markets, also known as betting markets, information markets, decision markets, idea futures, or event derivatives, are open markets that enable the prediction of specific outcomes using fin…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction_market
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Claim 8: “CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment”
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The claim is explicitly confirmed across multiple cross-references from CNBC, stating the commercial relationship includes customer acquisition and a minority investment.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/kalshi-traders-confident-sec…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/07/traders-predict-michael-jack…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — CNBC and Kalshi have a commercial relationship that includes customer acquisition and a minority investment.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/05/uber-and-lyft-report-earning…
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Claim 9: “It took Kalshi 40 months to see $1 billion in trading volumes across its event contracts”
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CNBC and another report specifically state that it took Kalshi 40 months to reach $1 billion in trading volumes across its event contracts, contrasting this with the rapid success of the 'perps'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. July 4, 2026 was the 250th anniversary of the signing of …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_in_the_United_States
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Earrings" is a song recorded by American singer-songwriter Malcolm Todd from his debut mixtape, Sweet Boy (2024). It was written by Todd and Jonah Cochran and produced by both of them and Charlie Zim…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — George Anthony Devolder Santos (born July 22, 1988) is an American former politician and convicted felon. He served as the U.S. representative for New York's 3rd congressional district from January to…
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info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.