Kalshi ‘Perps’ Surpass $1 Billion In Trading Volume A Week After Launch

Kalshi ‘Perps’ Surpass $1 Billion In Trading Volume A Week After Launch Kalshi ‘Perps’ Surpass $1 Billion In Trading Volume A Week After Launch CryptoProwl Wed, June 10, 2026 at 2:35 PM GMT+2 1 min read COIN BTC-USD Prediction market platform Kalshi says trading volumes in its perpetual futures contracts has reached $1 billion U. S. a week after launch.

The company officially launched trading in cryptocurrency perpetual futures, known as “perps,” in early June.   The first 24 hours saw more than $100 million U. S.

in trading volumes, and those volumes have now reached $1 billion U. S. as demand remains strong among investors.

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  So far, Kalshi is the only platform in the U. S. that offers trading in perps.

  Kalshi received regulatory approval from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on May 29 of this year to become the first company in the U. S. to offer perp contracts.

  While Coinbase Global (NASDAQ: $COIN) has also received approval from regulators to offer U. S. traders access to perp contracts, it has yet to launch the service.

  Demand to access Kalshi’s perp trading has been strong. The company says that the waitlist to access perps on its platform had more than one million people at one point.   Kalshi is privately held and its stock does not trade on a public exchange.