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CFTC Scrutinizes Kalshi After $5 Billion in Near-Identical Ether Perpetual Trades, WSJ Reports
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CFTC Scrutinizes Kalshi After $5 Billion in Near-Identical Ether Perpetual Trades, WSJ Reports

Key Highlights The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is reviewing unusual trading patterns on Kalshi involving nearly one million ether perpetual futures trades clustered around $5,500, representing over $5 billion in volume. Kalshi denies wash trading allegations, attributing the pattern to market makers maintaining fixed resting orders and hundreds of distinct traders participating in the transactions. ...

Kalshi Faces ‘fake crypto volume’ Allegations as Critic Flags Identical $5,500 Trades
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Kalshi Faces ‘fake crypto volume’ Allegations as Critic Flags Identical $5,500 Trades

Key Highlights Analyst Beni alleges wash trading on Kalshi’s ether perpetual market, citing repetitive $5,500 trade sizes accounting for up to 58% of volume across four days as “undeniable proof” of manipulation. The allegations center on a CFTC-filed rebate schedule allowing Self-Clearing Members to trade at net-zero fees via a 0.3-basis-point maker rebate offsetting a ...