Kalshi Ethereum perpetual futures trading volume alleged to be highly concentrated in repeated fixed-amount orders
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Kalshi In Ethereum perpetual futures trading, fixed-amount orders accounted for analyzed trading volume 57%。
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Kalshi More than half of Ethereum perpetual futures trading volume comes from orders at the same fixed amount
BlockBeats news,September 22，Kalshi on September 17 to 20's Ethereum perpetual futures trading, the executed value of orders with individual amounts close to 5499 USD reached 7700000 USD, accounting for 57%of the analyzed trading volume.
Since June, among 46 sampled dates, 43 days saw repeated trades at fixed amounts.Kalshi Public data did not disclose trader identities, and the exchange did not explain who generated the repeated trades or why the target amount changed.
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Reports indicate that Kalshi many orders with very similar amounts repeatedly appeared in the relevant trading, but public materials do not explain who generated these trades or why they were repeated.
Why it matters to readers
Fixed-amount orders account for a relatively high share and may affect assessments of related trading activity.
Trading volume is commonly used to gauge market activity; when many order amounts are highly similar, understanding their source helps assess what the data means.
Risks and unknowns
Trader identities were not disclosed.
The party generating the repeated trades was not explained.
The reason for changes in the target amount was not explained.
The claim of artificially inflated trading volume stems from questions raised; the original text provides no conclusion.
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An application scenario involving trading or betting on the outcomes of future events, whose settlement rules may serve as an exploitation point for a design flaw attack.
