Designated Contract Market

Kalshi is facing scrutiny after a trader alleged that unusual activity in its ether perpetual futures pointed to inflated crypto volume. The company’s crypto lead rejected the wash trading claims, arguing that critics misunderstood its market structure, fee filings and volume reporting conventions.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission has ordered Kalshi not to reverse Michigan customer transactions tied to a state court order. The move deepens a broader clash between federal derivatives oversight and state efforts to treat certain prediction market contracts as illegal gambling.