MarketPR

Kalshi Crypto Perpetual Futures Cross $1 Billion in Notional Volume Seven Days After Launch

6/19/2026

Kalshi's crypto perpetual futures product crossed $1 billion in notional trading volume within its first week on market, the platform reported, after pulling in more than $100 million on its opening day alone — June 3.

The ramp makes it the fastest-growing product launch in Kalshi's history and the first regulated U.S. venue to post that kind of throughput in perpetual crypto contracts.

CFTC Clearance Was the Starting Gun The product exists because the U.S.

Commodity Futures Trading Commission granted Kalshi approval last month to list Bitcoin perpetual futures — a category that, until now, has been almost entirely the domain of offshore exchanges operating outside direct U.S.

Keep reading

Read the full story

Open on MarketPR