Kalshi ETH-PERP daily trading volume is 174 times its open interest, Beni questions inflated crypto trading volume

Odaily Report: Quantitative analyst Beni posted on X that Kalshi ETH-PERP currently has open interest of approximately $3.1 million, with 24-hour trading volume reaching $538.6 million, equivalent to an average daily turnover of about 174 times the entire open interest position, completing a turnover approximately every 8 minutes and 18 seconds; its largest single position is approximately $17,600.

Beni stated that Kalshi's previously submitted filing to the CFTC shows that eligible self-clearing member market makers can receive a 0.3 basis point rebate, while takers pay 0.3 basis points, resulting in a combined trading cost of 0 basis points for both parties. He also mentioned that Kalshi and Jump Trading had reached a cooperation arrangement exchanging liquidity for equity, and questioned that the platform's method of calculating trading volume by number of contracts traded and displaying it with a dollar sign may cause misunderstanding.