Polymarket team members accuse Kalshi of data falsification, claiming that their eSports trading volume has been exaggerated by 26 times

2026-02-05 07:53:47

ChainCatcher Message, Prediction Market Platform Polymarket Team Member shampoo Posts on Social Media Accusing Competitor Kalshi of Data Falsification to Exaggerate Its Esports Trading Volume. shampoo States that the platform artificially increased approximately $1.7 billion in trading volume by adding a generalized “Esports” category, while actual data shows its esports trading volume is only about $63 million, less than 10% of Polymarket’s esports trading volume.

Additionally, Kalshi also counts the CS market as both CS:GO and CS2 for double counting.

shampoo stated on social media that users can verify this themselves by checking the API data in network requests.

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