Kalshi dominates October trading as U.S. prediction market volume surges
DeFi Rate's analysis of eight exchanges put October volume at 120.73 billion dollars, with Kalshi generating 98.15 billion dollars for an 81.3 percent share and Polymarket US reaching 14.77 billion dollars, up 69.8 percent.
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