Polymarket Team Member Shampoo Alleges Kalshi Inflated Esports Trading Volume
According to shampoo, a Polymarket team member, competitor Kalshi allegedly inflated its
#Esports trading volume by aggregating data under a broad category, overstating figures by around $1.7 billion, while actual esports-related trades were estimated at roughly $63 million, or less than 10% of Polymarket’s esports volume. Shampoo also alleged
#doublecounting of
#CounterStrike markets by listing them as both CS:GO and CS2, noting that the data can be independently verified through publicly accessible
#API records.