{"id":598734,"date":"2026-05-13T19:45:05","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:45:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/polymarkets-monthly-volume-declines-for-first-time-since-august\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T19:45:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T19:45:05","slug":"polymarkets-monthly-volume-declines-for-first-time-since-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/13\/polymarkets-monthly-volume-declines-for-first-time-since-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Polymarket’s monthly volume declines for first time since August"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Polymarket's<\/p>\n

Prediction markets trading volume had been tracking monthly gains as the sector gains popularity among short-term traders, but competition is also increasing.<\/p>\n

Monthly trading volume on the Polymarket prediction market fell by about 8.9% in April, the first decline in month-to-month activity since August as rivals like Kalshi increase their market share.<\/p>\n

Polymarket and its US-based trading application collectively generated more than $10.2 billion in volume in April, compared to more than $11.2 billion in March, according to data<\/a> from Dune Analytics.<\/p>\n

However, rival Kalshi\u2019s April trading volume surged by about 13%, climbing to about $14.8 billion, Dune data shows.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Prediction markets trading volume had been tracking monthly gains as the sector gains popularity among short-term traders, but competition is also increasing. Monthly trading volume on the Polymarket prediction market fell by about 8.9% in April, the first decline in month-to-month activity since August as rivals like Kalshi increase their market share. Polymarket and its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":598735,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-598734","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=598734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/598734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/598735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=598734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=598734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=598734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}