TLDR Kalshi issued its first public disciplinary actions, fining a MrBeast editor and a former California governor candidate for insider trading Artem Kaptur, a MrBeast video editor, was fined $20,397 and suspended two years for trading on insider knowledge about the YouTuber’s content Former California gubernatorial candidate Kyle Langford was fined $2,246 and banned five years for betting on his own election Both cases were reported to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Kalshi has opened 200 insider trading investigations in the past year, with 12 still ongoing
Prediction market platform Kalshi has publicly named and fined two users for insider trading — the first time the company has disclosed disciplinary actions of this kind.
Kalshi catches MrBeast editor insider trading. Prediction market firm publicly nabs someone betting on inside info.
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The two cases involve Artem Kaptur, a video editor for YouTube creator MrBeast, and Kyle Langford, a former Republican candidate in California’s governor race.
Kalshi says Kaptur traded around $4,000 on markets tied to MrBeast’s videos while working for the creator. The platform’s surveillance systems flagged him after users noticed his near-perfect trading record on low-odds markets, which investigators called statistically suspicious.
Kalshi concluded Kaptur likely had access to non-public information about the videos through his job. He was fined $20,397.58, which includes his profits and a $15,000 penalty, and was suspended from the platform for two years.
Beast Industries, the company that manages MrBeast’s business operations, said it has a policy banning employees from trading on prediction markets using company information. It said it has launched its own internal investigation into the matter.
“Beast Industries has no tolerance for this behavior, whether by contestants or our