Kalshi fines MrBeast editor for insider trading, imposes two-year ban

Kalshi fined and suspended Artem Kaptur, an editor for MrBeast, for insider trading based on non-public information, with a $15,000 fine, $5,397.58 in profits returned, and a two-year Kalshi ban. In a separate case, Kalshi banned Kyle Langford for five years, fined $2,000, and ordered $246.36 in profits returned for betting on his California governor candidacy. Both cases were flagged by Kalshi’s surveillance system; the company has notified the CFTC and will donate the fines to a consumer-education nonprofit, underscoring ongoing regulatory scrutiny of insider trading on prediction markets.