Kalshi states it will prohibit politicians and athletes from participating in markets with which they are associated.

The prediction market platform Kalshi announces it’s implementing new safeguards to “preemptively prevent” political candidates and athletes from trading in their own markets, as previously reported by Axios. Beyond restricting political candidates from trading in their campaigns, Kalshi asserts that its infrastructure will also stop both professional and collegiate athletes, referees, and staff from trading in sports they are directly involved with:

The safeguards we developed utilize cutting-edge technology and screening lists, though no screening process is flawless, and determined wrongdoers continuously seek means to exploit it. To that effect, we are also incorporating a whistleblower option directly on our market page, facilitating our community to report possible infractions as they navigate our public trading data.

Kalshi states that this initiative will “actively respond to the CFTC’s [Commodity Futures Trading Commission] recommendations and Congressional legislative efforts to deter insider trading.”