[Kalshi CEO Supports Legislation to Ban Insider Trading by Officials on Prediction Platforms] On January 8, Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour stated on LinkedIn that Kalshi supports legislation proposed by New York Democratic Congressman Ritchie Torres. The bill aims to prohibit government officials from engaging in insider trading on platforms like Kalshi. Tarek Mansour pointed out that recent allegations of insider trading primarily involve unregulated offshore prediction platforms. It is reported that Ritchie Torres plans to introduce the '2026 Financial Prediction Market Public Integrity Act' this week, which would ban federal elected officials, political appointees, and executive branch employees from trading on prediction markets when in possession of non-public information or information that could be obtained through their official duties.