Kalshi, one of the leading prediction market firms, has issued another set of insider-trading disciplinary actions against users accused of making improper trades based on their inside knowledge of their own political situations, including an ex-reality TV star in Virginia who said he did it intentionally. "Cases like these demonstrate Kalshi’s commitment to policing all types of unfair or improper trading on our platform," the company said in a statement posted on its website on Wednesday. "Regardless of the size of a trade, political candidates who can influence a market based on whether they stay in or out of a race violate our rules." Two of the cases were said to admit they were in the wrong, and Kalshi — a trading platform regulated by the Commodities Futures Trading Commission — said they received a more modest response than the Virginia politician who defied the process. These are the three: Kalshi's rules are set out in its website's compliance section. While it's not detailed in the firm's member agreement, fines and suspensions like those given in these latest cases are detailed within Kalshi's corporate "rule book," and the determination of penalties lets the company fine a member at a level "sufficient to deter recidivism" — meaning enough to keep people from doing it again. The company had begun publicly announcing insider-trading matters with the February exposure of cases that included a producer of the popular online entertainer, Mr. Beast. The CFTC has praised the platform for being a front-line enforcer, though the agency has noted that such cases could also trigger federal enforcement. The events-contract industry has been under tight scrutiny during its explosive rise in popularity. The businesses are still wrestling with doubts from prominent critics that they can manage contracts without insider abuse. Kalshi, in particular, has also been at the forefront of legal clashes with state regulators and law enforcement officials over whether i