According to CoinMeta, former U.S. Congressman George Santos responded to the lifetime ban on Kalshi, calling the company a 'non-serious firm'. On Monday, Kalshi issued its first permanent ban, prohibiting Santos from trading and imposing a fine of $71,356 on him for his failure to cooperate with the investigation. The investigation results cited by the exchange were not confirmed in their notification, and the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) expressed opposition to this in July.