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Fake election polls expose a Kalshi loophole: Fraud or scam

Polling firm Wedgewood admitted on Oct. 20 that it fabricated most of its election surveys, and VoteHub, one of the aggregators that carried its results, is also the data source for recurring Kalshi contracts. Kalshi's September 2025 regulatory filing names VoteHub as the source agency for those contracts and states that “revisions to the Underlying… Read the full story on CryptoSlate Understand the crypto stories that matter and what to watch next. Get The Catalyst in your inbox

StatusUnder review
Reported lossUnavailable
ChainNot specified
Confidence55%

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Record history

First seen: 2026-10-23T10:50:17.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-23T12:00:43.531Z. Revision: 1.