The controversy triggered $2.4 million in total trading volumes on Kalshi, marking one of the most traded cultural events on prediction markets.

The interim CEO of Astronomer—the company at the heart of the kiss cam CEO scandal—has found a silver lining to all the publicity. In a LinkedIn post made Monday afternoon titled “Moving Forward at Astronomer,

On July 15, during a Coldplay concert at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, Astronomer CEO Andy Byron appeared on the kiss cam, embracing Kristin Cabot, the company’s head of HR. It would have been a cute candid moment if not for the fact that the pair immediately tried their absolute best to hide from the camera.