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

Last Wednesday, then-Astronomer CEO Andy Byron was caught canoodling with the company’s chief people officer, Kristin Cabot, on the jumbo screen at a Coldplay concert in Massachusetts. Both are married and immediately shied away from their unexpected kiss-cam feature.

Andy Byron, the startup executive at the center of an extraordinary social media furor, has resigned as CEO of data operations startup Astronomer.