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By Pankaj K
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What happened. Trump Media said it would sell early access to Donald Trump's Truth Social posts directly to Wall…
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The historical context. It's worth remembering this isn't the first time political access and market-sensitive information…
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Why it matters. The firms that can afford to pay for this service are, pretty much by definition, the ones that…
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What to watch. Regulatory response is the first thing. The SEC and CFTC both have potential jurisdiction here,…
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The firms willing to write that check would gain something genuinely valuable in modern markets — a brief but real window before the public sees a post that could send a stock, a…
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It's worth remembering this isn't the first time political access and market-sensitive information have collided badly. During the George W.
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The Trump administration's record on this front was already messy before this announcement. Reports had already surfaced about individuals connected to the administration making…
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The STOCK Act was supposed to fix this. Seems like it didn't fix enough.
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That gap isn't just unfair in some abstract sense. It has real consequences for how prices form, how volatility spikes, and who ends up on the wrong side of a sudden market move…
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And there's a broader pattern worth flagging here. Trump has previously used his platform to promote companies in which he held investments, per prior reporting.
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The media and financial worlds have been drifting toward each other for years. Social media posts from executives and politicians have moved markets for over a decade — Elon…
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Regulatory response is the first thing. The SEC and CFTC both have potential jurisdiction here, and the question of whether either body decides to investigate or intervene could…
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Truth Social's own user base is worth watching too. If ordinary users feel the platform is being run primarily as a monetization vehicle for Wall Street rather than a public…
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