Insider Trading
Regulators Struggle to Police Front-Running of Trump’s Market-Moving Posts
Over $500 million in suspicious trades ahead of presidential announcements expose enforcement gaps as agencies debate whether social media constitutes insider information.
Crude Futures Surge Before Iran Ceasefire Reveals Gaps in Cross-Market Surveillance
$580 million in oil contracts traded in 15 minutes before Trump's announcement, alongside $600,000 in prediction market profits, exposing regulatory blind spots in geopolitical intelligence leaks.
Crude Oil Trades 15 Minutes Before Trump’s Iran Announcement Trigger Insider Trading Probe
Approximately 6,200 futures contracts worth $580 million executed at 6:49 a.m. ET on March 23—before Trump posted about ceasefire talks—expose how thin premarket liquidity creates billion-dollar front-running windows for politically connected traders.
Senators Target Prediction Market Trading by Federal Officials
Merkley and Klobuchar introduce legislation to ban government insiders from profiting on Polymarket and Kalshi, extending STOCK Act principles to a $60 billion market plagued by suspicious trades.
OpenAI Fires Employee Over Prediction Market Trading Using Confidential Information
The termination marks the first confirmed enforcement action by a major AI company against insider trading on cryptocurrency-based betting platforms, establishing a governance precedent as tech firms confront a regulatory vacuum.
Kalshi Fines MrBeast Editor $20,000 in First Public Insider Trading Case
Artem Kaptur's 'near-perfect' bet record on YouTube content markets marks prediction platforms' first enforcement against a social media employee.