#trading-platform
When your entire platform is suspicious trading, this rings a little hollow
Kalshi has spent years building surveillance systems designed to identify suspicious trading, and the prediction market says it has begun aggressively referring suspected misconduct to federal authorities. https://bit.ly/4xPa02D
Kalshi cracks down on insider trading as Trump family looks to increase prediction market presence | Fortune
Prediction markets are becoming intertwined with the government, and Kalshi is trying to prove it’s policing insider trading.
fortune.com
August 9, 2026 at 3:38 PM
Turning our democratic process into a casino, on a platform advised by the President's son, with an Administration failing to adequately crack down on insider trading - what could go wrong?
July 22, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Kalshi will now let users juice their bets with borrowed money.

www.semafor.com/article/09/2...
Kalshi to allow trading on borrowed funds
Only some of the bets will allow margin trading, showing where the prediction-markets platform thinks its future lies.
www.semafor.com
September 22, 2026 at 11:02 PM
It actually may not even be a crime. These betting markets are completely unregulated. Insider trading is marked as a feature.

The crime here should be the platform itself. If you have a platform that makes it impossible to eliminate insider trading, then that platform should not be legal.
June 3, 2026 at 2:17 PM
BREAKING: Kalshi is asking the CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, which would let users gamble with borrowed funds.

www.cnbc.com/2026/09/22/k...
Kalshi asks CFTC to allow margin trading on its platform, letting users buy with borrowed funds
It's the latest move by the company as it and other event contract exchanges seek to gain greater participation by institutional traders.
www.cnbc.com
September 22, 2026 at 1:24 PM
we're going to see a lot of these stories, perhaps because kalshi is set up to be an ideal insider trading platform
NEW: A video editor working for MrBeast is accused of trading on insider information on Kalshi, which has fined, suspended and reported the editor to federal regulators in the first public instance of the platform disclosing an insider trading investigation

www.npr.org/2026/02/25/n...
Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast
With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information.
www.npr.org
February 25, 2026 at 4:20 PM
The average new car in the ‌U.S. has a list price of $51,456, according to KBB.

In China, there are more than 200 battery-powered models, including hybrids, at less than $25,000, according to DCar, an information and trading platform.
Five best-selling electric vehicles in China under $12,000.
April 28, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Trump posted on his social media platform, Truth Social, stating, “THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO BUY!!! DJT.” Approximately four hours later, he announced a 90-day pause on most trade tariffs, leading to a significant surge in the stock market. Do you think this is insider trading?
April 10, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Rosatom State Corporation Electronic Trading Platform (445.26 GB)

More than 500,000 tenders and contracts with over 450,000 attachments from the Rosatom State Corporation Electronic Trading Platform.

ddosecrets.org/article/rosa...

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Rosatom State Corporation Electronic Trading Platform - Distributed Denial of Secrets
More than 500,000 tenders and contracts with over 450,000 attachments from the Rosatom State Corporation Electronic Trading Platform (Электронная торговая площадка ГК «Росатом»). The platform is used…
ddosecrets.org
May 16, 2026 at 7:02 PM
lol lmao, even lmfao

Virginia DudeBro senate candidate who is politically homeless, which is to say, tech-fascist, suspended by Kalshi for political insider trading
Va. Senate candidate among three Kalshi suspended for ‘political insider trading’
Kalshi suspended three U.S. congressional candidates, including Va. Senate candidate Mark Moran, for political insider trading on its prediction markets platform.
valawyersweekly.com
April 24, 2026 at 10:19 PM
This is nuts:

"Trump Media has unveiled a paid-for, licensed data feed that will give banks ​& trading firms 'the fastest' access to posts from influential Truth Social ‌accounts

Trump’s posts on the platform regularly move markets. High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders"
Truth Social to sell Wall Street firms the ‘fastest’ access to Trump’s posts
President Donald Trump’s posts on the platform regularly move markets. High speed access to these could be very valuable to traders and investors.
www.nbcnews.com
July 16, 2026 at 11:05 PM
Reuters: Trump's social media company has discussed charging Wall Street traders and investment firms as much as $100,000 a month for faster access to his posts on his Truth Social platform.

How is this not insider trading?
#ProudBlue #Pinks #SheShed
July 19, 2026 at 7:31 PM
NEW: A video editor working for MrBeast is accused of trading on insider information on Kalshi, which has fined, suspended and reported the editor to federal regulators in the first public instance of the platform disclosing an insider trading investigation

www.npr.org/2026/02/25/n...
Kalshi reveals insider trading case against editor for MrBeast
With prediction markets booming, so have concerns about insider trading. Now, Kalshi has disclosed its first public actions against accounts suspected of trading on confidential information.
www.npr.org
February 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
I'm so exhausted by the rise of trading card pack openings on every video platform.

I do not understand the appeal at all. Those cards aren't mine, so why the fuck would I care?
October 2, 2026 at 11:34 PM
A Bellingcat and @mongabay.com investigation has identified nine Facebook groups, in which coded language has helped illegal wildlife dealers evade bans on the platform for years. Facebook says it prohibits any form of animal trading on its platform.
youtube.com/shorts/uwQNZ...
How Wildlife Traffickers Use Secret Codes to Sell Animals on Facebook
YouTube video by Bellingcat
youtube.com
March 24, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Without furries, BlueSky would’ve been a platform for trading NFTs. BlueSky should remember that fact and be grateful to us forest sprites.
September 20, 2025 at 1:50 PM
NEW: Kalshi announces details into two insider trading investigations. WIRED confirms that one suspended account belongs to California congressional candidate Kyle Langford: www.wired.com/story/kalshi...
Kalshi Suspended a California Politician and a YouTuber for Insider Trading
Leading prediction market Kalshi has revealed details of two recent insider trading cases it flagged to authorities, giving a rare look at how the platform enforces its policies.
www.wired.com
February 25, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Portugal bans Polymarket after suspicious betting patterns saw over €4 million wagered during the presidential election as odds shifted dramatically two hours before official results, raising insider trading concerns over leaked exit polls.
Portugal Bans Polymarket Over €4M Insider Trading Scandal
Portugal’s gaming regulator has banned crypto prediction platform Polymarket following suspicious trading patterns during the country’s presidential election that saw over €4 million wagered in just t...
finance.yahoo.com
January 20, 2026 at 6:18 PM
President Donald Trump's longtime teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez is under investigation by federal regulators over potential insider trading on prediction market platform Kalshi, according to two sources familiar with the matter.

www.reuters.com/business/tru...
Trump's teleprompter operator under CFTC probe over potential insider trading
U.S. President Donald Trump's longtime ‌teleprompter operator Gabriel Perez is under investigation by federal regulators over potential insider trading on prediction market platform Kalshi, according ...
www.reuters.com
July 16, 2026 at 8:45 PM
Interesting in light of today's Loeffler reporting:
www.cnbc.com/2024/11/18/t...
Trump Media in reported talks to buy crypto trading platform Bakkt, sending shares soaring
Trump Media is reportedly in "advanced talks" to buy the cryptocurrency trading firm Bakkt, the Financial Times reported.
www.cnbc.com
November 22, 2024 at 9:41 PM
too corrupt for kalshi 🤣

Kalshi Permanently Bars George Santos From the Platform www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/b...
Kalshi Permanently Bars George Santos From the Platform
The prediction market said it had barred George Santos, the former congressman from New York, and fined him $71,356 over evidence he engaged in insider trading.
www.nytimes.com
August 31, 2026 at 4:41 PM
I'm listening to a great podcast called "Right Now with Perry Bacon." He's interviewing Stanford poli. sci. professor Adam Bonica who suggests a winning platform for Dems going forward is Anti-Corruption - no stock trading for legislators, no accepting $$ from millionaires/billionaires & much more.
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
A member of Congress could literally bet on their own vote and profit 10x. A White House aide could bet on a tariff decision before it’s announced. Theres ZERO oversight. This isn’t innovation, it’s legalized insider trading on democracy itself. Ban Kalshi politics
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...
Kalshi Is a Corruption Time Bomb—and Congress Is Sitting on It
A platform that lets insiders (and legislators) gamble on their own behavior is a threat to democracy.
open.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:14 PM
holy moly i just saw that the Cyberpunk trading card game raised over $20M on Kickstarter and is now the most-funded project ever on the platform, presumably displacing a set of weird dice with things in them that roll badly.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cyb...
The Official Cyberpunk Trading Card Game
Build Your Crew. Earn Your Legend.
www.kickstarter.com
April 14, 2026 at 1:06 AM