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Trump Media’s Truth API could feed trading bots before most users see posts
Truth API is planned for an Aug. 1 launch and would deliver posts faster than Truth Social push notifications, raising concerns about who can act on new information first.
Trump Media is turning Truth Social posts into a licensed feed for trading firms, setting up a new timing issue for prediction markets and algorithmic trading. CryptoSlate reports the company is preparing Truth API, a service scheduled to launch Aug. 1 that would deliver posts around the clock and faster than Truth Social push notifications.
According to CryptoSlate, Truth API is described as covering 10 influential accounts, and Trump Media has discussed charging traders as much as $100,000 per month for faster access. The company said customers had already signed up and positioned the product as its first data licensing business.
CryptoSlate also frames the move as a different market design challenge from the ongoing Gabriel Perez matter, where prosecutors and regulators have alleged misuse of access to prepared remarks for Kalshi contracts. In that case, investigators allege Perez traded on Kalshi “mention markets” before other participants knew what Trump would say, and Kalshi froze his account after he withdrew more than $90,000 in profits, then referred the issue to the CFTC.
The core parallel, CryptoSlate says, is that either path can shift prediction contracts from forecasting toward capturing an answer that one participant can process earlier. It notes that Truth API focuses on speed after publication, while the CFTC’s broader expectations for designated contract markets include audit trails, surveillance, and enforcement against misuse of confidential information.