Emails promoting a Truth Social data feed have circulated among Wall Street
trading desks for weeks, offering 24/7, sub‑second delivery of Trump posts
including weekends and after‑hours. The marketing urged quick adoption and said
some peers had already deployed the product. Trump Media & Technology Group is
providing immediate access to presidential remarks to HFTs and hedge funds,
triggering ethical and political debate as institutions weigh the implications
of paying a public company with Trump as its largest shareholder for
market‑sensitive content. Firms that do not subscribe could face a latency
disadvantage in algorithmic trading. Trump is further monetizing his businesses:
he is TMTG’s largest shareholder with an estimated stake of about $1bn and
Earned more than $1bn from a cryptocurrency project in the past year.