Trump's media company has launched a paid Truth API feed offering accelerated access to its content. Some trading firms have signed up, but others, including Hudson River Trading and Castle Securities, say they will not pay, arguing the feed is not necessary for trading operations. Legal experts say existing insider-trading rules do not clearly cover a sitting president using his media platform to disseminate market-moving information or selling faster access to that information. SEC Chair Paul

2026-08-13

Trump's media company has launched a paid Truth API feed offering accelerated access to its content. Some trading firms have signed up, but others, including Hudson River Trading and Castle Securities, say they will not pay, arguing the feed is not necessary for trading operations. Legal experts say existing insider-trading rules do not clearly cover a sitting president using his media platform to disseminate market-moving information or selling faster access to that information. SEC Chair Paul Atkins said in an interview the SEC is monitoring the Truth API data stream.