14 comments

  • JumpCrisscross 7 hours ago ago

    Crypto has spent years lobbying against being regulated as securities. Guess what isn’t generally a crime in currency markets? Insider trading.

  • bediger4000 9 hours ago ago

    Joshua de Vos, of CoinDesk - didn't CoinDesk just finish firing some people who didn't use "AI"? Shouldn't the "AI" help them sus this out?

    This article does point out why securities markets try to thread the needle. If they allow insider trading, large numbers of investors/speculators won't enter the market - it's a guaranteed loss unless you're an insider. No new money enters the market, and there's not all that much profit to be made. If very strict insider trading rules are enforced, it's much much harder to make really gigantic profits. Mixed incentives.

    • JumpCrisscross 7 hours ago ago

      > it's a guaranteed loss unless you're an insider. No new money enters the market

      Counterpoint: casinos.

  • MBCook 9 hours ago ago

    I’m shocked! Shocked I tell you. How could there be insider trading in crypto involving Trump?

    • treetalker 7 hours ago ago

      Indeed, how could crypto have any foul play afoot whatsoever?

      • scrubs 3 hours ago ago

        It's a mystery I tell you. We're having our best BEST people looking into it.

  • allears 9 hours ago ago

    My guess is Thiel

    • dzhiurgis 5 hours ago ago

      Ditto, he's an early whale.

  • paulpauper 9 hours ago ago

    If I had to speculate how this was done, it was a Truth Social employee who is able to read Trump's tweets ahead of time or as he is composing them. He then feeds info to accomplice.

    • arthurcolle 8 hours ago ago

      Yep or Barron Trump

      • treetalker 7 hours ago ago

        I hear from a reputable source that he's really great with computers.

        • treadump 6 hours ago ago

          ...everything's computer

    • dzhiurgis 5 hours ago ago

      Truth Social employs billionaires?

      • paulpauper 4 hours ago ago

        read the second sentence. sends the information to someone else