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His own company began selling hedge funds the fastest access to his market-moving posts for up to $100,000 a month, and he profits from every subscription.

August 1, 2026His own side confirms

On August 1, 2026, Trump Media launched “Truth API,” a paid feed that sells trading firms the fastest access to posts from the most influential Truth Social accounts, including his own, delivering them in milliseconds for up to $100,000 a month. His posts routinely move markets: a single tariff announcement can swing the major indexes within minutes. Trump owns about 41 percent of the company through a trust his children oversee, so nearly half of every subscription fee flows to him. The company says the feed sends posts the instant they are public, “not before,” but the whole value is a speed edge ordinary investors cannot match. A former SEC lawyer says it normalizes insider trading, members of Congress have asked the SEC, now led by his own appointee, to examine whether it is legal, and one Wall Street executive told NPR that in another administration it would be considered criminal.

SourcesThe product and the $100k fee (Fortune) · His stake and the company’s own pitch (Time) · Wall Street and a former SEC lawyer react (NPR)

His own company began selling hedge funds the fastest access to his market-moving posts for up to $100,000 a month, and he profits from every subscription.
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