insider trading
noun
: the illegal use of information available only to insiders in order to make a profit in financial trading
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Kalshi recently took steps to curb insider trading on its platform.
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Camila Grigera Naon, Fortune, 12 June 2026
What Sorsby did was commit insider trading, which is against the rules.
—Mac Engel
june 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
The office is considered one of the most prestigious and high-profile in the country, and is known for its prosecution of white-collar cases involving public corruption, insider trading and other financial crimes.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Clayton's office has brought the first two prosecutions of insider trading on prediction markets, including cases against a special forces soldier and Google employee, putting his office at the center of the debate about how to govern the sites that critics say are rife with insider trading.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 June 2026
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Camila Grigera Naon, Fortune, 12 June 2026
What Sorsby did was commit insider trading, which is against the rules.
—Mac Engel
june 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 June 2026
The office is considered one of the most prestigious and high-profile in the country, and is known for its prosecution of white-collar cases involving public corruption, insider trading and other financial crimes.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 11 June 2026
Clayton's office has brought the first two prosecutions of insider trading on prediction markets, including cases against a special forces soldier and Google employee, putting his office at the center of the debate about how to govern the sites that critics say are rife with insider trading.
—Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 11 June 2026
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“Insider trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insider%20trading. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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