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A Trader Profited $400,000 from Maduro's Arrest, U.S. Lawmakers Plan to Legislate Against Prediction Market 'Insider Trading'

2026.01.04 09:28:19

On January 4, The Block reported that Punchbowl News founder Jake Sherman disclosed Saturday that U.S. Rep. Ritchie Torres will introduce the **2026 Financial Forecast Market Public Integrity Act** — legislation aimed at curbing potential insider trading on prediction market platforms. The bill would bar federally elected officials, political appointees, and executive branch employees from trading prediction market contracts tied to government policy or political outcomes if they possess or could reasonably access significant nonpublic information due to their official duties. In the comments section of Sherman’s post, Kalshi’s PR account noted that its platform rules explicitly ban insiders or decision-makers from trading using material nonpublic information. The legislation follows unusual trading activity on Polymarket: Hours before former President Trump announced a nighttime military operation to arrest Venezuelan leader Maduro, the implied probability of related contracts on the platform spiked. An account invested roughly $32,500 and netted over $400,000 in profits (a 1,200%+ return) after Maduro’s arrest was confirmed. The account had previously only participated in predictions tied to U.S. intervention in Venezuela.
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