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00:02A Reuters review found well-timed trades ahead of Trump administration decisions on tariffs,
00:07Venezuela, and Iran that generated large profits and raised insider trading concerns.
00:12Legal experts said at least four instances showed patterns consistent with advanced
00:17knowledge of policy moves.
00:18Trades spanned options, commodities futures, and prediction markets.
00:23Prediction market bets ahead of the February 28th killing of Iran's supreme leader raised
00:27insider concerns after six accounts made $1.2 million from polymarket wagers funded hours
00:34before the attacks.
00:35Regulators, including the SEC, CFTC, and DOJ, have not confirmed investigations.
00:41Officials said enforcement across markets is complex, and oversight of prediction markets
00:46remains unsettled.
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