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Trump Media Hires HFT Firms for 50ms Truth Social API

By Drooid · Oct 29, 2026 · How we work

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Trump Media signed Susquehanna International Group and Jump Trading for an API delivering Truth Social posts with a 50-millisecond edge.
The service costs $60,000-$100,000 per month.
High-frequency traders read the posts in milliseconds and trade in thousandths of a second.
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Adam Schiff asked the SEC to investigate the service as a “shocking abuse.”
Intercept Media and Freedom of the Press Foundation sued U.S. President Donald Trump alleging First and Fifth Amendment violations.

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Trump Media signed Susquehanna International Group and Jump Trading for an API delivering Truth Social posts with a 50-millisecond edge.
The service costs $60,000-$100,000 per month.
High-frequency traders read the posts in milliseconds and trade in thousandths of a second.
Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Adam Schiff asked the SEC to investigate the service as a “shocking abuse.”
Intercept Media and Freedom of the Press Foundation sued U.S. President Donald Trump alleging First and Fifth Amendment violations.