[US CFTC Investigates Staff Allegedly Using Insider Information from Trump Speeches for Predictive Event Trading] Odaily Planet Daily News – The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is investigating a potential insider trading incident involving the predictive market platform Kalshi. A staff member allegedly responsible for operating the teleprompter for President Trump has been accused of placing bets on related predictive event contracts. According to reports, this individual may have used advance access to the content of Trump’s public speeches to place bets on the Kalshi platform regarding whether Trump’s statements would be released or include specific phrases. Currently, the CFTC is investigating whether these trades involved the use of non-public information and whether they violated predictive market trading rules. This investigation has once again drawn attention to the risks of insider trading in predictive markets. As platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket experience rapid growth in trading volume, predictive contracts involving political, economic, and public events are increasingly under scrutiny by regulatory agencies. (CNBC)