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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Traditional insider trading is about someone who knows a merger will happen and trading on that knowledge.
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Last week, before the Super Bowl, the platform announced additional efforts to expand its surveillance and enforcement efforts to identify and remove accounts participating in insider trading.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
In early January, an anonymous Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s downfall, raising concerns about insider trading.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
The former chief executive officer of Emergent BioSolutions was accused of insider trading by the New York attorney general in connection with contracts the company had to manufacture a Covid-19 vaccine for AstraZeneca.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 15 Jan. 2026
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Dana Taylor, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Last week, before the Super Bowl, the platform announced additional efforts to expand its surveillance and enforcement efforts to identify and remove accounts participating in insider trading.
—Laya Neelakandan, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
In early January, an anonymous Polymarket trader made $400,000 betting on Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s downfall, raising concerns about insider trading.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
The former chief executive officer of Emergent BioSolutions was accused of insider trading by the New York attorney general in connection with contracts the company had to manufacture a Covid-19 vaccine for AstraZeneca.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 15 Jan. 2026
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“Insider trading.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/insider%20trading. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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