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AXIOS (Dan Primack) - Wall Street finds new edge behind Trump's presidential paywall

Data: Financial Modeling Prep, Binance; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals For years, Truth Social was President Trump's money-losing megaphone. - Now his company is charging Wall Street up to $1.2 million a year for a split-second edge on posts that can — and frequently do — jolt global markets. Why it matters: Trump has transformed his second term into the most lucrative venture of his entire career, raking in more than $2.2 billion in 2025 from his family crypto empire , legal settlements and various licensing deals. - Truth API is the logical endpoint of that profiteering: the presidency's unrivaled power to move markets, packaged and sold as a subscription. Catch up quick: The new real-time feed from Trump Media & Technology…

Data: Financial Modeling Prep, Binance; Chart: Erin Davis/Axios Visuals For years, Truth Social was President Trump's money-losing megaphone. - Now his company is charging Wall Street up to $1.2 million a year for a split-second edge on posts that can — and frequently do — jolt global markets. Why it matters: Trump has transformed his second term into the most lucrative venture of his entire career, raking in more than $2.2 billion in 2025 from his family crypto empire , legal settlements and various licensing deals. - Truth API is the logical endpoint of that profiteering: the presidency's unrivaled power to move markets, packaged and sold as a subscription. Catch up quick: The new real-time feed from Trump Media & Technology…Open

AXIOS (Sara Fischer) - Scoop: Lawmaker asks SEC to investigate Truth Social's plan to monetize access to its data

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether plans by Truth Social's parent company to sell Wall Street firms real-time access to President Trump's posts could violate federal securities laws, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Axios. Why it matters: The letter escalates scrutiny of Trump Media & Technology Group's plan to monetize faster access for institutional investors to President Trump's market-moving social posts . Catch up quick: TMTG's new Truth API product, which is slated to debut Aug. 1, will provide real-time access to publicly available posts from the platform's top 10 trending accounts, Axios reported last week. - TMTG executives reportedly pitched the…

Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate whether plans by Truth Social's parent company to sell Wall Street firms real-time access to President Trump's posts could violate federal securities laws, according to a copy of the letter obtained by Axios. Why it matters: The letter escalates scrutiny of Trump Media & Technology Group's plan to monetize faster access for institutional investors to President Trump's market-moving social posts . Catch up quick: TMTG's new Truth API product, which is slated to debut Aug. 1, will provide real-time access to publicly available posts from the platform's top 10 trending accounts, Axios reported last week. - TMTG executives reportedly pitched the…Open

AXIOS (Ben Geman) - Trump pitches Iran blockade as boon to U.S. oil

President Trump is pairing his Iran blockade with a sales pitch: Countries squeezed by the Strait of Hormuz — especially China — should buy more oil from the U.S. instead. Why it matters: The U.S. rise to become the world's largest oil and gas producer — and largest exporter of liquefied natural gas — provides geopolitical leverage that Trump is attempting to wield. Driving the news: "China can send their ships to us. China can send their ships to Venezuela," Trump said on Fox's "Sunday Morning Futures." - And he claimed in a Saturday social media post that "empty Oil carrying ships from many Nations are all heading to the United States of America to LOAD UP with Oil." Reality check: The U.S. is already among the world's largest…

President Trump is pairing his Iran blockade with a sales pitch: Countries squeezed by the Strait of Hormuz — especially China — should buy more oil from the U.S. instead. Why it matters: The U.S. rise to become the world's largest oil and gas producer — and largest exporter of liquefied natural gas — provides geopolitical leverage that Trump is attempting to wield. Driving the news: "China can send their ships to us. China can send their ships to Venezuela," Trump said on Fox's "Sunday Morning Futures." - And he claimed in a Saturday social media post that "empty Oil carrying ships from many Nations are all heading to the United States of America to LOAD UP with Oil." Reality check: The U.S. is already among the world's largest…Open