18 hours ago · United States
Pentagon directive bans troops from using nonpublic info to bet in prediction markets
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a conflict story. ABC News and Cointelegraph are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to United States. The first report grouped here was at 22 Oct 2026, 23:50 UTC. 2 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “Pentagon directive bans troops from using nonpublic info to bet in prediction markets”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a new directive telling troops they cannot use “nonpublic information” to make bets on prediction markets
Story timeline
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- First reported by Cointelegraph
Pentagon bans US forces from using military info to bet in prediction markets
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