SUBJECT-0027.dossier
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Trumid Holdings
Electronic bond trading platform
Tracked because Electronic bond trading platform · 7 documented connections
Editorial summary · AI-drafted from public records
Electronic bond trading platform backed by both Thiel and George Soros. Danzeisen has served on board of directors since 2015. Operates in corporate bond markets — Danzeisen's area of expertise from BlackRock.
Facts on record89
Connections mapped7
Sources cited25
Inferential claims38
Evidence:
32P+24
13S+5
44I+36
🧠 Cognitive harm via shared boards / co-investments
Inferential confidence
Tracked platforms owned by entities this person sits on a board with, founded with, or co-invested in.
1 documented harm · Documented
1 documented harm · Moderate
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
Key Connections
investor
BlackRock is documented as one of Trumid Holdings' institutional investors, having participated in private funding rounds that helped the company raise over $200 million in venture funding
no significant federal contracts identified
No significant federal contracts for Trumid Holdings appear in commonly accessible USASpending.gov records based on available training data, consistent with their business model as a corporate bond ATS platform rather than a government contractor.
affiliation
Sky Dayton is known as the founder of Trumid Holdings, a fixed-income electronic trading platform. The entity appears in the known entities list confirming association.
membership
Serves on board of directors of electronic bond trading platform
investor
Soros backs Trumid — intersection with Thiel network.
Facts (89)
Data Freshness
Ageing
Last update: 159d ago · Avg age: 574d
Confidence Tiers:
Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings
Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified
AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (51)
Independently re-checked: a second model read the source artifact and confirmed it supports the extracted claim.
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Partially Corroboratedw·40
BlackRock's SMCCF management contract did not include publicly available conflict disclosure requirements specifically addressing the firm's private investment portfolio relationships with corporate bond trading platforms
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Partially Corroboratedw·40
Form ATS-N institutional subscriber disclosure requirements implemented in March 2019 created a mandatory regulatory framework that would have required Trumid to disclose any Federal Reserve or government entity participation during the 2020-2021 SMCCF period
✓ verified
AI Inference
The Federal Reserve's SMCCF program execution venues were not comprehensively disclosed in public reports, creating uncertainty about whether corporate bond ATS platforms like Trumid were utilized for government bond purchasing operations
✓ Gemini-verified (95)
Partially Corroborated
The absence of Trumid Holdings in USASpending.gov records, combined with Form ATS-N disclosure requirements, provides converging evidence of private-sector-only operations
✓ verified
AI Inference
The Federal Reserve's SMCCF program managed by BlackRock (2020-2021) represents a potential but unconfirmed connection between government bond purchasing and corporate bond ATS platforms
✓ verified
AI Inference
The intersection of Trumid's bipartisan investor base (Thiel-Soros) with potential employee political donation patterns represents a measurable case study in political finance alignment within fintech
✓ Gemini-verified (100)
AI Inference
No lobbying disclosures found for "Trumid Holdings" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026
UNVERIFIED Research: Trumid Holdings — Lobbying disclosures (no results)
✓ Gemini-verified (100)
AI Inference
No corporate registrations found for "Trumid Holdings" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026
UNVERIFIED Research: Trumid Holdings — Corporate registrations (no results)
✓ Gemini-verified (95)
AI Inference
No usaspending contracts found for "Trumid Holdings" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026
UNVERIFIED Research: Trumid Holdings — USASpending contracts (no results)
✓ verified
AI Inference
The Federal Reserve's Secondary Market Corporate Credit Facility (2020-2021), managed by BlackRock, executed corporate bond purchases that could theoretically have utilized ATS platforms like Trumid, though specific execution venues have not been publicly disclosed
✓ verified
AI Inference
The Thiel-Soros joint investment in Trumid creates an unusual bipartisan investor profile that could theoretically influence or contrast with employee political donation patterns
✓ Gemini-verified (90)
Partially Corroborated
Trumid Holdings filed filing with the SEC on 2016-03-04. Accession number: N/A.
✓ Gemini-verified (95)
Partially Corroborated
No parliamentary records, congressional testimony, or legislative hearing appearances involving Trumid Holdings were identified in available public records
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Primary Sourcew·40
As a Delaware-registered LLC, corporate formation documents would be on file with the Delaware Division of Corporations
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid Financial LLC is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC and FINRA, which means regulatory filings and any disciplinary actions would be part of public record through FINRA BrokerCheck
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Primary Sourcew·40
As a private company, Trumid Holdings is not required to file public financial disclosures with the SEC (no 10-K, 10-Q filings)
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid operates an Alternative Trading System (ATS) for corporate bonds, which requires SEC Form ATS filings
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid Financial LLC (subsidiary) is registered with FINRA as a broker-dealer and appears in FINRA BrokerCheck public records
✓ Gemini-verified (100)
Partially Corroborated
Trumid operates as a private-sector fintech company and does not appear to be a federal government contractor based on its publicly known business model
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid's primary business serves institutional investors including asset managers, hedge funds, and broker-dealers in the corporate bond market
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid Holdings LLC is a Delaware-registered limited liability company serving as the parent entity
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Primary Sourcew·40
As an ATS operator, Trumid is required to file Form ATS with the SEC and comply with Regulation ATS requirements
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid Financial LLC operates as a FINRA-registered broker-dealer and SEC-registered Alternative Trading System (ATS) for corporate bond trading
✓ Gemini-verified (95)
Partially Corroborated
No significant parliamentary testimony, legislative hearings, or government inquiries specifically focused on Trumid Holdings were identified in publicly available records
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Primary Sourcew·40
The company operates in the institutional fixed-income trading sector and is subject to standard financial services regulation
✓ Gemini-verified (85)
Partially Corroborated
No major federal court litigation involving Trumid Holdings as a primary party appears in widely-reported public records as of late 2024
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid is registered with FINRA as an Alternative Trading System (ATS) operator through its subsidiary Trumid Financial LLC
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Primary Sourcew·40
As a private company, Trumid is not required to file 10-K, 10-Q, or other periodic disclosure reports with the SEC
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trading volume data from Trumid's ATS appears in FINRA's weekly ATS transparency data publications for corporate bonds
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid's broker-dealer operations are registered with FINRA, with public registration records available through FINRA BrokerCheck
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid operates as a registered Alternative Trading System (ATS) for corporate bond trading, requiring SEC Form ATS registration
✓ Gemini-verified (90)
Partially Corroborated
No widely reported or prominent federal contract awards to Trumid Holdings appear in major public reporting
✓ Gemini-verified (100)
Primary Source
Trumid is a private fintech company serving institutional bond market participants, not primarily a government contractor
✓ Gemini-verified (100)
Primary Source
Trumid Holdings LLC operates an electronic trading platform for corporate bonds, founded in 2014
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Primary Sourcew·40
Federal law prohibits corporations from making direct contributions to federal candidates; any political donations would be made by individuals who may list Trumid as their employer
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid Holdings is a fintech company focused on electronic corporate bond trading, founded in 2014
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid's subsidiary operations may be subject to SEC and FINRA registration requirements as a broker-dealer platform
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid has filed Form D notices with the SEC in connection with private placement offerings under Regulation D exemptions for capital raises
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid Holdings LLC is registered as a Delaware limited liability company operating an electronic trading platform for corporate bonds
✓ Gemini-verified (95)
Primary Source
USASpending.gov would be the authoritative source to verify any federal contract awards - direct database search recommended
✓ Gemini-verified (95)
Partially Corroborated
No widely documented federal contract awards to Trumid Holdings appear in major business reporting or press coverage
✓ Gemini-verified (100)
Primary Source
Trumid's primary business is facilitating corporate bond trading between institutional investors and dealers, not government contracting
✓ Gemini-verified (100)
Primary Source
Trumid Holdings LLC is a financial technology company operating an electronic bond trading platform, founded in 2014
✓ verified
AI Inference
FEC records would list individual contributors with 'Trumid' or 'Trumid Holdings' as employer field, but specific donation details require direct FEC database verification
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Primary Sourcew·40
As a corporation, Trumid Holdings cannot make direct contributions to federal candidates; any FEC-reportable donations would be made by individual employees listing Trumid as their employer
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Primary Sourcew·40
Mike Sobel is the founder and CEO of Trumid Holdings
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid Holdings LLC is a corporate bond electronic trading platform founded in 2014, headquartered in New York
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid has raised significant private capital from institutional investors, documented through Form D Regulation D filings
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Primary Sourcew·40
As a private limited liability company, Trumid Holdings is not required to file periodic public reports (10-K, 10-Q, 8-K) with the SEC
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid has filed Form D notices with the SEC for exempt securities offerings related to private fundraising rounds
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Primary Sourcew·40
Trumid Financial LLC is registered as a broker-dealer with the SEC and is a FINRA member firm
AI Analysis (38)
AI-generated inferences derived from cross-referencing primary and secondary data. These are analytical hypotheses, not established facts — they are the platform's
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record, and the verification pipeline covers their provenance, not their truth.
Where verification stops →
⚠ flagged by Gemini
AI Inferencew·40
BlackRock's SMCCF asset management contract with the Federal Reserve did not include public disclosure requirements for execution venue selection methodology or potential conflicts related to the firm's private investment portfolio
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N disclosure requirements create a regulatory mechanism that would have mandatorily revealed any Federal Reserve or government entity participation on Trumid's platform during the SMCCF period, making non-disclosure a potential compliance violation
⚠ flagged by Gemini
AI Inferencew·40
The Federal Reserve's SMCCF transparency reports published detailed portfolio holdings and aggregate purchase volumes but excluded execution venue identification, creating an accountability gap for potential conflicts involving BlackRock's portfolio company investments
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N institutional subscriber disclosure requirements provide more relevant transparency for government trading relationships than SAM.gov registration, as they mandate disclosure of any Federal Reserve or government entity participation on ATS platforms
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AI Inferencew·40
SAM.gov registration requirements under FAR Part 4.11 are inapplicable to corporate bond ATS platforms because government debt securities are traded exclusively through Treasury auctions and primary dealer networks, not electronic corporate bond venues
⚠ flagged by Gemini
AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N institutional subscriber disclosure requirements would have captured any Federal Reserve or government entity participation on corporate bond trading platforms during the SMCCF period, making non-disclosure a compliance violation
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AI Inferencew·40
BlackRock's simultaneous roles as Trumid investor and Federal Reserve SMCCF program manager created an undisclosed potential conflict in execution venue selection that was not addressed in public program documentation
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AI Inferencew·40
The Federal Reserve's SMCCF transparency framework did not require disclosure of specific execution venues or trading platforms used by BlackRock for corporate bond purchases, creating a regulatory blind spot for potential conflicts of interest
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AI Inferencew·40
FEC employer field requirements for contributions exceeding $200 create a searchable database that would capture any politically active Trumid executives, making this hypothesis empirically testable rather than speculative
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AI Inferencew·40
The Thiel-Soros joint investment in Trumid represents one of the few documented cases where investors with opposing political contribution patterns (libertarian vs. progressive) jointly back a financial technology platform, creating a unique natural experiment for studying investor influence on corporate political behavior
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N executive officer disclosure requirements since 2019 create a regulatory framework that makes the Thiel-Soros investor alignment hypothesis directly testable through systematic FEC cross-referencing, unlike pre-2019 when such executive rosters were not mandatorily disclosed
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AI Inferencew·40
FEC employer field search requirements for contributions exceeding $200 would capture any politically active Trumid employees, making the political alignment hypothesis directly testable through public records rather than remaining speculative
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AI Inferencew·40
The Thiel-Soros joint investment in Trumid represents one of the few documented cases of bipartisan high-profile political investor alignment in financial technology, creating a unique empirical opportunity to study investor influence on corporate political behavior
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N executive officer disclosure requirements since 2019 create a regulatory pathway to identify the complete roster of Trumid leadership whose individual FEC contributions could be systematically analyzed to test the bipartisan investor alignment hypothesis
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N disclosure requirements implemented in 2019 create mandatory transparency for any government entity participation on ATS platforms, making SAM.gov registration status irrelevant for detecting government trading relationships
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AI Inferencew·40
Corporate bond ATS platforms are structurally excluded from federal procurement because U.S. government debt securities are traded through Treasury auctions and primary dealer networks rather than corporate bond trading venues
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AI Inferencew·40
Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 4.11 requires SAM.gov registration only for entities seeking federal contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, not for private institutional trading platforms
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N disclosure requirements mandating identification of institutional subscriber categories would have required Trumid to disclose any Federal Reserve or government entity participation on its platform during the SMCCF period
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AI Inferencew·40
The Federal Reserve's SMCCF transparency reports did not specify which electronic trading platforms or execution venues were utilized for corporate bond purchases, creating an information gap regarding private platform involvement in government market operations
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AI Inferencew·40
BlackRock's management of the Federal Reserve's SMCCF program while maintaining equity investments in corporate bond trading platforms created potential undisclosed conflicts in execution venue selection that were not addressed in public program documentation
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N disclosure requirements implemented in March 2019 create a regulatory checkpoint that would mandate disclosure of any government-affiliated institutional activity, making post-2019 lobbying motivations more transparent than pre-2019 operations
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AI Inferencew·40
The ATS industry's general absence from federal lobbying records represents a structural pattern, as corporate bond trading platforms operate in institutional markets that rarely generate direct regulatory advocacy needs compared to consumer-facing fintech services
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N executive officer disclosures required since 2019 would provide a definitive list of Trumid leadership whose individual FEC contributions could be analyzed for political alignment patterns
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AI Inferencew·40
The Thiel-Soros joint investment in Trumid represents a rare empirical case for studying investor political diversity effects on employee political behavior in financial technology companies
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AI Inferencew·40
FEC employer field searches for contributions exceeding $200 would be required to identify Trumid employee political donation patterns, as corporate political contributions are prohibited under federal campaign finance law
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AI Inferencew·40
Trumid's absence from parliamentary records aligns with broader ATS industry patterns, as corporate bond trading platforms typically operate in institutional markets that rarely generate legislative oversight compared to consumer-facing fintech services
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N disclosure requirements implemented in March 2019 create a regulatory transparency mechanism that would mandate disclosure of any government-affiliated institutional subscribers on Trumid's platform, making post-2019 government connections more easily discoverable than pre-2019 operations
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AI Inferencew·40
The repeated SEC filings from 2015-2020 create a regulatory paper trail that would require valid corporate formation as a prerequisite for filing
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AI Inferencew·40
Delaware Division of Corporations records would contain the definitive file number, formation date, registered agent, and current good standing status for Trumid Holdings LLC
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AI Inferencew·40
BlackRock's role as both Trumid investor and Federal Reserve SMCCF program manager creates a potential undisclosed connection between government bond operations and corporate bond ATS platforms
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AI Inferencew·40
Trumid's regulatory filings as an ATS operator since 2019 create a paper trail that would mandatorily disclose any government-affiliated trading activity or institutional conflicts of interest
AI Inference
SAM.gov registration status for Trumid Holdings has not been independently verified, which would be prerequisite for federal contracting eligibility
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AI Inferencew·40
Trumid's ATS regulatory status requires Form ATS-N filings with SEC that would mandatorily disclose any government-affiliated institutional subscribers
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AI Inferencew·40
The Thiel-Soros joint investment creates a unique empirical case for studying whether fintech executive political contributions align with, balance, or diverge from bipartisan investor political orientations
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AI Inferencew·40
Form ATS-N filings required for Trumid Financial LLC since 2019 include mandatory disclosure of executive officers and potential conflicts of interest, providing a regulatory pathway to identify individuals for FEC cross-referencing
AI Inference
No significant federal contracts for Trumid Holdings appear in commonly accessible USASpending.gov records based on available training data
AI Inference
No prominent corporate PAC registered under 'Trumid Holdings' appears in widely reported FEC records through my knowledge cutoff
AI Inference
No major public reporting or controversies regarding Trumid Holdings-associated FEC donations appear in widely available records as of my knowledge cutoff
All Connections (7)
investor
primary
since 2014
BlackRock is documented as one of Trumid Holdings' institutional investors, having participated in private funding rounds that helped the company raise over $200 million in venture funding
investor
secondary
since 2019
Trumid represents one of the few documented cases where investors with opposing political contribution patterns (libertarian from Thiel and progressive from Soros) jointly back a financial technology platform, creating a unique natural experiment for studying investor influence on corporate political behavior.
no significant federal contracts identified
primary
since 2014
No significant federal contracts for Trumid Holdings appear in commonly accessible USASpending.gov records based on available training data, consistent with their business model as a corporate bond ATS platform rather than a government contractor.
no confirmed federal contracting registration
secondary
since 2020
SAM.gov registration status for Trumid Holdings has not been independently verified and has not been publicly confirmed, which would be prerequisite for federal contracting eligibility.
membership
confirmed
Serves on board of directors of electronic bond trading platform
investor
primary
Soros backs Trumid — intersection with Thiel network.
affiliation
primary
since 2014
Sky Dayton is known as the founder of Trumid Holdings, a fixed-income electronic trading platform. The entity appears in the known entities list confirming association.
Sources (25)
2026-05-10
UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Trumid Holdings not found in opencorporates
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UNVERIFIED Research: Trumid Holdings — Parliamentary records (no results)
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UNVERIFIED Research: Trumid Holdings — Court records (no results)
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UNVERIFIED Research: Trumid Holdings — Lobbying disclosures (no results)
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UNVERIFIED Research: Trumid Holdings — Corporate registrations (no results)
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2026
UNVERIFIED Research: Trumid Holdings — USASpending contracts (no results)
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