Intel Deskest. 2026
Updates · Release log

What the desk has shipped.

New sources, new tracking layers, new alert types, new map surfaces. The release log for Intel Desk. Each entry is filed as a dated permalink so you can cite and link back to it.

1 April 2026 Release Platform

Intel Desk 2.0 launched

Intel Desk 2.0 is live: a full rebuild of the live wire, a three-pane desk layout for web and mobile, a rebuilt vessel map focused on the Hormuz corridor, portfolio-linked critical alerts, and a premium editorial brand layer across every public page. This is the shipped version people should be judging the desk on.

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25 March 2026 Release Markets

Polymarket prediction markets integration

Polymarket odds are now integrated directly into the desk for a curated set of live geopolitical contracts, Strait of Hormuz closure odds, Iran–Israel strike markets, Russia–Ukraine ceasefire markets. Real-time pricing next to the headline that is moving it.

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18 March 2026 Release Sanctions

OFAC SDN vessel screening goes live

Every vessel on the Intel Desk AIS map is now continuously matched against the US Treasury OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list. Sanctioned ships light up red in the vessel panel with the listing reason attached.

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10 March 2026 Release Sources

50+ live sources covering the Iran crisis

Intel Desk's Iran / Gulf coverage now runs across fifty-plus live sources, squawk feeds, mainstream wires, Iranian state-linked outlets, Farsi-language Telegram channels, ISW daily assessments and specialist analysts, all auto-translated and filed on a 30-second cycle.

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28 February 2026 Release Tracking

Military aircraft and AIS vessel tracking

Two new live layers on the intel map: military aircraft tracks from ADS-B feeds (used to compute sortie-rate analysis) and AIS vessel tracking for tankers, cargo and military vessels in and around the Strait of Hormuz.

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