X, the platform owned by Elon Musk, plans to let people buy and sell stocks and crypto right from their feeds in just a few weeks. The new tools, called “Smart Cashtags, ” will let users click on ticker symbols in posts and make trades directly through the app. The move comes as X is about to ope
Coinbase, a major player in the crypto world, has made a move to diversify its offerings. They've recently announced the acquisition of The Clearing Company, a startup focused on prediction markets. This is Coinbase's tenth buyout this year, showing they're serious about growing beyond just digital
Twenty One Capital, Inc. is on the brink of becoming a publicly traded company. This follows the green light from shareholders of Cantor Equity Partners, Inc. (CEP) for a merger between the two firms. The approval came through during an Extraordinary General Meeting held on December 3rd. The merger
Most financial content out there isn't really analysis. It's just opinions dressed up in fancy financial terms. Predicting the future is tricky, and most analysis tries to find patterns in what's basically random noise. Humans aren't great at understanding randomness. Even smart people can fool them
Coinbase, a major crypto exchange, is stirring up excitement with hints of new features. A well-known tech insider, Jane Manchun Wong, shared screenshots suggesting Coinbase might add prediction markets and stock trading. These screenshots showed a possible integration with Kalshi, a prediction mark
Anthony Weiner, a former member of Congress, found himself in a heated discussion on "The Adam Friedland Show. " The topic? The ethics of legislators trading stocks. Weiner, known for his past controversies, stepped in to defend his colleagues. He argued that investing based on public legislation i
Imagine you're a farmer with a sick cow. Should you sell it? That's the question researchers tackled, using a mix of models and simulations to figure out the welfare impacts of trading sick livestock. They started by building a theoretical model to understand when and why trading sick animals could
