Robinhood's New Prediction Markets and the Evolution of Betting

This chapter explores the new prediction markets feature in the Robinhood app, examining its implications for user behavior and the distinction between informed betting and gambling. The discussion also touches on election forecasting, the effectiveness of prediction markets versus traditional polling, and hints at future topics involving AI and market trends.

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------ TIMESTAMPS & RESOURCES 00:00:00 Start

00:04:03 Markets https://pro.kraken.com/app/trade/btc-usd https://x.com/caprioleio/status/1850831666119623006 https://x.com/EricBalchunas/status/1850884568553013459 https://x.com/jords/status/1850983097808175152?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g https://www.coingecko.com/en/global-charts

00:13:52 L2 Update https://x.com/peterschroederr/status/1850556872727945285 https://x.com/dimahledba/status/1851535737482604681?s=46 https://x.com/dimahledba/status/1851183188288127237?s=46 https://x.com/dylankugler/status/1850997725111669044 https://x.com/sreeramkannan/status/1851616723197428109

00:18:23 Blobspace https://x.com/timjrobinson/status/1851222351524036855 https://x.com/0xbreadguy/status/1851244266137510063?s=46&t=2ZINVXJQKx6xO_6Wiiu_2g

00:28:27 Election Updates https://polymarket.com/elections https://newsroom.aboutrobinhood.com/introducing-the-presidential-election-market/ https://x.com/amitisinvesting/status/1850868412806746217

00:35:02 AI Agents https://x.com/truth_terminal https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/goatseus-maximus https://app.virtuals.io/virtuals/68 https://terminal.virtuals.io/ https://x.com/wojtekwtf/status/1850835219160416486 https://warpcast.com/aethernet https://x.com/tee_hee_he https://x.com/MurrLincoln/status/1850226148594082120

00:50:16 US prosecutors are investigating Tether https://www.wsj.com/finance/currencies/federal-investigators-probe-cryptocurrency-firm-tether-a13804e5 https://x.com/paoloardoino/status/1849876338573799912

00:55:14 OP Foundation Gave 425M OP To Ink https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2024/10/29/optimism-foundation-agreed-to-give-kraken-425m-of-op-tokens-in-layer-2-deal/ https://x.com/Fwiz/status/1851280684473897466

00:57:35 RocketPool Upgrade https://x.com/drjasper_eth/status/1849206972702228482

00:59:37 Microsoft Buying Bitcoin? https://x.com/jameslavish/status/1849598011082670387 https://x.com/saylor/status/1849790766945587241

01:01:17 SEC NFT Trolling https://x.com/brianlfrye/status/1851118844766535860 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96Cyp-nsL6k

1:04:44 Meme Of The Week https://x.com/GoldTelegraph_/status/1850667711355113621