Kalshi fined a MrBeast editor for insider trading

Kalshi fined a MrBeast editor for insider trading

Kalshi, one of several online prediction markets that have exploded in popularity in the last few years, has suspended one of YouTube MrBeast’s video editors for insider trading, NPR reports. Besides being suspended from the platform for two years, Kalshi says the editor will also be required to pay a financial penalty that’s five times his initial trade size. The …

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Kalshi fined a MrBeast editor for insider trading on markets related to the YouTube star | TechCrunch

Kalshi fined a MrBeast editor for insider trading on markets related to the YouTube star | TechCrunch

An editor for YouTube’s most popular creator, MrBeast, has been accused by the predictions market Kalshi of insider trading on the platform. After an investigation, Kalshi said it “found reasonable cause” to believe that this editor, Artem Kaptur, had used non-public, insider information about MrBeast videos to inform his betting on matters involving the MrBeast YouTube channel. Prediction markets like …

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The public opposition to AI infrastructure is heating up | TechCrunch

The public opposition to AI infrastructure is heating up | TechCrunch

Across the country, discontent has exploded over the ever-growing glut of server farms that have accompanied the AI boom. Anger has grown so loud that it’s begun to shift legislative agendas. Some states and communities are mulling temporary bans on new data center development altogether. Earlier this month, New York joined the club, with a bold new proposal to halt …

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Tech Moves: Zillow names CPO; AWS leader retires; Microsoft hires AI expert from Apple

Tech Moves: Zillow names CPO; AWS leader retires; Microsoft hires AI expert from Apple

Zillow Group’s new senior leadership team members, from left: Christopher Roberts, Jon Lim and Marissa Brooks. (Zillow Photos) Zillow Group announced three promotions to its senior leadership team. After nearly two decades with Zillow, Christopher Roberts is now chief product officer. Roberts helped build Zillow Rentals, which the company touts as the No. 1 platform among renters. His Seattle tech …

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Ex-US Treasury chief Summers quits Harvard over Epstein ties

Ex-US Treasury chief Summers quits Harvard over Epstein ties

Former US Treasury secretary Larry Summers resigned from his teaching post at Harvard University over his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the Ivy League institution said on Wednesday. Summers, who ran the US Treasury under former president Bill Clinton, was revealed in the Epstein files released by the Department of Justice to have had extensive exchanges with the …

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