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The NBA enters prediction markets. The NBA signed a data-sharing deal with the CFTC and named Kalshi and Polymarket as preferred exchanges, formally stepping into prediction markets. The move puts the league at odds with the NFL, which has sided with states fighting to regulate t ...  Show more

SpaceX raised $40B to buy GPUs. Elon Musk's SpaceX raised $40 billion in debt to buy GPUs, but he warned that debt markets have almost entirely cut off financing for companies without revenue independent of AI data centers. He predicts most of the 200-plus "neoclouds" will not su ...  Show more

By making bitcoin a national currency, El Salvador tried to transform its economy. Rest of World’s Leo Schwartz explains why the bet hasn’t yet paid off. This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Paul Mounsey, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, an ...  Show more

Joe Tidy travels to El Salvador where almost everything can be paid for using the cryptocurrency Bitcoin. After President Bukele invested heavily in Bitcoin some people are questioning the long-term impact of such a move. For some money has flowed in from mysterious investors, bu ...  Show more

In September of 2021, the country of El Salvador made Bitcoin legal tender. Shortly after, the price of Bitcoin dropped about 20%. In this episode, I talk to a trading buddy who lives in El Salvador to discuss what it looks like to have Bitcoin as legal tender as well as his perc ...  Show more