Lecture 20: Building the First Federally (CFTC) Regulated Exchange Dedicated to Trading on Events
This lecture recounts a detailed discussion featuring Tarek Mansour, an MIT alumnus and founder of Kalshi, about building a regulated prediction market exchange in the US. He shares his journey from working at top Wall Street firms to overcoming regulatory challenges as part of building Kalshi business, emphasizing perseverance, innovation in financial markets, and the potential of prediction markets to transform how risks and future events are traded and priced.
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