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this post was submitted on 12 Apr 2026
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Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
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Twitter posts which mention stock symbols will now link to a trading app in Canada. Trading individual stocks is almost always a bad idea, even more so doing it based on social media post or the newspaper. https://betakit.com/wealthsimple-partners-with-elon-musks-x-for-direct-stock-trading-via-social-media/
in a world of draftkings and polymarket, this almost feels quaint. the stock-based gambling houses are losing to the prediction markets and sportsbooks and they're flailing around trying to catch up. I wish them all the worst
Or amalgamating with them. Robinhood has been partnered with Kalshi since last year, and they're trying to gin up some kind of "standardized" prediction market contract format, a la CBOE's standards for futures and options.