Tarek Mansour is the co-founder and CEO of Kalshi, the largest federally regulated prediction market exchange in the US - valued at $2 billion and backed by some of the world's top investors.

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0:00 Introduction

3:11 Where The Anime Passion Comes From

4:01 How Tarek Is Doing

4:53 Who Is Tarek

7:02 Which Version Of Uncertainty Is Tarek A Fan Of

9:10 Where Tarek’s Fire In The Belly Comes From

13:33 Partnerships: @Trezor @BitwiseInvest

14:20 What Tarek’s Brother Does

15:19 Why Tarek’s Resilience Is Crazy

16:31 Why Is Entrepreneurship Like Therapy

22:16 Is Tarek Mad, Crazy, Or In Denial

24:45 Would Tarek Have Ever Given Up Earlier?

29:54 Partnerships: @KASTxyz @sumsub

31:19 How To Focus On Inputs, Not Results

33:16 When Did Kalshi Come Into Existence

36:00 What’s The True Innovation Of Prediction Markets

38:28 How Prediction Markets Revolutionize The Media

43:47 How Are Prediction Markets A Better Insurance

44:55 Why Is There No Leverage In Prediction Markets

47:16 Partnerships: @JupiterExchange @Ethena

48:00 Tarek’s Opinion On Insider Trading

51:19 Who Enforces The Insider Trading Rules

55:26 How Kalshi Surveys Suspicious Behavior

56:59 Tarek’s Honest View On Crypto

59:41 Why Kalshi Is Launching Regulated Perps In The U.S

1:00:30 What Does Regulated Perps Mean?

1:02:22 Was Kalshi Inspired By HyperLiquid

1:03:41 How Much Time Does Tarek Look At Competition

1:05:58 What’s The Endgame For Kalshi

1:07:06 What Does Tarek Do With A Billion Dollars

1:08:31 Is Tarek Happy

1:13:08 One Thing Tarek Should Let Go Of

1:14:18 Closing Thoughts

E174: Tarek Mansour, Kalshi CEO: Why Prediction Markets Are the Future of Investing

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E174: Tarek Mansour, Kalshi CEO: Why Prediction Markets Are the Future of Investing