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DanTex

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11. LOL. I think the real problem is that they weren't enough of a threat to the global economy.

Reply to bananas (Reply #10)

Mon Feb 24, 2014, 03:21 PM

Feb 2014

If some bank had decided to bet 80 billion dollars on intrade futures and then package those bets into AAA rated bonds so that some hedge fund could sell them short, intrade would be getting a government subsidy by now.

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So now that intrade and Nate Silver are gone... [View all] DanTex Feb 2014 OP

Nate's not gone Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #1

I thought Nate Silver was going to do sports stuff instead of politics. DanTex Feb 2014 #2

NOPE ESPN is his sugar daddy, but... Adrahil Feb 2014 #6

My understanding Proud Public Servant Feb 2014 #7

what happened to Intrade? hlthe2b Feb 2014 #3

I think the CFTC finally got them for being an unregulated derivatives trading exchange. DanTex Feb 2014 #4

So if they made intradecoin, they'd be ok? bananas Feb 2014 #10

LOL. I think the real problem is that they weren't enough of a threat to the global economy. DanTex Feb 2014 #11

Dang it... responded to wrong post. NT Adrahil Feb 2014 #5

"The Fall Of Intrade And The Business Of Betting On Real Life" PoliticAverse Feb 2014 #12

The Iowa Electronic Markets PoliticAverse Feb 2014 #8

Cool, thanks. DanTex Feb 2014 #9