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Kalshi fines MrBeast editor for insider trading in markets related to YouTube star | TechCrunch

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MrBeast speaks onstage during the 2023 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards at Microsoft Theater in LA

The editor of YouTube’s most popular creator, MrBeast, has been accused of insider trading on the Kalshi prediction market. After investigating, Kalshi said he “found reasonable cause” to believe that editor Artem Kaptur used non-public, insider information about MrBeast videos to inform his bets on matters relating to the MrBeast YouTube channel. Prediction markets such … Read more

Can the creator economy stay afloat in the flood of AI? | TechCrunch

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row of paper ships from dollar banknotes

Online creators and their business models have been on our minds this week after mega-popular YouTuber MrBeast announced his company is buying fintech startup Step, followed by Hollywood studios sending ByteDance a flurry of cease-and-desist letters over the launch of its new Seedance 2.0 video generation model. These seemingly unrelated headlines suggest a media landscape … Read more