In this episode of The Brainstorm, Nick and Sam are joined by Nicole Kagan, Head of Research at Kalshi. They discuss how prediction markets could revolutionize risk management across every industry you can imagine. From macroeconomic trends to cultural phenomena, she's uncovering how financializing uncertainty creates vast new opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, and even governments.

If you know ARK, then you probably know about our long-term research projections, like estimating where we will be 5-10 years from now! But just because we are long-term investors, doesn’t mean we don’t have strong views and opinions on breaking news. In fact, we discuss and debate this every day. So now we’re sharing some of these internal discussions with you in our new video series, “The Brainstorm”, a co-production from ARK and Wolf.financial, and sponsored by Public. Tune in every week as we react to the latest in innovation. Here and there we’ll be joined by special guests, but ultimately this is our chance to join the conversation and share ARK’s quick takes on what’s going on in tech today.

Key Points From This Episode:

Prediction markets are transforming risk management because they enable direct hedging of any future event, radically expanding the scope and precision of risk transfer.
The true power of prediction markets lies in their distribution of certainty, not just point estimates, which reveals how confident the market is about future outcomes.
Liquidity is the critical enabler of effective prediction markets, but its emergence depends more on participant interest than on formal market design.

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