Tarek Mansour

Critics oftentimes claim this is gambling, and I always say this, speculation matters.

is not equal to gambling.

Because if speculation is equal to gambling, then our entire financial market is gambling.

The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion.

You recently made a comment that went kind of viral.

I think you got a lot of heat for it.

You said you want to financialize everything.

Do you really mean that?

Should you be able to bet on anything?

Kalshi is one of the fastest growing companies on earth, and it lets you do exactly that.

They fought the government and won, raised billions of dollars, and are in the middle of a fierce rivalry with Polymarket to win the prediction market race.

What does this mean for sports betting and the gaming stocks?

This week on the show, we have Kalshi CEO Tarek Mansour.

We talk about insider trading, why Kalshi employees aren't allowed to use Kalshi, what he thinks of Polymarket, and his controversial comment about wanting to financialize everything.

But first, Ellis and I talk about the rise of storytelling in tech and why X is pleading for its haters to return to the platform.

This is Access.

Ellis, how's it going, my friend?

I'm well.

How about you?

I'm good.