Скачать или смотреть From Robinhood to Mecha Elon: Howard Lindzon on the New Degenerate Economy

Stocktwits CEO Howard Lindzon is back sharing trends with friends and unpacking the biggest shifts shaping the degenerate economy—where tech, money, culture, and chaos collide. In this episode, he dives into Robinhood’s private market tokenization pivot, why Vanguard is now passively long Bitcoin via MicroStrategy, and how Elon’s AI antics with Grok 4 point to the darker side of digital life. Plus: Kalshi, Polymarket, and the new reality of betting on everything—including earnings calls.

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Key Topics Covered:
💸 Robinhood’s Tokenization Pivot – From villain to $80B darling, now opening private markets
📈 Indexing Into Bitcoin – Why Vanguard owns 20M shares of MicroStrategy
🧠 Degeneracy Meets AI – Elon’s Grok 4 evolves into “Mecha Elon” and behavioral chaos
🎰 Prediction Markets Go Mainstream – Kalshi and Polymarket turn earnings calls into betting events
🚀 Michael Saylor’s Meme Empire – The Bitcoin bull becomes a Nike-style icon of financial trolling

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Chapters:
00:00 – Intro: What Is the Degenerate Economy?
Howard defines the merging of tech, culture, money, politics, and free time.
01:12 – Robinhood’s Tokenization Bet
Why Robinhood’s move into private markets is a major shift—and a regulatory fight.
03:20 – Vanguard Owns Bitcoin (Sort Of)
MicroStrategy becomes an index fund proxy for crypto exposure. The point of no return?
05:14 – Elon, Grok 4 & the Dark Side of AI
How erratic algorithms represent degeneracy’s unintended consequences.
06:43 – Prediction Markets Go Mainstream
Kalshi and Polymarket turn earnings calls into betting events. Robinhood leads the way.
08:13 – Michael Saylor: Meme King of Bitcoin Finance
Saylor’s brand power, “just get in” philosophy, and why old-school investors love him.
09:28 – Final Thoughts on a Wild Week
Howard wraps up with reflections on a pivotal week in the degenerate economy.

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