#7: Joey Krug on the Present and Future of Prediction Markets

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The Long Game with Mehdi Yacoubi

Mehdi Yacoubi

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A deep dive into the challenges of our time, and the ideas, technologies, and businesses that will help us overcome them. The purpose of The Long Game Podcast is to catalyze progress and innovation to make our future better. The episodes feature long-form conversations with tech industry leaders, scientists, entrepreneurs, and thinkers. Some guests will be well known, others not yet, but they all share a profound similarity, they have demonstrated unusual insight and see today's challenges with a unique lens.

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#7: Joey Krug on the Present and Future of Prediction Markets

The Long Game with Mehdi Yacoubi

43 minutes 51 seconds

5 years ago

#7: Joey Krug on the Present and Future of Prediction Markets

My guest today is Joey Krug. Joey is the co-founder of Augur, the co-founder of Eco, a new cryptocurrency, and the Co-Chief Investment Officer at Pantera Capital, one of the largest cryptocurrency and blockchain-focused asset managers.

Joey is the specialist for everything related to crypto and prediction markets. Augur, the decentralized betting platforms he co-founded, is one of the most promising projects of recent years.

In this conversation, we cover everything related to prediction markets. We start with what Joey would like to achieve with Augur and what are the current challenges. Then we cover the question of the truth and how prediction markets could help us find it. We mention all the other underrated areas where prediction markets could have an impact.

Please, enjoy my conversation with Joey Krug!

You can find the show notes here.

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Topics we discuss:

Prediction Markets
The idea of "Skin in the game as a service"
Augur now
How prediction markets can help us find the truth
Forecast by Facebook
The future of Prediction Markets
The current technical challenges
Robin Hanson
Prediction market in companies
Health Insurance
Twitter polls are broken; why not Augur instead?
Prediction market on the effect of climate change
The cultural side: Gambling has a connotation; how to move from this?
Underappreciated applications of prediction markets
What is Joey most excited about in crypto right now

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