Chris Beam

NEW for @BW: Prediction market companies pitch themselves as sources of truth. Can they be trusted? (gift link) bloomberg.com/features/2026-…

Highly recommend this really great, in-depth @BW piece from my colleague @deenashanker on Peter Attia's sprawling longevity empire and his Epstein Files fall from wellness-influencer grace. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/features/…

WOW. Just in the last two weeks, BYD showrooms around the world are seeing a surge in customer demand from people who are deciding that now is the time to switch to EVS, with oil prices so high. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A new opera conducted by superstar Gustavo Dudamel will make you fall in love with ... economics? bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

SOME PERSONAL NEWS: For the last year I’ve been working with a terrifyingly talented team to put together L.A. Material, a new local news outlet covering Los Angeles. We’re launching TODAY, so please check us out at lamaterial.com.

Investors can’t resist a good narrative about technology’s potential to kill jobs bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

for the April issue, I wrote about my grandmother, the forgotten women pilots of World War II, the nature of progress, and snakes: theatlantic.com/magazine/2026/…

Couldn't stop thinking about the shoes so I wrote about the shoes. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

New Buying Power is up: I wrote about Anthropic's fight with the Pentagon, the OpenAI backlash and the shifting incentives for businesses contemplating breaking from or aligning with a flailing Trump administration. Gift link: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Prediction markets Kalshi and Polymarket are showing a darkly modern pathway for users to bet on war and other morbid outcomes bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

on requesting comment nytimes.com/2026/03/02/ins…

Fantastic work by @oliviasolon @cecianasta @LeonYin showing Stake paying Drake, Adin Ross, & other influencers absurd $ to play online casino games, while apparently rigging it so they have an improbable rate of "big wins" that lure people watching their streams. Sickening.

Remember: If you summarize a whole story on here but don't drop the link to it, you're going to Hell. popsci.com/technology/rob…

I’ve enjoyed the looksmaxxing and Clavicular nonsense as weird internet/ GenZ anthropology But this piece does a great job of explaining a new propaganda machine involving an ecosystem of accounts paid to clip & share videos. It’s astroturfing culture for the algorithmic age

Really enjoyed talking about Walter Ong (and Josh Meyrowitz) on Derek’s podcast. It’s not too late to read Orality and Literacy.

@CarOnPolymarket Sorry to hear this. Also bad for real journalists trying to do reporting!

I got targeted in a crypto social engineering scam. I could have lost $1M+, but I got lucky. Here's my full story. Sadly people are losing millions because they are still falling for social engineering scams. I almost also fell for one. So i'm writing this thread to warn others. I'll explain how the scam works and how you can protect yourself. I'll also show two scammers who reached out to me: Last year, a journalist (@carldylan) contacted me via X DMs, saying he wanted to interview me about my prediction market project, @PredictFolio. He claimed the interview would be published as an article on @CoinMarketCap. I was interested in the opportunity to introduce PredictFolio to a wider audience, so I agreed. However, the scammer insisted that the interview take place on “e-meet,” which I declined, knowing that platforms like Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or Zoom are commonly used in social engineering scams.

@r_gopfan @Polymarket @OxyPredicts Hi gopfan, I’m a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek working on an article about prediction markets, and I was hoping to speak with you. Could you DM me?

Crazy 2400% ROI on the potential rules dispute over the Olivia Rodrigo release on @Polymarket! Caught an unwary bondoooor, and it's my first sweet 2026 win. Big thanks to @OxyPredicts for sharing the alpha about this market earlier🫶 Read the rules carefully!

@thatonedirty @germain_marcano @Polymarket Hi secure, I’m a reporter for Bloomberg Businessweek working on an article about prediction markets, and I was hoping to speak with you. Could you DM me?

@germain_marcano @Polymarket bru

🚀 Just checked my Polymarket stats and I’m RANK #5172 with over $12K in gains. Mom said “stop gambling,” I said “it’s forecasting.” 😎📈 @Polymarket

@MrOziPM Hi Ozi, I'm writing an article for Bloomberg Businessweek about prediction markets, and I was hoping to interview you. Could you DM me?

Polymarket doesn’t offer refunds, so there's no crying in the casino But what Polymarket does offer is a ton of money to the people who spend time learning the skill In less than 1.5 year, I've made $400k on Polymarket (Started with $15k) Actually started from $5k because I lost $10k on my first bet... (Then I decided to learn from my mistakes) I’ve persisted. I’ve journaled and reflected. I wrote my mistakes and hanged them on the wall behind my screen, read them every day Turned the casino experience into a money-making investment machine Anyone can make one big win every now and then, but what really counts is improving step by step. Making better and better decisions overall. Becoming a consistent trader who knows how the markets actually work Understanding what the sharpest traders have long understood Proud to announce that I have created a course outlining everything you need to start learning prediction markets. 40 chapters on all the important topics. No bullshit In fact, we are building the largest prediction market education community. Live calls. Community chats and support I have built all this together with another trader. Actually one of the best ever - he's Top 10 of all... @iabvek (he’s made $2m this year alone) Wether you're a beginner with 0 understanding for how prediction markets work, someone who's already trading on prediction markets, or a sharp simply looking to join a community, this is the place to be Big things are coming - The PredictLab Link in bio to gain access