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Episode · on the tape

Musk's Mars Merger Pay

30 minutes

Matt discusses Elon Musk's Tesla and SpaceX pay packages, a Tesla-SpaceX merger's effect on his voting control, Ares buying MidCap Financial, BDC discounts, the end of the pattern-day-trader rule, payment for order flow, and Kalshi/S&P Dow Jones prediction-market indexes.

All credit goes to the biological Matt Levine.

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