Betting on Information: The Rise of Prediction Markets
Thu, Oct 01
|Online Discussion
Lecture by Oscar Levy, Co-Founder, River Markets Antonin Parrot, Co-Founder, River Markets
Time & Location
Oct 01, 2026, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT
Online Discussion
About the event
River Markets is building the first prime brokerage for prediction markets, unifying execution, margin, and risk across exchanges through a single platform. It supports hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and traders with advanced execution, consolidated positions and P&L, and API access. Co-founders Oscar Levy and Antonin Parrot met at UC Berkeley, where both earned Master of Financial Engineering degrees. Oscar worked as a quant at an ex-Millennium fund and BlackRock; Antonin worked in e-trading at Morgan Stanley and as a senior HFT quant at Valkyrie Trading. Together, they made seven figures trading prediction markets using their own product.
This class is intended solely for educational and informational purposes. The content presented is for informational and illustrative use only and should not be construed as investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer to buy or sell any securities.
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