Live stream: Multiplayer stock trading game using real money [video]

Part of me believes that this can easily be used for money laundering or insider trading.

Anyone want to guess the legality of this? This is very far away from Twitch plays pokemon.

The creator, an Amazon engineer, did disallow trading AMZN, for a start

It doesn't look like there's any payout, nor a requirement to buy in to play. I don't see a way for any laundering to happen.

As for insider trading, it's a collective voting game. I don't see a way to increase the value of one's vote, so I can't imagine it ever falling afoul of insider trading.

teeray 9y ago ↗

Can anyone find where the proceeds of this go?

mmmrtl 9y ago ↗

If there are any, it's still the investor's money

http://www.businessinsider.com/stockstream-twitch-amazon-sto...

soared 9y ago ↗

Unsurprising that most of the trading activity is around prominent b2c tech brands. Right now I'm seeing amd, tesla, netflix, google, nvidia, apple.

What is the ticker in the middle with quotes?

Live stream: Multiplayer stock trading game using real money [video] (twitch.tv)

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