Robin Wigglesworth
@robinwigglesworth.ft.com
Editor of FT Alphaville. Norwegian, despite the Harry Potteresque name.
Looking forward to the Polymarket market on whether someone will successfully be able to manipulate one market to engineer a payout in another one. www.ft.com/content/57a1...
Polymarket, squared
What could possibly go wrong
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February 10, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Looking forward to the Polymarket market on whether someone will successfully be able to manipulate one market to engineer a payout in another one. www.ft.com/content/57a1...
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From @theathletic.com: Norway is in the lead in the medal count after Day 4 of the 2026 Winter Olympics, followed by Italy and Japan. Here are the full standings: nyti.ms/4akD8o1
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 PM
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Tremendous post by @tobyn.bsky.social looking at how exposed the $450bn BDC industry is to the software freakout, and diving into the particulars of the two biggest funds — managed by Blackstone and Blue Owl. www.ft.com/content/3f88...
February 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
Tremendous post by @tobyn.bsky.social looking at how exposed the $450bn BDC industry is to the software freakout, and diving into the particulars of the two biggest funds — managed by Blackstone and Blue Owl. www.ft.com/content/3f88...
Sorry you're having difficulties. It should be straightforward to register with an email. Maybe you used a different one before?
February 10, 2026 at 10:39 AM
Sorry you're having difficulties. It should be straightforward to register with an email. Maybe you used a different one before?
A must-read, despite the mention of a certain "Swedish" journalist.
By @bondhack.ft.com, a journey deep into the Epstein files to figure out whether he was the CDO whale or a mark.
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No, Jeffrey Epstein didn’t trigger the 2008 subprime meltdown
[FREE TO READ] A Bear Stearns mystery solved
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February 10, 2026 at 10:09 AM
A must-read, despite the mention of a certain "Swedish" journalist.
Finance Bluesky needs to lift its game. With a bit of work we might even surpass vibrancy of the Wynonna Earp Fandom Community. bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 10:43 PM
Finance Bluesky needs to lift its game. With a bit of work we might even surpass vibrancy of the Wynonna Earp Fandom Community. bluesky-map.theo.io
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Here comes the great American bitcoin-mining-to-AI pivot
[FREE TO READ] New kids off the blockchain
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February 9, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Happy birthday to @katie0martin.ft.com who is turning old. Please send her your OAP top tips.
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ALT: a man is dancing in front of a laptop with the words make gifs at gifsoup.com on the bottom right
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February 9, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Happy birthday to @katie0martin.ft.com who is turning old. Please send her your OAP top tips.
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‘Exactly what Africa needs’
[FREE TO READ] Presented without comment
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February 9, 2026 at 9:28 AM
"Taken together, our results highlight a substantial gap between political rhetoric and reality." www.nber.org/papers/w3479...
ICE Arrests across Trump's First and Second Terms: Variation in Targeting, Method, and Geography
Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an...
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February 9, 2026 at 9:29 AM
"Taken together, our results highlight a substantial gap between political rhetoric and reality." www.nber.org/papers/w3479...
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🚨Japan LLC has been trading its way out of a fiscal hole www.ft.com/content/f7d3...
Japan LLC has been trading its way out of a fiscal hole
Long stocks, short yen, chillax
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February 9, 2026 at 6:45 AM
🚨Japan LLC has been trading its way out of a fiscal hole www.ft.com/content/f7d3...
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FTAV's weekly round-up should be arriving in inboxes now. Subscribe, if you haven't yet, here:
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Agentic AI is everyone's problem
Plus: art lending, sanctions evasion, US inbound tourism, Covid, online dating, blue-collar work, and Gesamtkunstwerk
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February 6, 2026 at 1:23 PM
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Though Russia in 1998 was not exactly DM…
February 8, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Though Russia in 1998 was not exactly DM…
Yeah the GKOs are the only ones I could think of immediately (local-currency delaminated as well, which was also considered a shocker at the time right?)
February 8, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Yeah the GKOs are the only ones I could think of immediately (local-currency delaminated as well, which was also considered a shocker at the time right?)
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Ariane de Rothschild ousted her husband as CEO of his family’s storied bank, negotiated a big DOJ settlement and examined several mergers
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
How the house of Rothschild became entangled with Epstein
Swiss private bank Edmond de Rothschild was in trouble. Ariane de Rothschild turned to Jeffrey Epstein
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February 7, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Ariane de Rothschild ousted her husband as CEO of his family’s storied bank, negotiated a big DOJ settlement and examined several mergers
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
Behind every move was none other than Jeffrey Epstein, who had found his backdoor into one of Europe’s most powerful banking dynasties
www.ft.com/content/0d70...
Norwegian winters are 👌
February 7, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Norwegian winters are 👌
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February 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Fab/unnerving reporting by @stephistacey.ft.com
February 6, 2026 at 2:26 PM
Fab/unnerving reporting by @stephistacey.ft.com
Move over US Treasuries. There are some new “bonds” in town. 😑 www.ft.com/content/3382...
How prediction market traders reinvented the bond
Betting against the Second Coming or buying US Treasuries?
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February 6, 2026 at 2:20 PM
Move over US Treasuries. There are some new “bonds” in town. 😑 www.ft.com/content/3382...
Absolute scenes. substack.com/@ftav/note/c...
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Absolute scenes.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Absolute scenes. substack.com/@ftav/note/c...
Do smart people have better taste in food? That's what @tylercowen.bsky.social reckons, so he thinks you should eat more around DeepMind and XTX's Kings Cross offices. www.ft.com/content/c39f...
Do smart people eat better?
Economists can have a little marginal gain, as a treat
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February 6, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Do smart people have better taste in food? That's what @tylercowen.bsky.social reckons, so he thinks you should eat more around DeepMind and XTX's Kings Cross offices. www.ft.com/content/c39f...
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So what does Bill Gurley make of Figma’s IPO now?
[FREE TO READ] We love relitigating the past
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February 6, 2026 at 7:16 AM
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