Michael Barr: Speech, Oct 17, 2025

Fri, Oct 17SpeechHistory onlyMichael Barr

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14 words · 6 settled yes

backtest The probabilities on settled rows are a walk-forward backtest: the model as of before each event, computed after Parrot went live; they were not published at the time.

Listed words: result, and the probability (a walk-forward backtest on settled rows)
WordResultProbabilityMarket
Bank / Banking Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Bitcoin Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Genius Act Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
KYC / Know Your Customer Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Regulation / Regulatory / Regulator Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Reserve Yes–new new word, no probability yet–
Blockchain No–new new word, no probability yet–
CBDC / Central Bank Digital Currency No–new new word, no probability yet–
Circle No–new new word, no probability yet–
Decentralized No–new new word, no probability yet–
Dogecoin No–new new word, no probability yet–
Lend / Lending No–new new word, no probability yet–
Tether No–new new word, no probability yet–
Tokenization No–new new word, no probability yet–

Market prices are mid quotes from Kalshi and Polymarket, shown for context, may be delayed by several minutes and are not a signal. Quotes as of Oct 20, 2026 15:46 UTC.

Transcript

No transcript source yet. The results above are how the venues settled the markets.

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