Kalshi Punishes MrBeast’s Editor for Insider Trading & Claude Used to Hack Mexico

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🗓️ 26 February 2026

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Episode 788: Neal and Ann recap Nvidia’s reported earnings that buoy the AI sector by beating expectations. Then, Kalshi reveals a couple cases of insider trading on its prediction markets platform, including one from MrBeast’s production team. And, Anthropic's safety measures are under scrutiny as a hacker uses its code to break into the Mexican government to obtain sensitive information. Meanwhile, Neal shares numbers from the week on the gaming industry, South Korean fertility rates, and a possible ube shortage. Finally, could you handle Dunkin’s 48oz Iced Coffee Bucket? Subscribe to Morning Brew Daily for more of the news you need to start your day. Share the show with a friend, and leave us a review on your favorite podcast app. Listen to Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.swap.fm/l/mbd-note⁠⁠⁠ Watch Morning Brew Daily Here:⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@MorningBrewDailyShow⁠For more of Ann, check out Brew Markets here: swap.fm/l/brewmarketsshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:29.6	Good morning for your daily show. I'm Neil Fryman.
0:34.6	And I'm Ann Barry.
0:35.6	Today you can exhale now. Invitya is doing just
0:38.8	fine. And Cal she finally tracks down on insider trading. It's Thursday, February 26. Let's ride.
0:49.7	Good morning. Just a heads up. Toby is out for the rest of the week at a wedding on the West Coast.
0:55.6	Classic Toby. So we are lucky to have Anne Barry, the host of Brew Markets, step in to be my news
1:00.7	partner in crime over the next two days. And it is great to have you here. Thank you. And
1:04.7	matching green shirts. I'm so excited. Very cozy. So I've got a new hobby idea for you all, bird watching. Not only is it a great
1:13.5	excuse to get out in nature, but it also may give your brain a boost, a new study published in a
1:18.4	Neuroscience Journal Monday, found that expert birdwatchers compared to novices showed alterations
1:23.4	in their brains that could enhance cognition. While the research doesn't conclude that birding
1:28.2	prevents cognitive decline, does suggest that the activity may support brain health as you get older,
1:33.7	which is great news, Ann, because there are only so many crosswords that I can do.
1:37.6	Oh, well, I love that. And it's just interesting. Wordle's the other one, right? And then you got
1:41.7	Sudoku. Well, this one's really interesting because bird
1:44.8	watching has sort of grown in popularity. And there are a couple of interesting numbers coming out of
1:49.8	this. The Canadian study of 58 adults showed that compared to novices, people were more dense in
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