World's Oldest Countries ever:
1. Iran ๐ฎ๐ท: 3200BC
2. Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ: 3100BC
3. Vietnam ๐ป๐ณ: 2879BC
4. Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ: 2492BC
5. North Korea ๐ฐ๐ต: 2333BC
6. China ๐จ๐ณ: 2070BC
7. India ๐ฎ๐ณ: World Population Review says 2000BC, but actually Bharat is Million Years BC
8. Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช: 1300BC
Data Based on earliest known government
๐ 2026 MIDTERMS: PREDICTION MARKETS BY THE NUMBERS
โข 479 of 487 races correctly predicted.
โข 98% success rate.
โข 77% of close races outperformed the model average.
โข 115 minutes ahead of CNN's calls in 11 key Senate races, on average.
Now, Kalshi is putting $1 MILLION toward research across up to 50 projects to explore what comes next for prediction markets.
The future of forecasting is evolving. ๐
๐ THE HISTORY OF HEDGING
1730 โ Japan's Dojima Rice Exchange formalizes rice futures trading.
1848 โ Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) is founded.
1865 โ Standardized futures contracts are introduced in Chicago.
1870 โ New York Cotton Exchange opens, helping cotton traders hedge price risks.
1972 โ Currency futures trading begins at the CME.
1973 โ Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) opens.
1980s โ Interest rate swaps and other financial hedging instruments expand.
2000s โ Credit default swaps become major tools for managing credit risk.
2008 โ Global financial crisis exposes the risks of complex derivatives.
2020s โ Hedging expands across stocks, commodities, currencies, crypto and prediction markets.
From protecting crop prices to managing risks across global financial markets.
THE HISTORY OF ANTHROPIC'S CLAUDE MODELS
2023
โข Claude 1
โข Claude Instant
โข Claude 2
โข Claude 2.1
2024
โข Claude 3 Opus
โข Claude 3 Sonnet
โข Claude 3 Haiku
๏ฟฝ๏ฟฝ Claude 3.5 Sonnet
โข Claude 3.5 Haiku
2025
โข Claude 3.7 Sonnet
โข Claude Sonnet 4
โข Claude Opus 4
โข Claude Opus 4.1
โข Claude Sonnet 4.5
โข Claude Haiku 4.5
โข Claude Opus 4.5
2026
โข Claude Opus 4.6
โข Claude Sonnet 4.6
โข Claude Opus 4.7
โข Claude Opus 4.8
โข Claude Mythos 5
โข Claude Fable 5
โข Claude Sonnet 5
โข Claude Opus 5
โข Claude Opus 5.5
โข Claude Sonnet 5.5
โข Claude Haiku 5.5
๐ THE HISTORY OF NVIDIA (1993โ2026)
1993 โ NVIDIA is founded.
1999 โ Launches GeForce 256, the first GPU.
2006 โ Introduces CUDA.
2012 โ NVIDIA GPUs power the AlexNet AI breakthrough.
2018 โ Launches RTX graphics technology.
2020 โ Acquires Mellanox for $7 billion.
2023 โ Reaches $1 trillion market cap.
2024 โ Surpasses $3 trillion.
2025 โ Becomes the first company to reach $4 trillion.
2026 โ Continues expanding its dominance in AI computing.
From gaming graphics to powering the AI revolution. ๐
Largest Companies in the World by Market Capitalization
1. ๐บ๐ธ Apple (AAPL) - $5.00 T
2. ๐บ๐ธ Nvidia (NVDA) - $4.50 T
3. ๐บ๐ธ Microsoft (MSFT) - $3.94 T
4. ๐บ๐ธ Alphabet (GOOGL) - $3.48 T
5. ๐บ๐ธ Amazon (AMZN) - $2.80 T
6. ๐น๐ผ TSMC (TSM) - $1.95 T
7. ๐บ๐ธ SpaceX (SPCX) - $1.77 T
8. ๐ธ๐ฆ Saudi Aramco (https://t.co/3YQt9pEpKb) - $1.64 T
9. ๐บ๐ธ Meta Platforms (META) - $1.56 T
10. ๐บ๐ธ Tesla (TSLA) - $1.42 T
11. ๐บ๐ธ Broadcom (AVGO) - $1.40 T
12. ๐บ๐ธ Eli Lilly (LLY) - $1.27 T
13. ๐ฐ๐ท Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) - $1.26 T
14. ๐บ๐ธ Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) - $1.22 T
15. ๐บ๐ธ Walmart (WMT) - $998 B
16. ๐ฐ๐ท SK Hynix (000660.KS) - $928 B
17. ๐บ๐ธ JPMorgan Chase (JPM) - $889 B
18. ๐บ๐ธ Visa (V) - $789 B
19. ๐บ๐ธ Micron Technology (MU) - $780 B
20. ๐บ๐ธ Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) - $733 B
Source: Global Market Data (Nov 2026)
๐ HISTORY'S BIGGEST STOCK MARKET CRASHES
1929โ1932 โ Wall Street Crash: โ86%
1973โ1974 โ Oil Crisis & Inflation: โ48%
1987 โ Black Monday: โ34%
2000โ2002 โ Dot-com Bubble: โ49%
2007โ2009 โ Global Financial Crisis: โ57%
2020 โ COVID-19 Crash: โ34%
2022 โ Inflation & Interest Rate Shock: โ25%
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The 1929 crash remains one of the deepest market collapses in U.S. history.
The 2008 financial crisis caused a 57% decline, while the COVID-19 crash erased 34% in just over a month.