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Speaking · Dec 6, 2026

Kevin Orlando Joins Investopedia, 21Shares and Direxion Leaders at Future Wealth 2026

“The Wrapper Wars: How Institutions Actually Buy the Future”

Dec 6 · 11:00 AM ET · Future Stage · Miami

Sharing the stage with

Caleb SilverEditor-in-Chief and SVP of Content, Investopedia
Eliézer NdingaGlobal Head of Research, Founding Partner, 21Shares
Bilal LittleGlobal ETF Strategist, Direxion

Session details →

From the wire

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El-Sayed dismisses Stevens’ backing of Republican Senate candidate

Democrat endorses Republican candidate in key Michigan Senate race as party spat erupts

Ukraine blames Russia after air alert app sends out false warnings

Tens of thousands build 108 Buddhist stupas for Bhutan ‘mindfulness’ city

Trump invites Michigan Democrat Stevens to join the Republican Party

Ukraine air raid app apparently hacked as users receive false radiation threat, Air Force says

Nine die in ‘cataclysmic’ Florida business jet crash

France launches attempted murder investigation after petrol bomb thrown at police

Russian strikes cut power to thousands in Ukraine as Kherson ceasefire ends

Cheap AI Output Can Still Be Expensive Work. Here’s How to Tell.

Israeli strikes in Gaza kill eight including child, hospitals say

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Why Playing It Safe Is the Riskiest Marketing Decision You’ll Make

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AI and Emerging Tech Are Changing How People Travel. Here’s How Travel Businesses Can Stay Visible and Valuable

Starting an AI Side Hustle is Easy (Steal This System)

More Isn’t Always Better — How the Constant Push For More Content Makes Everyone’s Branding Identical

Gencom-Led JV Buys InterContinental in Downtown Miami for $300M

Weil, Gotshal’s Collapse Is Perfectly Timed for Manhattan’s Office Market

Silvio Tavares steps down as VantageScore CEO, Anthony Hutchinson named interim leader

The World’s Biggest Crypto Heist

Q3 2026 earnings for publicly traded mortgage, real estate and homebuilder companies

Russia the Disruptor

Irvine Company Secures $157M Multifamily Refi in L.A.’s Playa Vista

AI Isn’t a Revolution—Yet

Fame, Fortune, and Murder in 1960s France

Grassroots Analytics Doubles D.C. Footprint With 25K-SF Office Lease

Is Netflix’s ‘The New Stanford Prison Experiment’ for Real?

Op-Ed: MLSs can build what brokers want or brokers will do it

A New Map of ‘Empty’ Space Challenges a Tranquil Picture of the Galaxy

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The Download: GLP-1s and eating disorders, self-aware cities, and forever chemicals

Eating disorders are on the rise. GLP-1s could make things worse.

Sinkholes, scarred land and scapegoats: the scourge of illegal gold mining in Johannesburg

Sudanese diaspora and human rights groups denounce UAE nominee for UN top job

How Do You Take a Picture of a Black Hole?

The Download: AI agent tracking and climate feedback loops

We urgently need to monitor AI agents’ actions in real time

Our climate models have a big, dangerous blind spot

How Spiders Spin ‘Silk Dope’ Into Nature’s Toughest Material

Egypt fines prominent editor Lina Attalah and shuts independent news outlet Mada Masr

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Africa’s ‘unprecedented’ Ebola outbreak could reach UK, says top health official

Bank of America kindly asks that you don’t share your banking password with your AI assistant

UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’

How Voting Is Like a Klein Bottle

Malaria Parasite Caught in the Act of Breaking and Entering

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