About this episode

The episode discusses the latest news including Kai Cenat's Streamer University, betting markets, Delta's new business class offering, and various sports-related topics.

Group Chat News is back with the hottest stories of the week. The guys wrap the World Cup and get into the stories everyone's talking about — Kai Cenat's Streamer University getting a million applications, the betting markets that now let you wager on everything from flight delays to presidential speeches, Delta stripping down business class, and the sinkhole that swallowed one of LA's busiest streets. This week's Group Chat covers: World Cup wrap — Spain vs Argentina, corporate ticket takeovers, and why game times were a miss A 100-year-old water main breaks and opens a sinkhole on Sunset Blvd, shutting down the heart of West Hollywood Fanatics Fest takes over NYC — the $90 million spend and the new all-in-one sports app projected to do $14 billion Why American sports franchises are the new safe asset class — "I'd rather own a football team than US Treasuries" The collectibles boom, GameStop's bid for eBay, and cards as the new art market Betting on everything — Polymarket, flight delay markets, and the Trump teleprompter scandal The Bryce Harper, FanDuel and Cameo controversy explained Delta launches Basic Business — business class up to $1,000 cheaper, but no lounge, no food…

People in this episode

Hosts: Chris "Drama" Pfaff, Dee Murthy, Anand Murthy

Topics covered

• World Cup
• streaming
• betting markets
• business class travel
• sports franchises
• collectibles boom

Keywords

• Kai Cenat
• Streamer University
• betting markets
• Delta
• World Cup
• sports franchises
• collectibles
• inflation
• CPI
• PPI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Delta, Fanatics, GameStop, Polymarket, FanDuel, Cameo

Places: West Hollywood, LA

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