THE BILLION-DOLLAR BRAIN HE GAVE AWAY

When a technopreneur crafts a trading algorithm that beats Wall Street—and gives it away for free—you brace for either brilliance or bedlam.Under a canopy of chandeliers in Singapore’s Marina Bay Sands, Joseph Plazo stepped onto the stage, flash drive in hand.“This is the brain that beat the markets,” he said, lifting a USB. “And I’m

What happens when someone creates a trading AI that humiliates Wall Street—and then open-sources it?Singapore, 2025 — The room hushed as Joseph Plazo took the stage at the Marina Bay Sands.“This,” he said, raising a tiny flash drive, “contains the code that made us billions. And I’m giving it away.”You could hear the collective gasp.