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Atis Shala

Atis Shala

Host, Hodl Up Podcast

172 articles46 episodes

Atis Shala co-founded Hodl Up and hosts the Hodl Up Podcast with Dren Hima. He has been making crypto content and running research for more than five years, and he carries that into every interview, sitting across from founders and investors to pull apart stablecoins, market structure and the token models under the hype.

  • Stablecoins
  • Market structure
  • Token design
  • Crypto regulation
  • Real-world assets
  • Prediction markets
  • Beginner guides

About Atis

Most of Hodl Up's articles carry his byline. His news coverage follows crypto regulation, stablecoins, real-world assets, crypto banking and prediction markets. His guides start from the basics, such as what a blockchain is and how Bitcoin works, for readers meeting crypto for the first time, and his research goes further into prediction markets: how the platforms differ, how big the market really is and how its contracts resolve.

If a Hodl Up story asks an awkward question, it usually started with him.

Experience

  • Hodl Up
    Co-founder · Feb 2025 — Present
  • Coincub
    Researcher · Contract · Oct 2024 — Present
  • ChainSightPreviously
    Junior Marketing · Mar 2025 — Aug 2025
  • WalletorPreviously
    Community Lead · Part-time · Mar 2024 — Sep 2024
    Content Specialist · Mar 2023 — Jan 2024
  • BinancePreviously
    Content Editor · Internship · Jan 2024 — Mar 2024
  • Crypto AcademyPreviously
    Content Editor · Jan 2022 — Jan 2024
    Content Writer · Jun 2021 — Mar 2023

Articles66 articles

The Wisdom of Crowds Is the Wrong Slogan for a Market 3% of Traders Price Prediction Markets · Oct 1, 2026 What the Fed Found When It Tested Kalshi Against Its Own Decisions Prediction Markets · Oct 1, 2026 Hyperliquid HIP-4: Staked, Slashable Resolution and What It Fixes Prediction Markets · Sep 30, 2026 Prediction Markets vs Polls: The June 2024 Debate Settled Less Than You Think Prediction Markets · Sep 30, 2026 Rothera Explained: Why Robinhood Stopped Renting Kalshi's Exchange Prediction Markets · Sep 25, 2026

News106 stories

New York AG Files Complaint Against Prediction Market QCX LLC Prediction Markets · Sep 28, 2026 KalshiEX LLC Case Sees New Procedural Order in Maryland Prediction Markets · Sep 27, 2026 CFTC Attorney Files Appearance in Johnson Prediction Market Case Prediction Markets · Sep 27, 2026 Sixth Circuit Reverses Kalshi Injunction, Rules Sports Contracts Not Swaps Prediction Markets · Sep 26, 2026 Robinhood Files Supreme Court Petition on Prediction Market Legality Prediction Markets · Sep 26, 2026

Episodes46 episodes

Futarchy and Prediction Markets: Robin Hanson Interview S2 · E39 · Sep 19, 2026 Prediction Market Manipulation: The Paradox Explained S2 · E38 · Sep 19, 2026 Hyperliquid Prediction Markets: The Binary Options Play S2 · E37 · Sep 19, 2026 Dr. Corey Petty: Privacy Can't Be Bolted On S2 · E36 · Aug 12, 2026 Wall Street Strategies Are Coming Onchain S2 • E35 · Jul 1, 2026