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About The Basement View

A weekly letter that reads the news through the prediction markets that price it. It is written by a small team who sign as the letter, not as themselves.

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What you get

One letter every Sunday at 7am GMT, in sections from The Quote to The Basement Book. The Basement Book is a real $10,000 Polymarket wallet, and every position is on the Book, live. Past issues are in the Library.

Where it came from

The first twenty-one issues, January to February 2026, were a crypto letter. They are in the Library, unedited.

Contact

To get in touch, reply to any issue - replies are read by the authors - or message @thebasementview on Instagram.

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Sundays · 7am GMT · free

One letter every Sunday.

The week’s news, read through the markets that price it.

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