By Feature Report by the Forbes Innovation TeamWhat if someone created a market cheat code—and then uploaded it for the world to use?Hong Kong, 2025 — In a sunlit University of Hong Kong classroom, Joseph Plazo walked the stage like a code-wielding prophet.Students leaned forward. Professors clicked record. A single line of code flashed onto th
By Guest Columnist, Forbes Tech DeskWhat if someone created a market cheat code—and then uploaded it for the world to use?Hong Kong, 2025 — Inside a lecture hall at the University of Hong Kong, Joseph Plazo prepared to blow the minds of finance's future.Students leaned forward. Professors clicked record. A single line of code flashed onto the s
By Feature Report by the Forbes Innovation TeamWhat if someone created a market cheat code—and then uploaded it for the world to use?In a lecture hall humming with anticipation, Joseph Plazo stood before a crowd ready to rewrite how markets are understood.PhDs and programmers sat frozen, eyes locked on the projector as a piece of market history a
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.Holding up a house-key-sized flash drive, he declared, “This made billions. It’s