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Leif Abraham

Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Public · 2 appearances on the record.

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Leif Abraham is the co-founder and co-CEO of Public.com, an online multi-asset retail brokerage. Prior to Public, he co-founded freelance platform AND CO and co-created Pay with a Tweet.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 2 not checkable as stated how the 4 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 3 assertions · 5 insights · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 4 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 2 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Leif argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Abraham: Only one major player drives liquidity in overnight trading
“Overnight right now, there's essentially only like one major player who drives the liquidity for that.”
Leif Abraham Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 4:42 When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th

How they sound: not measured why? →

We measure speaking style by listening to the audio itself, and a fair number needs at least 2,000 words from one person on tape we have measured. There is too little of Leif Abraham on measured tape to publish a rate. This says nothing about how they speak.

Everything Leif Abraham said on TBPN that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Abraham: Gamified Brokerage Interfaces Condition Users to Trade Like Gamblers
“If the platform you're using is closer to gambling, you will end up being more of a gambler automatically. Just based on the design of how you were introduced to the markets and therefore you'll be more prone to, you know, potentially react on these types of t…”
Leif Abraham Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 15:20 When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th
Disclosure
Abraham: Aston Martin took equity in Public for F1 sponsorship
“The Aston Martin actually took part equity in public as well. And it's, you know, kind of like, I think it's the first time they've really done this.”
Leif Abraham Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 3:10 What It Takes to Sponsor an F1 Team | Jannick Malling & Leif Abraham on TBPN
Insight
Abraham: Wealthy retail investors do not care about $5 free stock referral bonuses
“And as you move more upmarket, the less that stuff worked because if you have a little bit of money, let's be honest, you don't really give a shit about five bucks on free stock.”
Leif Abraham Apr 26, 2025 ▶ 6:46 What It Takes to Sponsor an F1 Team | Jannick Malling & Leif Abraham on TBPN
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Abraham: Public.com Sees Record Deposit Days During Market Drops
“Generally speaking, this behavior of buying the dip is a little bit retail investing culture now. And so whenever you see this like massive drops, This is really when we see some of our best days. It was like, you know, one of our record days in just deposits,…”
Leif Abraham Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 2:03 When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th
Prediction Open · timeframe Apr 2028
Abraham: 24/7 Retail Stock Trading Is Inevitable and Approaching
“I mean, generally speaking, I think it's definitely coming. Like, it will also come to public at some point.”
Leif Abraham Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 4:01 When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th
Assertion Supported
Abraham: Only one major player drives liquidity in overnight trading
“Overnight right now, there's essentially only like one major player who drives the liquidity for that.”
Leif Abraham Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 4:42 When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th
Insight
Abraham: Retail brokerage trading volume is driven by the attention economy
“Trading volumes for companies like ours are a little bit like competing with any other thing that competes with attention because you know, if markets are in the news, you get inspired by something and that might drive action.”
Leif Abraham Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 7:34 When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th
Insight
Abraham: Younger investors use yield accounts for opportunistic cash parking
“So, so, so, so you're seeing younger generations using it less as a, hey, I'm gonna now actually hold the bond to maturity for 10 years from now, and more use like these account types that we've created for, you know, just like earn some yield on your stuff, y…”
Leif Abraham Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 9:58 When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th
Insight
Abraham: Each trading window has distinct participants and liquidity pools
“The thing that you have to think of is that each trading window Has its own participants and its own liquidity and execution venues.”
Leif Abraham Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 4:10 When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Abraham: Retail Investors Rotated from Cash Yield to Equities During Dip
“So what we've seen in the last few trading days essentially is that people cycle out of the yield accounts and into stocks and ETFs because they essentially had this cash lying around and we're like, okay, you know, I think totally what we've been hearing a lo…”
Leif Abraham Apr 10, 2025 ▶ 9:20 When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th

Appearances (2)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
What It Takes to Sponsor an F1 Team | Jannick Malling & Leif Abraham on TBPN Apr 26, 2025 4m
When the Stock Market Becomes a MEME | Leif Abraham on TBPN April 8th Apr 10, 2025 9m
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