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Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
There are further surprises when Mason’s camera at last faces that perp, serving a life sentence in prison.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
But Seiler, the CEO of STS Digital, believes there’s a downside to the expansion of perps, which let traders magnify their gains or losses.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
But this was always a fraud issue, not an immigration issue, and the White House wrongly assumed that the perps mostly were in the U.S. without legal permission; on the contrary, most of them were and are U.S. citizens or permanent residents or legal refugees.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
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Noun
By expanding into perps, Polymarket and Kalshi are tapping into derivatives trading at a time when cryptocurrency prices have stalled and trading activity has slowed – even if signs of longer-term institutional demand remain intact.
—Tanaya MacHeel, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
There are further surprises when Mason’s camera at last faces that perp, serving a life sentence in prison.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Mar. 2026
But Seiler, the CEO of STS Digital, believes there’s a downside to the expansion of perps, which let traders magnify their gains or losses.
—Ben Weiss, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
But this was always a fraud issue, not an immigration issue, and the White House wrongly assumed that the perps mostly were in the U.S. without legal permission; on the contrary, most of them were and are U.S. citizens or permanent residents or legal refugees.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
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“Perp.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perp. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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perp
noun
: a perpetrator of a crime
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