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**HSX Members - Please Read - New Update**

Posted by: lobogotti on Oct 20, 06:53

HSX FUTURE EP. 2: A NEW HOPE

A message for the HSX community

The big news is that there is news – and it is good news – about HSX, five months after it was at risk of demise!

The HSX Future Community Board’s project to enable the Hollywood Stock Exchange to survive and thrive continues. In this message, we have (1) cause for optimism among those looking toward HSX’s future; (2) a status report concerning our current circumstances; and (3) a summary for those who wish to learn how we got here.

HSX FUTURE

We – the HSX Future Community Board, a group of volunteers – continue to engage in direct, productive, collaborative communication with senior management at Cantor Fitzgerald, which owns and has developed the HSX gamesite for two decades.

Cantor Fitzgerald recognizes and appreciates the efforts of the HSXers to keep this gamesite operational and, we are pleased to report, has indicated it now shares our desire to keep the HSX gamesite alive while devising and implementing a long-term plan for overdue HSX improvement. We cannot promise anything, but talks are sparked with optimism.

We have adequate funds to maintain HSX operations through 2020. We told HSX supporters we would ask them to provide the second half of their funding pledges in November or December, and that may occur as planned (but as of today we are not starting this new campaign while we wait for more info). We are discussing finances with Cantor Fitzgerald – including funding of several essential software fixes due by yearend – and expect to have more information about HSX finances relatively soon.

HSX PRESENT

HSX is still alive five months after being rescued by the HSX community! We possess operational control of the gamesite; we have a stable foundation of traders and trading; and we are positioned to fund foreseeable expenses while arranging a long-term solution at HSX.

Every HSXer is indebted to Antibody, who continues to provide first-rate gamesite content management nearly a half-year after departing employment at Cantor Fitzgerald, and the man that keeps the website functioning from a software standpoint (who has asked not to be named), whose website technical services are indispensable and appreciated. These two gentlemen are the heroes of the HSX survival story.

We have introduced several new features (sports and political options; movie release options; increased shareholding limits for each trader) and continue to explore innovations to stimulate interest and trading.

HSX PAST

Our project was born in late May, when Antibody was let go and it looked like the site would wither away. A few longtime traders assembled to try to identify and solve the problems confronting HSX, creating the HSX Future Community Board. A successful crowdfunding – requesting payment of half of pledged funds for the second half of 2020 and expecting the other half for 2021 – generated enough funds to avoid closure and maintain operations to this day.

Working with Cantor Fitzgerald, we obtained control of the gamesite; put Antibody back in the content ****pit; arranged uninterrupted website maintenance; resumed market integrity; and revived the HSX trading calendar.

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Be an active HSXer! Trade HSX securities. Visit and contribute to the message board. Get a friend, a relative, a co-worker, a family member, or some rando off the street to open an HSX account today!

If you are willing to contribute skill, effort, or contacts, please send a brief description of how you could help to HSXfuture@gmail.com.

Thank you for your interest, your participation, and your support. We also wish to thank Cantor Fitzgerald, Antibody, our website administrator, and everyone else who has made our progress possible. We will keep everyone posted as the HSX Future Project – currently featuring A New Hope – develops.

--The HSX Future Community Board

Clayton Thompson, James Emanuel Shapiro, Cris Hoel

**HSX Members - Please Read - New Update** lobogotti Oct 20, 06:53

Great work all around. Thanks for your efforts. {nm} Buckee Oct 20, 07:12

Awesome news! Sincere thanks to Antibody and the board and everyone else making this possible. {nm} TFeeney Oct 20, 07:16

Great news! - Thanks for the update. {nm} joeoftexas Oct 20, 07:21

Congrats and many, many thanks! Great work! {nm} cmbastos Oct 20, 07:21

Thanks....For all you do this beer's for you {nm} mrbinns Oct 20, 07:37

Thanks to all who keep the site running smoothly and for the improvements being made. {nm} tallbridge Oct 20, 07:44

Thanks so much to the Board, Antibody, and The Unknown Tech for your work - appreciate all of you! {nm} journey Oct 20, 07:56

Couldn't have said it better. Thanks folks. {nm} Grunt Oct 20, 09:37

Thanks {nm} oneman Oct 20, 07:58