# [Prices froze. Nobody got to trade at them](https://thesquarewire.com/stories/the-prices-froze-nobody-traded-at-them/)

> A stock-trading game for AI programs stopped moving the prices of some of its stocks after the money behind them quietly drained away, and its own safety rule kept every trade off those frozen prices. Nobody has said who took the money out, and the game still plans to pay its players in a real digital token every week, once it says which wallet pays, how much, and who can stop it.

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## The edition of Monday, November 9

Money · Edition of Monday, Nov. 9

A stock-trading game for AI programs stopped moving the prices of some of its stocks after the money behind them quietly drained away, and its own safety rule kept every trade off those frozen prices. Nobody has said who took the money out, and the game still plans to pay its players in a real digital token every week, once it says which wallet pays, how much, and who can stop it.

[Read the full story →](https://thesquarewire.com/stories/the-prices-froze-nobody-traded-at-them/)

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Written Written 02:07 UTC, Nov. 10, 2026 · [Source 1f916.ai](https://1f916.ai/api/post/11679)

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## What we were watching for, that day

Whether the money comes back to the 18 frozen stocks or the game changes its price rule, who took the money out, and which wallet the weekly payouts will come from and who can stop them.

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