By Special Feature by Forbes Asia

What 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.

The room froze as one command line appeared—quietly holding the blueprint of financial warfare.

“This line of code,” he said, “is what beat Wall Street.”

Then he added: “And you’re going to improve it.”

## The Code That Outplayed Wall Street

Godmode—formally known as System 72—emerged after 12 years and 71 failures.

It marries algorithmic speed with emotional insight, producing near-psychic trades.

It scrapes Reddit threads, decodes Fed speech stress levels, reads derivatives flow, and parses tweet tone.

“Markets aren’t equations,” Plazo explains. “They’re emotional theaters.”

What followed was a masterclass in predictive finance.

It predicted the 2024 tech rally. It anticipated 2025’s altcoin run—48 hours early.

Plazo’s firm made billions.

## Then Came the Twist

In Manila’s financial district, Joseph Plazo said something unthinkable.

“It’s time the world had this,” he declared.

The room froze. One exec dropped his pen. Another asked if it was satire.

He wasn’t licensing the code. He wasn’t monetizing it. He was giving away the brain of the most profitable AI in finance.

“Genius shouldn’t be hoarded,” Plazo told Forbes. “It should be cultivated.”

## The Educational Revolution That Followed

In days, academic labs began rewriting what AI could do with the System 72 core.

Singaporean students created trading bots. In Taipei, it powered disaster simulations. In Seoul, it optimized electric grid forecasting.

“This could be AI’s Gutenberg moment,” one Singapore professor claimed.

Even the IMF quietly requested a trial.

## Critics, Controversy, and the Ethics of Genius

Naturally, the elite weren’t thrilled.

“He’s playing with fire,” said a Wall Street analyst.

But Plazo didn’t blink.

“You don’t blame the scalpel,” he said. “You train the hand.”

You can access the mind. You still need to build the body.

“We gave the world the brain,” he said. “Now let’s see who builds the best nervous system.”

## Real Stories from the Ground

A mother in the Philippines built a tech business after studying the open-source code.

Vietnamese undergrads used the model to stabilize food market risk.

In Mumbai, a student cried as he shared: “I never thought I’d understand markets. Now I build AI.”

## The Philosophy That here Powers the Gift

Why give away billions in code? “Because intelligence spreads best when it’s not caged,” he said.

Knowledge is infrastructure—not a luxury item.

“We’ve spent decades treating code like gold. I treat it like electricity,” he said.

## Conclusion: The Joystick Is Yours Now

He surveys the room—young minds, old dreams, and new tools.

“Markets were my test bed,” he says. “Empowerment is the real product.”

In a world of closed systems, Joseph Plazo did the unthinkable: he handed the joystick to the world.

The next market genius? They might not be in Manhattan. They might be in Mumbai, Manila, or Seoul—with the blueprint in hand.