2025-04-05
I am shocked that the great IPO recovery of 2025 has failed to materialize...
Bloomberg
Sources: StubHub, Klarna, eToro, and adtech group MNTN have paused their IPO plans as President Trump's trade war upends the global economy and public markets
Billions of dollars worth of acquisitions and initial public offerings are on hold as Donald Trump's trade war upends the global economy …
2023-03-22
When @balajis tells you outright fabrications that are easily disproven, e.g. “Chinese banks are soaring as Western banks are failing”, please ask “Why are you reading this now?” He's not a dummy, which means he's selling ewe something. https://twitter.com/...
Bloomberg
A look at Balaji Srinivasan's proposed $1M bitcoin bet, predicting one BTC will be worth $1M+ in 90 days, which makes little sense besides attracting attention
It is sometimes useful to think that the shareholders of a bank are not its owners; they are just renting it from its creditors.
2022-04-19
TL;DR. Unregulated Bank loaned $181MM for a 51% attack and was repaid with no losses (to the bank). https://twitter.com/...
The Block
Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol using Ethereum, was exploited for ~$182M in various crypto assets by someone who had amassed governance tokens
In what can only be sort of described as an attack, a “hacker” … Bill Toulas / BleepingComputer : Beanstalk DeFi platform loses $182 million in flash-load attack Scott D. Clary / S...
2022-04-18
TL;DR. Unregulated Bank loaned $181MM for a 51% attack and was repaid with no losses (to the bank). https://twitter.com/...
The Block
Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol using Ethereum, was exploited for ~$182M in various crypto assets by someone who had amassed governance tokens
Beanstalk, a credit-focused stablecoin protocol built on Ethereum, was exploited Sunday morning.
2021-06-07
“Mallers framed Bukele's announcement as pushing back against “unprecedented monetary expansion.” He placed particular blame on the Fed Reserve for “crushing emerging markets” such as El Salvador's dollarized economy by printing greenbacks ad-nauseum.”🙄 https://www.coindesk.com/...
CNBC
El Salvador's president unveils a bill to adopt bitcoin as legal tender, partnering with payments startup Strike, in a bid to become the first nation to do so
Here's What That Means Michael McSweeney / The Block : El Salvador's president announces legislative proposal to declare bitcoin legal tender Chris Williams / Crypto Briefing : El ...