Exchange Invest 2609: Gazza Preps The Battlefield
HSBC bought SVB UK for the typical nominal pound. In the US… nada. Well, there was the usual round of lawsuits - God bless America - of course… and the GOP blamed the Dems who blamed Trump as I mentioned yesterday.
Exchange Invest 2608: S-Bank Hell
Moscow profits jump as the market battles to escape the ravages of Putin’s Ukrainian invasion while over in crypto, it’s another day of Bitcarnage leading to a stressful weekend for many.
Exchange Invest 2606: FTC Still Says No
…Then again it’s spot on when asked of Chairman Behnam who has been discredited by his frat boy cheerleading for SBF / FTX while ‘regulating’ FTX.US all the way to a $116 million client shortfall under his watch.
Exchange Invest 2605: $7.2mln For Eris
How ironic, it took the crypto kiddies years to get a bank onside and then they all rushed for the exits when their very own crypto bank was threatened - distributed pragmatism or distributed cowardice?
Exchange Invest 2604: ICE Black Knight Alter Deal
SBF is guilt free as we know so therefore intermediation is a dirty word when it comes to liquidators (but curiously acceptable when it comes to crypto exchanges who charge percentage fees that would make CME / ICE et al blush-
Exchange Invest 2603: NYSE Posits Reform
At just what point does SBF actually lose his freedom as a result of not merely using VPNs and generally breaking bail terms but also looking like a slam dunk for a long spell after a verdict which will - heaven forfend - pronounce him guilty?
Exchange Invest 2602: $8.9 bln FTX Shortfall
So after the property exposés, the billion dollar loans, the PJs on demand, the Nassau executive car fleet, at least one incredible Daiquiri bill and of course a serious operation aimed at buying the US government…
Exchange Invest Weekend Edition 2601: Who Destroyed Nord Stream?
- 4 more charges for SBF as his head of engineering bids for some element of clemency and pleads guilty to being CC-1
Exchange Invest 2600: Refinitiv Deal Working?
The question today is not so much how aligned Coinbase may be but rather is there going to be an attempt to take down Binance given it continues to attract the ‘FUD-4!’ folk amongst even the US political establishment?
Exchange Invest 2599: FTC Blocking ICE Black Knight
Coinbase campaign reminds me of the magnificent moment in “Yes Minister” when Cabinet Minister Jim Hacker is informed the PM may close his Ministry for Administrative Affairs.
Exchange Invest 2598: CC-1 Charged
Euronext has an interesting MTF punt via MTS in IRS while the group’s tentative bid for AllFunds has already been withdrawn…
Exchange Invest 2597: Tadawul Profits Fall
Tadawul profits fall while those who received FTX donations to their political campaigns have a binary of repay today or face liquidator litigation tomorrow…
Exchange Invest 2596: CHESS Costs Users ¼ Billion
The European Commission has banned all staff from using TikTok. Not sure that’s a big loss for the platform in terms of content generation?
