What??? SEC enforcement actions fell to their lowest level in eight years in 2025 as staffing declined and Chairman Atkins shifted priorities toward fraud and individual wrongdoing.
“However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results”… Bitcoin is down about 1% over the past year, while Strategy Inc., a DAT Bitcoin-treasury company holding over 200,000 BTC financed partly with debt, has is down 63%.
Clearly the most qualified person for the job!!! Don Don Donki’s 24-year-old heir is preparing to take control of the $21 billion Japanese retail empire as the founder steps back amid health concerns and a long-planned leadership transition.
Not very hospitable!!! Sonder raised $680 million from VC in 2019 at a unicorn valuation, but just entered Chapter 7 liquidation, exposing how misaligned venture-style expectations were with its operationally intensive real-estate hospitality business.
“Things that are covered don’t heal well”… BlackRock waived millions in CLO management fees after loan defaults caused the deal to fail key over-collateralization tests, preventing a cash-flow diversion trigger amid growing credit softening across the booming private-credit market.
“Starting right now I’ll be strong, hey I’ll play my fight song”!!! DigitalBridge closed its $11.7 billion DBP III AI-driven digital infrastructure investment platform to fund data centers, fiber, towers, and cloud networks amid surging global demand for capacity, next-generation computing, and digital infrastructure.
“When I’m out walking I strut my stuff, and I’m so strung out”… Porsche’s 2025 profit collapsed 99% from €4 billion to €40 million after an aggressive all-in EV pivot, retooling plants, dropping top gas models, and burning cash – it now plans layoffs, price hikes, and a slower hybrid-combustion strategy.
“Leverage works both ways – it can make you rich or bankrupt”… A sharp crypto selloff caused over $2 billion in forced liquidations (automatic closures of leveraged positions when collateral drops too low) in one day, wiping out 406,526 traders in 24 hours and illustrating how leverage can accelerate market crashes through cascading forced selling.
Geoff and Grady, I hope you’re thinking Corporate Currency®️!!! Project B is a new international women’s basketball league founded by Skype’s Geoff Prentice and ex-Facebook exec Grady Burnett planning seven global tournaments, $2 million-plus salaries, and player equity. Having signed stars like Nneka Ogwumike and Jewell Loyd, the $5 billion venture could upend women’s sports.
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