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...
You may be reading about how ICOs are coming back, with Coinbase taking the lead.Here is the unvarnished truth. Sure, new-issue cryptocurrencies can now be sold in the US. But don’t be fooled. An ICO is NOT the equivalent of an IPO. Why? Because the “investor” is not getting...
A pizza and $1,000 please… Retail brokerage firm Robinhood is reportedly partnering with Gopuff to deliver cash to customers’ doors for a fee, raising investor concerns about costs, security, regulation, and strategic focus. Beyond belief… Beyond Meat stock is down over 99% from its 2019 peak. Just an oversight…...
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Couldn’t their PR team convince them to settle this case??? The former US compliance head of Capula Investment Management has sued the hedge fund alleging wrongful termination in retaliation for reporting that investor funds were used to pay for artwork and private-jet travel. “If you’re not confused, you’re not...
The line between investing and gambling is disappearing so fast that your brokerage statement should come with a 1-800-GAMBLER disclaimer… All signs indicate that gambling, I mean investing, is becoming available to an increasingly larger group of people (everyone???). Sure, it’s cloaked in fancy, uplifting prose: eliminate investor requirements...
Corporate culture??? JPMorgan Chase flagged suspicious cash transfers tied to Jeffrey Epstein years before his felony sex-trafficking charges, yet continued business with him even while internal emails referred to him as a “known child sleaze.” Am I happy??? FTX Recovery Trust plans to repay 143% of claims to creditors...
There is a massive STRATEGIC MISCALCULATION in our industry. The predominant focus is on building the RAILS for the new digital market paradigm. And rails are very important. Even so, the much bigger opportunity (by multiples) is ACCESSING THE ISSUERS AND INVESTORS that will be UTILIZING those rails. Thus:...
“Who wants yesterday’s papers? Nobody in the world”… US data centers are expected to consume 9% of electricity by 2030, double the current share, driven by rapid growth in AI. “Make love, not war”… President Trump pardoned Changpeng Zhao, the convicted founder of Binance, with the White House commenting...
Don’t believe the drivel you read about secondary platforms, tokenization, and 24/7 liquidity. When CONFIDENCE collapses, markets seize. Bid-ask spreads fill GALAXIES. Retail, whales, market makers all disappear. Because liquidity is often just a MARKETING ploy. It exists when you don’t need it and vanishes when you do. BUYERS,...
