“No dark sarcasm in the classroom”… U.S. high school seniors’ reading and math scores have dropped to their lowest levels in over two decades, reflecting a troubling nationwide academic decline.
“And now, the end is near”… The SEC’s internal watchdog determined that an agency employee earned over $200,000 trading a cryptocurrency-related stock that he was prohibited from holding.
“If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now”!!! Nasdaq submitted a proposal to the SEC to facilitate tokenized securities trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market to “support the evolution of the markets.”
Clash of cultures!!! Encyclopædia Britannica and Merriam-Webster sued Perplexity, an AI engine startup, alleging it plagiarized their definitions and content, scraped material without authorization and falsely attributed AI outputs to their brands, violating major copyright and trademark laws.
I am smiling so hard right now!!! The SEC filed a suit against three securities brokers, including a podcaster, alleging they sold unregistered oil and gas securities at the behest of sponsors of the associated unregistered offerings, raising a combined $82 million in exchange for transaction-based compensation.
Wrappers on memes??? Shares of crypto-treasury firms have plunged from peaks as investors have soured on the strategy even as Bitcoin surged 95% and Solana 69% over the past year: Strategy -35%, Metaplanet -68%, Smarter Web -70%, and DeFi Development -55%.
An extra ten years of Netflix??? Retro Biosciences, founded in 2021 and seeded with $180 million from Sam Altman, aims to extend human health-spans by ten years via cellular reprogramming, autophagy, and AI-designed drugs – raising $1 billion in a Series A and plans its first Alzheimer’s trial this year in Australia.
“Be vewy quiet, I’m hunting wabbits”!!! Global PE fundraising in H1 2025 totaled $384 billion, the weakest first half since 2020, as managers prioritize liquidity via secondaries, NAV financings, markdowns, and other tools to satisfy LP distribution demands. [note, in H1 2020 there was a virus going around]
“Oh, that ain’t workin’, that’s the way you do it, get your money for nothing”… A massive NPM supply-chain attack enabled malware to slip into essential JavaScript packages, posing a widespread threat to crypto users by stealthily replacing wallet addresses during transactions. Software wallets are particularly vulnerable, but hardware wallets with secure, user-verified screens offer more safety.
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