“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 that the prosecution was part of the Biden administration’s “war on cryptocurrency.”
This year!!! Acting CFTC Chair Caroline Pham said the agency expects listed spot crypto trading to go live this year, as they move quickly to implement the White House’s recommendations to enable digital asset trading and innovation.
“Give me liberty or give me death”!!! The Investor Choice Advocates Network filed a lawsuit in the Ninth Circuit challenging the SEC’s definition of “accredited investor,” arguing that the current wealth and income-based thresholds improperly restrict access to private offerings.
“But time makes you bolder”… U.S. margin debt has exceeded $1 trillion, the highest in history and nearly 2% of the S&P 500’s total market value, signaling that heavy use of borrowed money is amplifying both market gains and potential fragility.
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes”… tZERO, the ICE-backed ATS for tokenized securities and digital assets, is reportedly exploring an IPO to expand its regulated platform that facilitates trading of securities, crypto, and derivatives.
“I’m asking you sugar, would I lie to you”??? Federal prosecutors and the SEC indicted Joshua Wander, co-founder of 777 Partners, for defrauding real-estate lenders and investors of $500 million through false collateral, fabricated bank statements and misleading preferred-equity sales.
“Hush, keep it down now, voices carry”… FINRA is investigating firms that facilitate the public listing of small, thinly traded foreign micro-cap companies because these vehicles are increasingly used in suspected pump-and-dump schemes, where share prices are inflated artificially and then collapse after insiders sell.
“Love lift us up where we belong”… Since the SEC approved the first US spot-bitcoin ETFs in January 2024, Wall Street has significantly embraced digital assets – now Morgan Stanley, Fidelity and State Street are opening access for retail investors. Bitcoin is up 63% and Ether 56% over the past year, while the broader sector still contends with scams, meme-coins and conflicts of interest.
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