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As the "Bank of Startups", Silicon Valley Bank collapsed from its exposure to interest-rate risk, a lack of diversity among depositors, and VC herd mentality (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

March 11, 2023

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: As the “Bank of Startups”, Silicon Valley Bank collapsed from its exposure to interest-rate risk,…

Analysis of Elon Musk's reported attempts to raise more money through an equity sale at an absurd price, why his successor's job will be unenviable, and more (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

December 19, 2022

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Analysis of Elon Musk’s reported attempts to raise more money through an equity sale at…

SBF's "carelessness" fraud defense, after misrepresenting risk management and funneling customer money to Alameda, is a confession the SEC sees straight through (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

December 14, 2022

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: SBF’s “carelessness” fraud defense, after misrepresenting risk management and funneling customer money to Alameda, is…

Unpacking the 2022 crypto credit crisis and its parallels with the 2008 financial crisis by analyzing Three Arrows Capital's collapse, FTX's implosion, and more (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

December 6, 2022

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Unpacking the 2022 crypto credit crisis and its parallels with the 2008 financial crisis by…

Analysis of FTX's calamitous balance sheet and Serum, a coin and protocol created by FTX, marked as the largest "deliverable" asset at ~$5.4B before November 8 (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

November 14, 2022

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Analysis of FTX’s calamitous balance sheet and Serum, a coin and protocol created by FTX,…

Questions about FTX's "liquidity crunch" and Binance's offer to buy the smaller exchange, likely for a fraction of its valuation of tens of billions of dollars (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

November 8, 2022

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Questions about FTX’s “liquidity crunch” and Binance’s offer to buy the smaller exchange, likely for…

Elon Musk absolutely did not fire top Twitter executives, including Parag Agrawal, for "cause", as you can easily tell by reading their employment agreements (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

November 1, 2022

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Elon Musk absolutely did not fire top Twitter executives, including Parag Agrawal, for “cause”, as…

An in-depth look at crypto and blockchains: the underlying tech, its uses and meaning, the crypto financial system, and trust, money, and community (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

October 25, 2022

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: An in-depth look at crypto and blockchains: the underlying tech, its uses and meaning, the…

Musk will likely focus more on "Mudge" Zatko's claims about Twitter's security practices instead of bots, potentially a better way to fight the acquisition deal (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

August 29, 2022

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Musk will likely focus more on “Mudge” Zatko’s claims about Twitter’s security practices instead of…

Musk, who wanted to "defeat the spam bots", is lying when he says bots are why he's backing away from buying Twitter at $54.20/share, amid tech stocks' downturn (Matt Levine/Bloomberg)

May 17, 2022

[ad_1] Matt Levine / Bloomberg: Musk, who wanted to “defeat the spam bots”, is lying when he says bots are…