Lloyds has identified Curve as a strategically important acquisition target as the bank intensifies its focus on payments infrastructure and technology-driven services under CEO Charlie Nunn.
Hedge funds' net shorts in e-mini S&P 500 futures are up 61.3% week over week. Volatility bears were probably hoping that VIX would at least trade with a 14 handle by now. That has not been the case.
It might be correct to say that the recently passed Genius Act validated the existence of stablecoins with a regulatory framework and paves the way for greater adoption. The stocks (rather than coins) are mostly for infrastructure.
Here's a stock whose chart shows a Marianas Trench formation, which has reverse split again and again and again and is dropping daily, and whose CEO has a resume that shouldn't get him as a job as a dogcatcher.
Mark Cuban spent years on "Shark Tank," where he often invested in companies he could help or could use with his NBA team. Here's one of the exceptions he made.
This partial ‘flight to crap’ is speculative. Also, it has more room to run before it reaches the full-fledged stage. Thus, the current stock market bubble could turn into a mega bubble before it ultimately collapses.
In an era of ETF dominance and passive investing, understanding broad market participation becomes even more critical for active managers seeking genuine alpha rather than expensive beta.
