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Matt Levine

Bloomberg Opinion Columnist

Matt Levine is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former investment banker at Goldman Sachs, he was a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz; a clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit; and an editor of Dealbreaker.

President Trump Holds Press Conference With Musk As He Departs DOGE

Money Stuff

Musk Has Money and xAI Wants Some

Also the Windsurf deal, duct cleaning, tokenization and HYPE.

Crypto.com And Kalshi’s Super Bowl Wagers Probed By US Regulator

Money Stuff

Do Your Betting With Your Broker

Gambling losses, hedge-fund AI agents, Hunterbrook, legal fees and self-publishing.

Goldman Sachs Ahead Of Earnings

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Goldman Wants Quarterly Loyalty Updates

Also a gold treasury company, spot-fixing, anti-woke funds and a Buffett bet.

CME Group Rings In New Year With Trading Floor Confetti Drop

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Floor Traders Want Their Seats Back

CME, Diet ARK, no-dividend ETF, more Jane Street options and vending machines.

National Stock Exchange (NSE) in Mumbai

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Jane Street’s Indian Options Trade Was Too Good

SEBI, MSOs, America Party.

PepsiCo Products Ahead Of Earnings Figures

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AI Is Bad at Snacks

AI rollups, tokenization, arbitrage consulting, gambling loss deductions and stress test positioning.

Key Speakers At Bitcoin 2025

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The Stocks Will Be Tokenized

Also BlackRock and privates, Vanguard and privates, the Paramount settlement and Enron 2.0.

Rapid Coronavirus Testing At Russia's Sheremetyevo International Airport

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A Drug-Trial Stock Sale

INmune, Linqto, SRT financing, bank AI agents and the AI pay wars.

SEC Dangles $50,000 Incentive For Employees To Resign Or Retire

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Insider Trading on SEC Filings

Edgar typesetting, private credit, security-based swaps and AI pay.

Rockets, Teslas, a Giant Head: Musk Adds a Texas City to Empire

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Anyone Can Sell You SpaceX Stock

Forwards, startup quasi-exits, crypto for mortgages, CFA embezzlement and FELINE PRIDES.

San Diego Padres v Arizona Diamondbacks

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You Can’t Exactly Buy Stock in Athletes

Also private credit trading desks and PRIMEs and SCOREs.

US Stocks Gain As Fed’s Waller Offers Hope On July Rate Cut

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Everything Is an ETF Now

Autocallables, Microsoft Strips, BNB treasury strategy and on-cycle recruiting.

Flagship British High Street Industries Face Ruin Without Urgent State Support

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Malaysian Fryer Oil Arbitrage

Also meta-acquihires, investment bank fees and AI is securities fraud.

US House Committees To Begin Debate On Trump Tax Cuts On Tuesday

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Lawyers Are Mad About SALT

Also AI signing bonuses, stablecoin regulation and sports contract lawsuits.

Crypto.com And Kalshi’s Super Bowl Wagers Probed By US Regulator

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It's Not Gambling, It's Predicting

Ohio Gambling Recovery, negative greeniums, pizza delivery manipulation and Edgar modernization.

Key Speakers At Bitcoin 2025

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There’s a Tron Treasury Company

Also golden shares, equity analyst RTO, Bally’s Chicago and Pentagon pizza data.

Voyager Technologies Debuts Initial Public Offering At NYSE

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High-Speed Traders Slow Down

Tower, 4 p.m. bond trades, staked Ether ETFs and on-cycle recruiting.

Key Speakers At The Bloomberg Screentime Conference

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The Appraisal Trade Is Back

Endeavor, Scale AI, private equity recruiting, TikTok and home equity securitization.

Billionaire Khosla, California Face Off in Beach Access Trial

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People Are Worried About Private Market Liquidity

Also SREIT, crypto treasury companies, tariff trades, FCPA and Nikola.

Goldman Sachs Ahead Of Earnings Figures

Money Stuff

The Banks Are Re-Tranching

Also private equity recruiting, a Ferretti buyback, a different Goldman and is Musk v. Trump securities fraud?