Another big crypto scoop from team @FT

It's "crypto week" in Washington, and also at Cantor Fitzgerald. The firm long led by Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and now his sons is finalizing a $4bn+ bitcoin buying deal with one of its many Spacs. Read the @FT scoop here: www.ft.com/content/a4a3...

If you want to understand finance, you have to watch the big private capital groups. Fascinating read by @antoinegara.bsky.social on how they are drifting apart on strategy - Blackstone sticking to a fee-based approach, while Apollo and KKR embrace insurance-powered models www.ft.com/content/cbac...

My colleague @pollard.bsky.social and I look at what could be one of the biggest policy decisions of Trump's administration -- and the multibillion-dollar hedge fund windfall among some of his most ardent supporters that hangs in the balance. www.ft.com/content/d6d6...

TMTG confirms our reporting less than a day after calling the FT "dumb." ir.tmtgcorp.com/news-events/...

BIG scoop from team @FT President Trump's media company is preparing to raise $3bn to buy cryptocurrencies like bitcoin. The move comes as Trump promises pro-crypto regulation & administration officials will soon descend on Vegas for an industry confab. www.ft.com/content/cc55...

Our scoop earlier this week on President Trump's consideration of an executive order to further propel private equity funds into 401k savings plans. www.ft.com/content/aeda... The FT will have some follow up reporting and analysis soon.

FT SCOOP: US venture capital giant Andreessen Horowitz is in talks to invest in TikTok as part of an effort led by Trump to wrest control of the popular video app from its Chinese owners on.ft.com/4iXce94 w @antoinegara.bsky.social @ivanlevingston.bsky.social & @georgehammond.bsky.social

CoreWeave, the cloud computing group seeking to launch a blockbuster $32bn IPO, violated several key terms of a $7.6bn loan last year, triggering a series of so-called technical defaults. Full details only in the FT, w/ @tabbykinder.bsky.social and @antoinegara.bsky.social on.ft.com/4c4F44x

@antoinegara.bsky.social named US private equity and deals editor at @financialtimes.com: talkingbiznews.com/media-news/f...

luv the victorian meets hi tech aesthetic www.ft.com/content/3fc1...

Really great color piece on the souring of the dealmaking market from New Orleans. Also FT was first to spot the vibe shift in January. @sindap @JFK_America @mroliverbarnes www.ft.com/content/68ab...

What Jared Kushner did next—The president’s son-in-law has built a global business in part with relationships from his time in the first Trump White House. www.ft.com/content/da95... @financial-times.bsky.social @antoinegara.bsky.social

Always mildly disconcerting when after a heavy installation project there are a few screws and washers left over. Anyhow, onwards…

An M&A scoop for the Bluesky @sindap.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/e341...

A kingdom for a sprig of rosemary.

Prediction: The cyclopentane is the next frontier for comfortable home living and the design of the modern kitchen.

5th ave. threads, 6th st. cred

Many a Christmas day I reflect on friends and family, goals I set that were accomplished and the ones that were missed. Lessons learned. Personal and mental wellness and which global mega conglomerate was able to reach my soul. www.ft.com/content/5cbd...

The tables have turned #Yankees #Hal m.youtube.com/watch?v=PlKD...

Order of importance, general health or finishing the leftovers?

… guests. Crap.

A scoop before Thanksgiving: BlackRock has a handshake deal to buy HPS Investment Partners, as it looks to bolster its alternative investment business with the addition of one of the biggest private credit groups @arashmassoudi.bsky.social @brookeamasters.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/971b...

…running out of thyme

ChatGPT: “how do I cook a turkey. Why is there so much rosemary in the fridge. Do these carrots have any use? Celery??? The recipe says turnips but that seems skippable.”

China’s defence minister placed under investigation for corruption www.ft.com/content/6414...

Core, always taking one for the team….

Mubadala Capital agrees C$12.1bn deal for Canadian asset manager CI Financial Asset management subsidiary of Abu Dhabi’s state investment fund seeks more exposure in North America on.ft.com/49awcsS via @antoinegara.bsky.social Chloe Cornish @financialtimes.com

Generally, I’m pro tourist... sometimes. But I just walked by someone comparing Grand Central terminal to Caesar’s Palace and the Venetian in Las Vegas.

The drama for the treasury secretary post www.ft.com/content/1ef2...

@sindap.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/4887...

Marc Rowan emerges as a top contender to be Donald Trump’s Treasury secretary www.ft.com/content/cbe0...

Dig Inn by Gowanus, not great to travel to via canoe. But the L train is serviceable. Good for a 15 minute lunch that does the trick. Fuel to redouble all efforts to cover #transactions

And so it begins….? www.ft.com/content/d7f9...

… another happy Stew Leonard’s customer

The #Jets will win again when it rains again in New York City.

trying to golf my way back into shape. Results so far inconclusiv3

From cold calls to a $1.3bn fund backed by Wall Street royalty. How a duo of millennial John’s Hopkins classmates won the backing of Kravis, Druckenmiller… and Giannis. www.ft.com/content/3904...

Harvard degree? Know the Yale school song, or have fond memories of slugging back cheesesteaks at UPenn, or walked uphill both ways to class at Cornell? This guy doesn't want to hire you. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Always measure before assembling… always measure before assembling…

Defining movie of the era? m.youtube.com/watch?v=gj5i...

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