Litquidity

Tariffs, Espionage, and a new SEC Chair

Together with Good Morning, US markets emerged as the biggest loser from Trump's sweeping tariffs, with the S&P suffering its second-biggest market cap wipeout ever. The selloff was so deep that L/S funds erased any and all YTD gains in one day. Major players like Citadel aren't doing too good either. Interviews can be a …

A crypto foundation and startup partner to submit an offer to acquire U.S. TikTok operations

Together with Good Morning, US announced tariffs on virtually every country in a move dubbed 'Liberation Day.' The name is quite fitting considering how portfolios everywhere are being liberated from capital gains… Elsewhere, HR SaaS startup Deel's spy confessed and snitched on the CEO, PIMCO is offering private credit to governments, and Musk's merger of …

🚨 The market rallied ahead of the Trump administration’s “Liberation Day” tariff rollout, but will it hold today

Together with Good Morning, Citadel and Millennium extended losses in Q1, a16z is in talks to join the TikTok bid, another proxy firm advised against Goldman execs' pay, bond giants are looking abroad as US optimism fades, and US will announce highly-anticipated tariff plans at 4pm ET today. Deal teams from CVC to Warburg Pincus …

🏦 Big banks line up to take Circle public – Saylor makes another massive BTC purchase

Together with Good Morning, UMich eliminated DEI, middle market M&A is a bright spot in the recent dealmaking slowdown, Deloitte emerged as the biggest loser from DOGE cuts, Zuckerberg is trying to enlist Trump to fight EU regulations, OpenAI closed on the largest private tech funding round ever, and NYSE Texas debuted with its first …

U.S. President Donald Trump has pardoned three co-founders of the BitMEX cryptocurrency exchange: Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo and Samuel Reed.

Sponsored by Good Morning, Blackstone missed targets for its latest buyout fund, PE firms are glutted by unsold firms, Glass Lewis recommended voting against Goldman execs' pay, tariffs are putting Asia's export model to the test, and Europe stocks are outperforming US by record margin as tariff threats heat up. Invest in institutional-caliber private markets …

🚨 23andMe got acquired and now they want to go into the blockchain?

Together with Good Morning, US corporate profits surged to a record high in Q4, DOJ launched a deregulatory task force, CoreWeave's IPO underwhelmed, and MBA applications rebounded after years of declines. Bitcoin Depot, the biggest Bitcoin ATM network in North America, has its eyes set on global expansion and wants the key retail trader segment …