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Arash Massoudi

@arashmassoudi
43 posts
2026-01-28
The value of Tether's gold holdings has soared by more than $5bn as the world's biggest stablecoin company benefits from the precious metal's record-breaking rally. Tether held about 116 tonnes of gold at the end of September. ⁦@nikasgari⁩ https://www.ft.com/...
2026-01-28 View on X
Bloomberg

Paolo Ardoino says Tether now holds ~140 tons of gold, worth ~$23B, has been buying one to two tons per week, and plans to keep doing so for the next few months

There are roughly 370,000 nuclear bunkers in Switzerland, a legacy of the Cold War that are now rarely used.  One of them, though, is a hive of activity.

2025-12-22
FT Investigation Binance failed to stop hundreds of millions of dollars of cryptocurrency from flowing through suspicious accounts, even after promising to improve its conduct in a landmark $4.3bn US criminal settlement in 2023. https://www.ft.com/...
2025-12-22 View on X
Financial Times

Investigation: internal Binance files show it failed to stop hundreds of millions in crypto from flowing through suspicious accounts, even after a 2023 US deal

Leaked files show continued activity despite links to terror networks, failed ID checks and other red flags

2025-10-22
FT scoop Sequoia Capital's chief operating officer resigned over comments made by partner Shaun Maguire which she regarded as Islamophobic, as political debates sow division at one of Silicon Valley's most powerful venture capital firms. https://www.ft.com/...
2025-10-22 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: Sequoia COO Sumaiya Balbale resigned after the firm refused to discipline partner Shaun Maguire over his comments calling Zohran Mamdani “an Islamist”

Sumaiya Balbale left the venture firm after it decided not to discipline outspoken investor for posts about New York mayoral candidate

2025-03-18
NEW: Google parent Alphabet agrees to buy cyber security group Wiz for $32bn Deal is signed, scoop via @JFK_America https://www.ft.com/...
2025-03-18 View on X
The Verge

Alphabet acquires NYC-based cybersecurity startup Wiz for $32B cash, its largest acquisition yet, pending approval; antitrust fears stalled a $23B deal in 2024

The acquisition is Alphabet's biggest yet, after a $23 billion takeover attempt stalled last year.

2024-11-15
The FTC is preparing to launch an investigation into anti-competitive practices at Microsoft's Azure cloud biz, as the US regulator still pursues Big Tech in final weeks of Biden admin Big FT Scoop w @JFK_America⁩ ⁦@sjhmorris⁩ ⁦@stef_palma⁩ https://www.ft.com/...
2024-11-15 View on X
Financial Times

Sources: the US FTC plans to investigate allegations that Microsoft is abusing its market power in productivity software to prevent customers from leaving Azure

Unfortunately for big tech, JD Vance is a big fan of Lina Khan and has described here as “doing a pretty good job” so the election is unlikely to be a respite from FTC investigatio...

2024-02-22
This is a fascinating read by @HarrietAgnew For Americans who follow markets, it is worth reading this to see just how behind UK providers, technology and culture is on this stuff Hargreaves Lansdown: a former upstart targeted by new digital rivals https://www.ft.com/...
2024-02-22 View on X
Financial Times

How Bristol-based Hargreaves Lansdown became the UK's largest DIY investment platform, with 1.8M clients and £134B in assets, as new rivals weaken its dominance

Financial Times : X: @arashmassoudi , @sjhmorris , and @arjunneilalim X: Arash Massoudi / @arashmassoudi : This is a fascinating read by @HarrietAgnew For Americans who follow mar...

2023-03-29
“Distinctive accounting” https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-29 View on X
Financial Times

A profile of Swedish gaming company Embracer, whose growth via frantic dealmaking has raised questions of financial performance, accounting practices, and more

Financial Times : Tweets: @annasophiegross , @arashmassoudi , and @lordshipstrade Tweets: Anna Gross / @annasophiegross : Embracer has grown into Europe's biggest gaming group via...

2023-03-14
New VC firms are working on a long-shot plan to preserve parts of Silicon Valley Bank so it can keep serving clients in the tech sector One of the proposals being discussed is forming a consortium w/ Apollo Scoop w @GeorgeNHammond @Tabby_Kinder @sindap https://www.ft.com/...
2023-03-14 View on X
New York Times

Signature's and SVB's collapse was aided by GOP-led Dodd-Frank reforms that raised the “stress test” threshold from $50B to $250B, pushed for by SVB executives

Officials with Signature and Silicon Valley banks, which regulators seized in recent days, called for looser financial requirements for midsize banks.

2023-03-13
One for the record books Merger Monday AND Meltdown Monday 1) Pfizer to buy SeaGen for $43bn including debt 2) Silver Lake and CPPIB to buy Qualtrics for $12.5bn 3) HSBC to rescue SVB UK for £1 4) Sanofi to buy Provention Bio for $2.9bn Meanwhile all eyes on US regional banks
2023-03-13 View on X
U.S. Department of the Treasury

The US Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC say all Silicon Valley Bank depositors will be “fully” protected, and their money will be available on March 13

WASHINGTON, DC — The following statement was released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet L. Yellen …

One for the record books Merger Monday AND Meltdown Monday 1) Pfizer to buy SeaGen for $43bn including debt 2) Silver Lake and CPPIB to buy Qualtrics for $12.5bn 3) HSBC to rescue SVB UK for £1 4) Sanofi to buy Provention Bio for $2.9bn Meanwhile all eyes on US regional banks
2023-03-13 View on X
Reuters

HSBC plans to acquire Silicon Valley Bank UK for £1, citing “strategic sense for our business”; as of March 10, SVB UK had ~£5.5B loans and ~£6.7B deposits

HSBC (HSBA.L) said on Monday it is acquiring the UK subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank for 1 pound.

2022-12-15
Musk has sold four tranches of shares worth a total of almost $23bn since announcing his takeover of Twitter. It is the third sale since declaring in April there would be “no further TSLA sales” to support the deal. https://www.ft.com/...
2022-12-15 View on X
Financial Times

Filing: Elon Musk sells 22M Tesla shares, worth ~$3.6B, the fourth sale since announcing his Twitter takeover and third since declaring “no further TSLA sales”

Billionaire has sold $23bn of stock in EV group since announcing Twitter takeover

2022-11-15
Smart take on how silly Sequoia looks not only for investing in FTX but for deleting that (insane) article on SBF they commissioned from their website via @bradstone https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-11-15 View on X
Bloomberg

Sequoia's mishandling of its 14,000-word SBF profile by journalist Adam Fischer and then deleting it served no purpose other than to embarrass everyone involved

2022-09-20
Sept 2022 1yr performance of Chamath's Spacs Virgin Galactic -78%, Opendoor -78%, CloverHealth -72%, SoFi -68% S&P 500 -10% Berkshire Hathaway +1.5%
2022-09-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Chamath Palihapitiya plans to shutter two SPACs, the $1.15B Social Capital Hedosophia VI and $460M Social Capital IV, after failing to find acquisition targets

Chamath Palihapitiya said he is winding down two special purpose acquisition companies, including his largest ever …

Welp. It was only a matter of time... https://twitter.com/...
2022-09-20 View on X
Bloomberg

Chamath Palihapitiya plans to shutter two SPACs, the $1.15B Social Capital Hedosophia VI and $460M Social Capital IV, after failing to find acquisition targets

Chamath Palihapitiya said he is winding down two special purpose acquisition companies, including his largest ever …

2022-07-12
And here is the press release, which @peter_tl has dubbed “performance art” https://www.klarna.com/...
2022-07-12 View on X
Financial Times

Klarna confirms raising $800M at a $6.7B valuation, down from $46B in June 2021, including from new investors Mubadala and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board

Siddharth Venkataramakrishnan / Financial Times :

2022-05-18
Goldman Sachs will make $80m and JPMorgan will make $53m from advising Twitter IF (that's a gigantic if) the deal happens. https://www.sec.gov/...
2022-05-18 View on X
CNN

Twitter's board says it intends to “close the transaction” at the agreed price and “enforce the merger agreement”

New York CNN Business — … Who wants to own Twitter?  Maybe Elon Musk doesn't.  Sure, maybe he is causing chaos to extract a lower price from the Twitter board …

2022-05-17
Goldman Sachs will make $80m and JPMorgan will make $53m from advising Twitter IF (that's a gigantic if) the deal happens. https://www.sec.gov/...
2022-05-17 View on X
Bloomberg

Elon Musk says the Twitter deal “cannot move forward” until Twitter proves bots are <5% of users, claiming his offer is based on “SEC filings being accurate”

Elon Musk said he'll proceed with his $44 billion takeover of Twitter Inc. only if the social media giant … Source: @elonmusk .

2022-05-14
Elon has now tanked Twitter's share price, with a pretty questionable tweet on Friday the 13th. By doing so, he opens the door to re-cutting the deal at a much lower price or walking away. Has anyone on Wall Street ever toyed with stocks like Elon? https://www.ft.com/...
2022-05-14 View on X
Reuters

Elon Musk says his Twitter deal is “temporarily on hold” till a review of “spam/fake accounts”, but is “still committed to acquisition”; stock closes down 9.67%

Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) was temporarily on hold … Source: @elonmusk and @elonmusk .

Elon has now tanked Twitter's share price, with a pretty questionable tweet on Friday the 13th. By doing so, he opens the door to re-cutting the deal at a much lower price or walking away. Has anyone on Wall Street ever toyed with stocks like Elon? https://www.ft.com/...
2022-05-14 View on X
Bloomberg

By tweeting that his Twitter deal is “on hold”, Musk yet again commits “lite securities fraud” while laying the groundwork to walk away or renegotiate the price

Musk's Deal On Hold Politique Republic : Elon Musk is Paying Too Much for Twitter Chandraveer Mathur / iPhone Hacks : Elon Musk Says the $44 Billion Twitter Deal Is ‘on Hold’ Owen ...

2022-05-13
Elon has now tanked Twitter's share price, with a pretty questionable tweet on Friday the 13th. By doing so, he opens the door to re-cutting the deal at a much lower price or walking away. Has anyone on Wall Street ever toyed with stocks like Elon? https://www.ft.com/...
2022-05-13 View on X
Reuters

Elon Musk says his Twitter deal is “temporarily on hold” pending a review of “spam/fake accounts”, but he is “still committed to acquisition”; stock drops 5%+

Elon Musk said on Friday his $44-billion deal for Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) was temporarily on hold … Source: @elonmusk and @elonmusk .