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NYT hosted annual Dealbook summit, where SBF was interviewed live for over an hour and said things like “I’ve had a bad month”. It’s surprising that he would agree to talk for that long on air given what’s been happening….Maybe his strategy is to try to endear himself to the public? I honestly am not sure what the upside is here…
More details emerging about what was happening behind the scenes when FTX first started imploding
263k jobs added in November and jobless rate remains low at 3.7%
Austan Goolsbee, former economic advisor to Obama, named as next President of Chicago Fed. (His class was one of my favorites during the MBA.)
FinTechs oversaw a high number of fraudulent COVID/PPP loans
Trouble at crypto firm Genesis? Allegedly some customers say they are owed $1.8B
Etc.
New York is searching for a rat czar to take care of its growing rat problem
World Cup pictures so far. It’s been such a fun one to watch so far.
🎥 Knives Out: Glass Onion (the sequel to the fantastic original) was also pretty fun
📺 The White Lotus season 2 has made me look forward to Sunday evenings. And the reddit thread conspiracy theories have been just as good.
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