The Weekend Shift: Crypto, Banking, Politics •
Welcome to the 110th Weekend Shift!
What’s the deal? Over the weekend, we’ll update this post with some of the most interesting articles, podcasts, charts, and opinion pieces we’re too busy to write about.
OK, only crypto? Not necessarily. We do that Monday to Friday, so we try to explore new subjects on weekends.
Feel free to join in and submit entries on Twitter. Any topic is fair game.
March 18
The Context: 🏦 Signature and the last days of cryptocurrency banking
— Protos (@Protos) March 17, 2023
Latest from @BennettTomlin
Read: https://t.co/PlgS5PUyhZ pic.twitter.com/NHb7KTDRaT
Before this bird site collapses… https://t.co/j1W7YlmJxD pic.twitter.com/cidJlTZxY7
— Protos (@Protos) March 17, 2023
China says President Xi Jinping will visit Russia from Monday to Wednesday in an apparent show of support for Russian President Vladimir Putin https://t.co/qAwtfYSA57
— TIME (@TIME) March 17, 2023
Breaking News: The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin of Russia for war crimes. The court said that Putin bore individual criminal responsibility for the abduction and deportation of Ukrainian children. https://t.co/FM93YQ3uMA pic.twitter.com/t2fh3FjNdJ
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 17, 2023
Korean crypto streamer Satto got liquidated for just under $1,000,000 on a live stream just now.
— exitscammed (@exitscammed) March 14, 2023
Meanwhile, his chat is shtting on him.
Brutal pic.twitter.com/qhbUXzXePJ
🚨BREAKING: Youtubers promoting FTX are being sued in a class action lawsuit. Claiming $1 billion in damages. 😬💀 pic.twitter.com/n2rg4k302P
— Coffeezilla (@coffeebreak_YT) March 16, 2023
You can't make this up.
— fart conneisseur the third (@fartconthird) March 16, 2023
Euler exploiter just sent 100 ETH to a victim after finding out he has been a link marine for the last six years. pic.twitter.com/mZa6zbpWAP
Alameda co-chief Caroline Ellison got 75% less in bonuses than male counterpart https://t.co/5eqafrYoF5
— Protos (@Protos) March 16, 2023
Would you subscribe to a Caroline Ellison only fans
— LWT (@LWTTrading) March 12, 2023
Oh how is this a shocker? https://t.co/9MrqHMUREX
— Victoria Brownworth (@VABVOX) March 16, 2023
How Raoul Pal’s Real Vision left its audience in the dark.. Seems like its time for @RaoulGMI to come clean $SI $Sbny @FTX_Official https://t.co/hYHsnwbUJV
— Marc Cohodes (@AlderLaneEggs) March 16, 2023
Protesters have disrupted traffic in Paris as angry critics, political opponents and labor unions around France blasted President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to force a bill raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 through parliament without a vote. https://t.co/uTpfGioBqq
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 17, 2023
Retirement age in France is too low. That’s a legit issue.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 18, 2023
Kia and Hyundai thefts have boomed by as much as 900% in some US cities, Insider’s @BrittaLokting writes.
— Insider (@thisisinsider) March 16, 2023
So, what’s the cause of this wild car-theft spree? It all started with a viral TikTok. ⬇️https://t.co/HEqddzyfbo
#AuctionUpdate Adam Lindemann’s 1974 Ducati 750 Super Sport sells for $189k pic.twitter.com/lB6gVR879g
— Christie's (@ChristiesInc) March 10, 2023
The U.S. West Coast is getting pounded by an unusually wet season following two decades of drought, creating havoc on roads, endangering homes and residents https://t.co/hXCZVRammZ pic.twitter.com/H8JmyHux05
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 17, 2023
Tokyo’s cherry blossoms have begun blooming, tying records set in 2020 and 2021 for the earliest start dates on record. https://t.co/f1QiCUHRo1
— VICE World News (@VICEWorldNews) March 14, 2023
1/ Silvergate’s liquidation has contributed to a drop in crypto and US bank stock prices.
— Protos (@Protos) March 10, 2023
Short sellers have made $780M on Silvergate, down 98% from a November ‘21 peak.
How did the crypto-friendly bank get here? pic.twitter.com/B0det7lIWj
March 19
Hey if you’re a financial journalist pretending that Sun is actually going to buy CS, stop doing that, he won’t https://t.co/ljWRc1D0RH
— @[email protected] (@BennettTomlin) March 19, 2023
BREAKING: UBS agreed to buy Credit Suisse in a historic, government-brokered deal https://t.co/53X0fLvesb pic.twitter.com/lkV90WqitP
— Bloomberg (@business) March 19, 2023
“No buyer at this juncture wants to feel they’re paying 2021 or 2020 prices.” Price reductions for L.A.'s ultraluxury properties are ramping up amid a broader market slowdown. https://t.co/XkvX0MUaFq
— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) March 19, 2023
About 16 billion Swiss francs ($17.3 billion) of Credit Suisse bonds have become worthless after a takeover of the firm by UBS https://t.co/QJskUibmnV
— Bloomberg Markets (@markets) March 19, 2023
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