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Credit Suisse was once the most trusted bank in the world with 166 years of solid track record
Now its stock is down -97% and it's biggest shareholder has refused to provide any capital assistance
It might be failing in front of our eyes
The 2nd and 3rd largest bank failures in US history just happened
But over the weekend, the US government stepped in to bail out both
Here's what that actually means
3/ It's truly wild
SVB went from one of the most important banks in the startup world with 8,500 employees, to being sold for scraps in the span of 30 hours
1/ To understand this situation is to understand SVB's place within the startup ecosystem
SVB situated itself as the bank for founders
Just signed a fat Series A? Put the money in SVB
3/ With all that money rolling in, SVB wanted to put the money to work
They ended up buying $80 billion in Mortgage Backed Securities (MBS) with an average yield of 1.5%
2/ And lots of people we're signing fat Series A's back at the start of the pandemic
Deposits in SVB grew from $60 billion in 2019 to over $189 billion in 2022
9/ A hilariously bad and convoluted press release yesterday only served to make investors more nervous
over the past two trading days SVB is down over 70% and its still falling
11/ All of this has obviously spooked founders as well
Lots of VCs have jumped in to advise founders to get their money out of SVB
that's sparked a bank run
7/ Since it was in a more precarious position than before, SVB decided to sell some securities (at a loss) in order to give themselves a little breathing room
the idea was to free up more capital and improve their liquidity
Ryan Reynolds
2018: Acquires stake in Aviation Gin
2020: Aviation Gin sells for $610 million
2019: Acquires stake in Mint Mobile
2023: Mint Mobile sells for $1.3 billion
Most successful celebrity businessman of our generation?
10/ As the stock continues to free fall, SVB has wisely decided to scrap its capital raise
not because they realized it was a bad idea
but because they are now considering a sale
It’s been three days since a cargo ship took down the Francis Scott Key Bridge.
And it's already shaping up to be the largest single marine insurance loss ever ($2 billion - $4 billion)
Here’s a quick thread breaking down who is going to be liable for what.
We’ve decided to hire a CEO for Morning Brew Daily
Old media is broken. Talking heads, selling ads, inciting anger, with one-sided discourse has become tiresome and is deeply damaging the social fabric.
We want to tackle this error and create a new kind of media and live events
Crazy story we talked about on the pod today
it's likely that a billionaire died sometime in the last few years that no one knew about
the IRS recently received a $7 billion estate tax
that implies a fortune of $35 billion which would be a top 20 wealthiest person in the US
I deeply regret my participation in the board's actions. I never intended to harm OpenAI. I love everything we've built together and I will do everything I can to reunite the company.
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100 RESTAURANTS
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Airbnb: Why are rentals falling??
Also Airbnb: Gonna need you to wash your sheets and reroof the house before you leave or we'll kidnap your firstborn child
ghostwriter977's fake Drake x Weeknd song already has
- 151k views on YouTube
- 250k+ Spotify streams
- 9.2 million views on Tiktok
music industry in shambles
Elton John's "Yellow Brick Road Tour"
• 300 shows
• $887 million gross
• 20 different countries
• Highest earning tour ever
He just played his final show in England this weekend
Taylor Swift's Era Tour is massive
• Projected to gross $591 million
• Would be biggest tour ever
• 52 dates scheduled
• Each show is 44 songs, 3+ hours
Legend of the game
India is about to dominate the next decade
• Just became most populous country
• Apple opening its first two stores there
• Air India had the largest aircraft order ever
• Apple plans to manufacture 40% of iPhones there
Strap in
Ryan Reynolds' last 3 months
- Sold Mint Mobile for $1.4 billion
- Acquired stake in Canadian fintech Nuvei
- Won the National League with Wrexham
- Still married to Blake Lively
Man is a walking dub
@austin_rief
Why part time? We think this can be a $B business. Media, events, membership, networking etc. you should do it full time and make yourself a fortune.