Financial-Manipulation

GD Culture Group Announces $300M Cryptocurrency Investment in Bitcoin and Trump Coin

| Importance: 7/10

GD Culture Group, a small Nasdaq-traded technology company with ties to China, announced plans to purchase up to $300 million in Bitcoin and $TRUMP cryptocurrency. The investment comes amid financial challenges for the company, including a Nasdaq delisting warning and a $14.1 million net loss in …

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SEC Charges Cantor Fitzgerald $6.75 Million for Misleading SPAC Disclosures

| Importance: 8/10

The SEC charged Cantor Fitzgerald $6.75 million for systematic disclosure violations in two SPAC transactions involving View, Inc. and Satellogic. The firm misled investors by claiming no substantive discussions with merger targets existed, despite already negotiating potential mergers. This …

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Paradise Papers Expose Global Elite's Systematic Offshore Financial Manipulation

| Importance: 9/10

The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) released the Paradise Papers, a massive leak of 13.4 million confidential documents revealing extensive offshore financial activities of global elites. The investigation exposed how powerful individuals and corporations systematically …

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Carl Icahn Phillips Petroleum Hostile Takeover Attempt

| Importance: 8/10

Carl Icahn launched a multi-billion dollar hostile takeover attempt against Phillips Petroleum, offering $60 per share for half the company’s stock. Coordinating with T. Boone Pickens’ earlier attempt, Icahn used Michael Milken and Drexel Burnham Lambert’s junk bond financing …

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