Shanny Basar

1 - Japan's 1-0 win at Wembley saw them become the first ever Asian team to beat England. Merited.

Iran War Announcements Link in comments...

Update from the land of the free:

World’s Largest Sovereign Wealth Fund Embeds AI Into Portfolio Management ai-cio.com/news/worlds-la…

It was a record-breaking WSL & WSL2 weekend for the cumulative attendance, with 111,000 people attending games across the top two divisions' 12 matches. The largest crowds were at: 46,123 (Arsenal) 24,983 (Man Utd) 10,156 (Sunderland) 9,142 (Ipswich) 5,292 (Everton) #BarclaysWSL

Bad bonuses are absolutely a way of weeding people out The only problem is that you will probably get rid of all the strong employees who you actually want at the firm, and leave behind the ones you don’t want Also just an absolute disaster for culture when there is a mass exodus like this. Ends up hurting who you can recruit for the next time around

Having watched many people leave finance for jobs at startups and other corporates, there is usually one of 2 ways this typically goes > you realize that most corporate jobs suck anyway. You can’t find enough things to fill your time after the regular 9-5. You get bored out of your mind and decide that you might as well work a job that can pay you the most. These folks usually go back into finance through an MBA, or join an intense startup that has the same hours in hope for a solid equity payout > you find hobbies to fill out your time. Focus shifts to personal relationships with friends and family. Doing banking made you realize that no amount of money is worth your time or health. At the end of the day, a job is simply a job. You set a number in your mind at which you plan on retiring and just traveling the world for fun

A real-world use case for tokenization: payroll. Today we announced a pilot with @plumenetwork + @usetoku: • Plume (employer) buys our tokenized MMF (WTGXX) via @WTConnect • Employees (@WisdomTreePrime users) opt to receive part of pay in WTGXX • Shares are delivered wallet-to-wallet through Toku's platform via ADP For employees: income can go straight into a yield-bearing asset—no extra steps. For employers: a new workplace financial benefit. WisdomTree Connect + WisdomTree Prime + tokenized funds, working together in a real workflow. This is what utility looks like. theblock.co/post/395892/pl…

US IPO Prospects in Limbo as War Dents Optimism Ahead of SpaceX finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks…

EBITDA (2026 edition): Earnings Before Iran, Tariffs, and Donald Announcements.

Tether bins the gold traders it hired just a few months ago bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Germany’s second-largest lender warned that private credit is now so big, it poses a major risk to the US economy bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Google warns quantum computing may break bitcoin earlier than thought, prepares 2029 transition theblock.co/post/395814/go…

🚨 TODAY: Swift's blockchain-based shared ledger has reached MVP stage, with real-world transactions set to go live this year. The ledger will enable 24/7 cross-border payments between banks' tokenized deposits.

This is shocking even by the admin's standards. "A broker for Pete Hegseth...attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar with the matter." ft.com/content/744ea8…

Today, the Commission issued an order allowing broker-dealers to pledge a diversified basket of Russell 1000 and/or S&P 500 equities as collateral when borrowing securities. More info below. ⬇️

Trump Syndicate latest: Pete Hegseth’s broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack, FT reports. See my latest on how the perception of epic corruption is likely to be deeply corrosive to trust in US markets and assets - and a further negative for the dollar

RBC Prepares for the AI Era tradersmagazine.com/featured_artic… via @Traders Magazine

Wave goodbye to transparency 👋