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Matt LevineBloomberg Opinion Columnist

Matt Levine is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering finance. He was an editor of Dealbreaker, an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, a mergers and acquisitions lawyer at Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, and a clerk for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

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Tesla Motors Opens Electric Car Factory In Northern California

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Elon Wants to Fight the Bots

It doesn’t really matter how many bots there are.

7/18/22, 12:00 PM EDT

7/18/22, 12:00 PM EDT

Key Speakers At The Satellite 2020 Conference

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Twitter Still Wants Musk’s Money

Twitter sued Elon Musk for an outcome that no one wants.

7/13/22, 12:23 PM EDT

7/13/22, 12:23 PM EDT

Inside Paris Baguette Store

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I Was Told There’d Be a Cake Merger

Also a threatening letter, a toehold stock position, a venture-capital paper and a tweet from an undisclosed location.

7/12/22, 1:32 PM EDT

7/12/22, 1:32 PM EDT

Key Speakers At The Satellite 2020 Conference

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The Price of Not Buying Twitter

Also Twitter miscellanea, Celsius and Axie.

7/11/22, 12:14 PM EDT

7/11/22, 12:14 PM EDT

Business Leaders Converge In Sun Valley, Idaho For Allen And Company Annual Meeting

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Elon’s Out

Musk lost interest in pretending to buy Twitter.

7/9/22, 10:40 AM EDT

7/9/22, 10:40 AM EDT

Trading At The London Metal Exchange As Commodities Markets In Chaos

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Nickel Big Shot Called the Shots

Also GameStop, SoftBank, Luna, Percent and index funds.

7/7/22, 1:05 PM EDT

7/7/22, 1:05 PM EDT

Cryptocurrency Illustrations As Musk Roils Crypto Market

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Voyager Has Some Tokens

Also vibes and Ben & Jerry’s.

7/6/22, 2:20 PM EDT

7/6/22, 2:20 PM EDT

Archegos Founder Bill Hwang & CFO Patrick Halligan Charged With Securities Fraud

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Archegos Analyst Wants His Money Back

Also Russian assets, universal owners vs. labor and KYC/SOW.

7/5/22, 1:47 PM EDT

7/5/22, 1:47 PM EDT

Swiss Economy Ahead of CPI Figures

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Say No to YES

Also 10b5-1 plans, crypto bailouts, Tether, MicroStrategy and ethics rules.

6/30/22, 1:22 PM EDT

6/30/22, 1:22 PM EDT

Key Speakers At The 2018 Milken Conference

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Crypto Loves Its Shadow Banks

Also Archegos, CLOs and bond market liquidity.

6/29/22, 2:25 PM EDT

6/29/22, 2:25 PM EDT

Big Four Accountants Face U.K. Overhaul Without the Breakup

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Don’t Cheat on the Ethics Exam

Also CoinFlex, Spirit and cheerleading for risk.

6/28/22, 2:26 PM EDT

6/28/22, 2:26 PM EDT

House Financial Services Committee Virtual Hearing On GameStop

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Meme Stocks Were Too Good to Robinhood

Also Russian debt and crypto depositors.

6/27/22, 2:24 PM EDT

6/27/22, 2:24 PM EDT

Revlon Files Bankruptcy Amid Supply Woes

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Revlon Is Getting Memed

Also crypto bailouts, hung buyout loans and overnight anomalies.

6/23/22, 2:29 PM EDT

6/23/22, 2:29 PM EDT

Key Speakers At The WSJDLive Global Technology Conference

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Activists Do Activism on Each Other

Also DAOs, credit ratings and Twitter.

6/22/22, 2:10 PM EDT

6/22/22, 2:10 PM EDT

Revlon Files Bankruptcy Amid Supply Woes

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Citi and Revlon Are in Murky Waters

Also crypto leverage, tax straddles, Musk excuses and universal owners.

6/21/22, 1:46 PM EDT

6/21/22, 1:46 PM EDT

Highest Inflation in America Is Punishing a Texas Town and Its Residents

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Private Markets Will Pump the Oil

Also FX markets, oracle update latency, index-provider regulation and a gas station fat finger.

6/16/22, 12:25 PM EDT

6/16/22, 12:25 PM EDT

Inside CoinUnited Cryptocurrency Exchange in Hong Kong

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Crypto Debt Can Be Trouble

Also banker chats, pre-MBA hiring and bond market liquidity.

6/15/22, 2:07 PM EDT

6/15/22, 2:07 PM EDT

A Charles Schwab Location As Earnings Released

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Schwab’s Robo-Adviser Hid Some Fees

Also banker chats, ESG, insider trading, M&A and Musk.

6/14/22, 1:33 PM EDT

6/14/22, 1:33 PM EDT

Trading On The Floor Of The NYSE As U.S. Stocks Leap And Global Relief Rally Kicks In

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Merger Buyer’s Remorse Sometimes Works

Also Celsius and Stablegains.

6/13/22, 1:50 PM EDT

6/13/22, 1:50 PM EDT

Inside The 2015 E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo

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Redbox Is Fun to Meme

Also Shibu Ino dividends, private-market markdowns and Axie Infinity.

6/14/22, 8:28 PM EDT

6/14/22, 8:28 PM EDT