Report: Fed’s Secret Repo Loans to Megabanks in 2020 Eclipsed 2008 Bailouts, Data Dump Shows $48 Trillion in Stealth Funding

Following the controversial bank bailouts and Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in 2008, reports show in late 2019 and 2020, the U.S. Federal Reserve participated in providing trillions of dollars in secret repo loans to megabanks. At the end of March, investigative journalists, Pam and Russ Martens from Wall Street on Parade, uncovered $3.84 trillion … Read more

Web3 Security Firm Certik Raises $88 Million in Series B3 Financing Round Led by Tiger Global and Others

Certik, a Web3 and blockchain auditing and security firm, has raised $88 million in its recent B3 funding round. The round, which was led by Tiger Global and included Goldman Sachs as an investor in the firm, gives the company a valuation of $2 billion. This doubles the valuation that Certik reached via its last … Read more

Goldman Sachs Features Cryptocurrencies, Metaverse, Digitalization on Its Homepage

Global investment bank Goldman Sachs has changed its homepage to feature cryptocurrency, the metaverse, and digitalization. “From cryptocurrencies to the metaverse, explore the megatrends that are reshaping economies,” Goldman Sachs’ landing page now says. Goldman Sachs’ Homepage Now Features Crypto and Metaverse Goldman Sachs has updated its homepage to feature digitalization, including cryptocurrencies and the … Read more

Goldman Sachs Executes Bank’s First OTC Crypto Transaction Trading a Bitcoin Non-Deliverable Option

On Monday, the multinational investment bank and financial services company Goldman Sachs disclosed it has conducted an over-the-counter (OTC) crypto transaction with the digital currency firm Galaxy Digital. Following the OTC settlement, the head of digital assets for Goldman Sachs’ Asia Pacific unit, Max Minton, said the firm was pleased to have executed the bank’s … Read more

US Banking Giants Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Wind Down Business in Russia

Global investment banks Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase are winding down business in the Russian Federation. The move comes as western sanctions against Moscow over its decision to launch a military invasion of Ukraine continue to expand, supported by leading financial institutions. Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Scale Down Russian Operations Goldman Sachs Group and JPMorgan … Read more