IPO Roadblock 🚧

What we’ll cover today:

📉 Nasdaq makes Chinese IPOs more expensive

🚢 Yieldstreet’s $89M ship loan disaster

💬 Fintech leaders call for stronger investor protection

Nasdaq’s New IPO Roadblock 🚧

Nasdaq, America’s big stock exchange, wants Chinese companies to raise at least $25M before listing. China, not thrilled.

🚨Breaking News
Nasdaq says small Chinese IPOs cause risks and scams. Now $25M is the minimum ticket price to enter Wall Street.

⚡Wire Simplified

• Many tiny Chinese IPOs in New York looked like “pump and dump” schemes.

• Nasdaq wants stricter rules: IPOs must raise at least $25M.

• The SEC needs to approve the rule.

• China just slapped new tariffs on U.S. optical fiber in retaliation.

• U.S. China tensions are heating up again (like microwave popcorn).

✔️Straight to the Point
Nasdaq is raising the bar for Chinese IPOs. Investors feel safer, but U.S. China trade drama is far from over.

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Yieldstreet’s Shipwrecked Loans 🚢

Yieldstreet, an investing startup, tried to recover losses from bad ship loans. They got $5M, but investors? Nada.

🚨Breaking News
Yieldstreet secured $5M in settlement after losing track of 13 ships, but investors likely won’t see a single penny.

⚡Wire Simplified

• Yieldstreet lent $89M for ships that were collateral.

• The ships disappeared (yes, literally vanished).

• Borrowers avoided paying by hiding assets.

• Yieldstreet got $5M but used it for its own legal bills.

• Investors are left licking their wounds with >90% losses.

✔️Straight to the Point
Yieldstreet’s marine loan saga sank like the Titanic. Startup covered costs, investors lost big. Lesson: ships are not safe banks.

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