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Wall Street Big Short Warns: Corporate Bitcoin Treasury Craze Replaying SPAC Bubble Risk
Summary: According to DL News, prominent Wall Street short seller Jim Chanos has sounded the alarm on the hot trend of companies investing in Bitcoin treasuries. Chanos likened it to the 2021 frenzy of SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) - which raised $90 billion in just three months, only to end in a brutal collapse. However, ...
According to DL News, prominent Wall Street short seller Jim Chanos has sounded the alarm on the hot trend of companies investing in Bitcoin treasuries. Chanos likened it to the 2021 frenzy of SPACs (Special Purpose Acquisition Companies) - which raised $90 billion in just three months, only to end in a brutal collapse. However, this time, the difference is that public companies are buying Bitcoin by issuing convertible bonds and preferred shares, without engaging in other substantive business. The situation we are seeing in the Bitcoin treasury market now is eerily similar to the madness of SPACs in 2021, Chanos said on a podcast this week, noting that significant announcements of 'billions and billions' of dollars are being made almost daily.
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