UK Tests Long-Range Missile for Ukraine

Skyfall: Fitch Downgrade Sends Legacy Paramount Bonds To Record Low As Merger Closes Last week, when we documented how Paramount's record bond offering cratered before the ink was dry, we flagged one line from the Bear Traps chat as deserving extra attention: "Paramount's existing unsecured bonds? Primed." Today, with the $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery takeover officially closed and the combined company (now simply "Skydance", although "Skyfall" is certainly more appropriate) open for business, Fitch made it official. In a rating action timed to the close, Fitch cut Paramount Skydance and...

Circle Plunges Most Ever On Stablecoin Legislation, As Tether Prepares Full Audit Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, plunged the most on record as investors reacted to potential stablecoin regulation changes that could make the firm’s cryptocurrency less attractive to large holders, as it would be stripped of interest payments. Concerns that a competitor is readying a move into the US market also hurt Circle’s share price. The stock declined as much as 22%, its steepest intraday drop ever, and leading losses across crypto-linked equities. Coinbase fell as...