ByteDance – Financial Treason & Crime

Bloomberg, 14 April 2021

(Bloomberg) — The full implications of Beijing’s rapid-fire moves against Jack Ma’s internet empire in recent days won’t be apparent for weeks, but one lesson is already clear: The glory days for China’s technology giants are over.

The country’s government imprinted its authority indelibly on the country’s technology industry in the span of a few days. In landmark announcements, it slapped a record $2.8 billion fine on Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. for abusing its market dominance, then ordered an overhaul of Ant Group Co. On Tuesday, regulators summoned 34 of the country’s largest companies from Tencent Holdings Ltd. to TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd., warning them “the red line of laws cannot be touched.” Continue reading “Article: Jack Ma’s Double-Whammy Marks End of China Tech’s Golden Age”

03/25/2021

Article: SEC is investigating Japanese investment giant SoftBank for market manipulation

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SEC is investigating Japanese investment giant SoftBank for market manipulation

DUNCAN RILEY, 25 March 2021

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating Japanese telecommunications company and investment giant SoftBank Group Corp. for alleged market manipulation.

Founded in 1981, SoftBank holds a significant share — 21.2% as of 2020 of Japan’s mobile phone subscription market — but is best known in the W est for its prolific investment portfolio. The list of companies SoftBank has invested in is too long to list but notable names include Uber Technologies Inc., Didi Chuxing Co. Ltd., Grab Holdings Inc., Nvidia Corp., TikTok owner ByteDance Ltd. and DoorDash Inc.

Along with operating the world’s largest technology-focused venture capital fund, Softbank has a particular interest in ride-hailing companies. Except for Lyft Inc., SoftBank owns significant minority stakes in just about every other company in the market. When Grab purchased Uber’s Southeast Asian arm in 2018, it was a deal between two SoftBank-funded companies. Continue reading “Article: SEC is investigating Japanese investment giant SoftBank for market manipulation”

02/05/202104/01/2021

Article: No Rest For Hong Kong Investment Bankers As Kuaishou IPO Skyrockets

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No Rest For Hong Kong Investment Bankers As Kuaishou IPO Skyrockets

Brendan Ahern, 05 February 2021

Tencent-backed ByteDance rival Kuaishou Technology (1024 HK) ripped +160% in its Hong Kong IPO today in the second-best IPO performance ever behind Alibaba’s +193% gain back in 2007 (BABA went private before going public again in 2014). The company raised $5.4B from investors. Yesterday we did a deep dive on the company, which you can access here.

The value traded in Kuaishou was nearly 3X the second most traded stock worth $4.84 billion as 119 million shares traded hands today. Several brokers noted the company’s market cap of $158 billion is more than three Hong Kong banks, HSBC, Standard Chartered, and Hang Seng, combined! The Hong Kong IPO frenzy is going to continue with rumors overnight that Tencent Music Entertainment TME -4% is working on a Hong Kong IPO along with Baidu BIDU -0.3%. Bloomberg noted that ByteDance might want to take advantage of the valuation given to Kuaishou and pursue an IPO itself, similar to when Uber UBER +2% went public after seeing Lyft’s LYFT +0.2% success at doing so. Continue reading “Article: No Rest For Hong Kong Investment Bankers As Kuaishou IPO Skyrockets”

05/20/2020

Tip: TikTok New Major Naked Short Victim?

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TikTok Owner’s Value Exceeds $100 Billion in Private Markets

ByteDance Ltd.’s valuation has risen at least a third to more than $100 billion in recent private share transactions, people familiar with the matter said, reflecting expectations the owner of video phenom TikTok will keep pulling in advertisers despite the Covid-19 pandemic.

Comment: This is absolute bullshit and no with a brain should believe it. This company is probably going to be driven into the ground by a group that has shills and others in place. This is also what China is worried about and this is why Xi and Trump will be talking about naked short selling soon.