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Good morning! Hereâs whatâs up (nothing, hence the most boring headline ever for this edition of the Daily Update).
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Sweeping changes to Delaware corporate law could give more power to influential shareholders, letting them make more deals on behalf of the company without board oversight.
The proposed bill expands the breadth and power of stockholder agreements, which are often used by activist investors to gain board seats and by founders to coordinate control.
It was adopted in the legislature in the wake of recent decisions by the stateâs specialized business court and has drawn criticism from that courtâs chief judge. Gov. John Carney plans to sign the bill into law, a spokeswoman said, and it would take effect Aug. 1.
Germanyâs government offloaded the last of its Bitcoin holdings on July 12, according to data from Arkham Intelligence.
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Most of the 50,000 Bitcoin dumped by the German government over the last three weeks resulted from an asset seizure and was largely responsible for keeping the market below the $60,000 price point and its 200-day exponential moving average.
Acronym Contest
I said last week that I donât see the recently-hyped âETHICS Actâ going anywhere in Congress. Not because it is a bad idea to prevent Congress from trading stocks (it actually seems like a great idea) but because I feel like Iâve seen this movie many times and know how it ends.
That said, I was impressed with the ETHICS acronym they came up with (âEnding Trading and Holdings in Congressional Stocksâ). The ETHICS Act, of course, came on the heels of the apparently-abandoned PELOSI Act (âPreventing Elected Leaders from Owning Securities and Investmentsâ)âagain, a very solid acronym given the challenge of coming up with both a relevant name, i.e., ETHICS, and then coming up with matching words that make sense!
Todayâs contest: Come up with a new acronym for an Act that would stop Congress from trading stocks. You know Congress is going to need it next month or next year, so letâs help them out! Please email me by replying to this email and send in your best acronym, the winner gets a Securities Docket hat.
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