BREAKING CITAD

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The post leverages a dramatic financial event with high stakes and prominent names like Citadel and Ken Griffin, creating a compelling narrative of rapid success and failure that captures attention.

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This photo post details how Citadel acquired a $45 billion hedge fund's portfolio in 24 hours, highlighting the fund's rapid rise and fall due to leverage on AI infrastructure. It concludes by promoting a newsletter to stay informed about similar financial events.

Structure

1Citadel's massive acquisition
2The hedge fund's rapid growth and leverage
3The market downturn and margin calls
4Ken Griffin's opportunistic purchase

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Ken Griffin’s Citadel acquired the bulk of Situational Awareness’s public equity portfolio in a deal reportedly forged over roughly 24 hours. The fund, run by 25-year-old former OpenAI researcher Leopold Aschenbrenner, was up 439% net through June 30 and had grown as large as $45 billion before roughly 4x leverage on AI infrastructure longs turned July’s drawdown into forced liquidation. Prime brokers Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Bank of America issued margin calls. The fund will continue operating as a private investment firm and retains a roughly $5 billion stake in Anthropic. Follow for daily business and market news #citadel #kengriffen #hedgefunds #hedgefundmanager #businessnews

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CITAD: merely APPEARS - a logo on a slide. Removing it would not change what happens in the video. TMS THE MARKET STANDARD: merely APPEARS - a logo on slides. Removing it would not change what happens in the video. Citadel: ACTS - bought a hedge fund's book. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Situational Awareness: ACTS - its public equity portfolio was bought. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Leopold Aschenbrenner: ACTS - was up 439% and had leverage on AI infrastructure. Removing it would change what happens in the video. AI infrastructure: ACTS - leverage was applied to it. Removing it would change what happens in the video. Goldman Sachs: ACTS - called the margin. Removing it would change what happens in the video. JPM: ACTS - called the margin. Removing it would change what happens in the video. BofA: ACTS - called the margin. Removing it would change what happens in the video. The Market Standard: ACTS - provides a newsletter. Removing it would change what happens in the video.

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BREAKING CITAD TMS THE MARKET STANDARD. CITADEL JUST BOUGHT AN ENTIRE $45 BILLION HEDGE FUND'S BOOK. IN 24 HOURS. TMS THE MARKET STANDARD. LEOPOLD ASCHENBRENNER WAS UP 439% THROUGH JUNE 30. 25 YEARS OLD. 4X LEVERAGE ON AI INFRASTRUCTURE. TMS THE MARKET STANDARD. JULY FLIPPED IT. LONGS DOWN 40-50% GOLDMAN, JPM, AND BOFA CALLED THE MARGIN. TMS THE MARKET STANDARD. KEN GRIFFIN BOUGHT THE WHOLE THING AT A DISCOUNT. IN JUST A FEW DAYS, LEOPARD BECAME A CASE STUDY. STAY. INFORMED. Follow our free newsletter to stay updated on events like this! Link in bio