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Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness

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Re: Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness

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“By our calculations, Jane Street ponied up a one-off $200mn to do the deal and then locked in a further $200mn of costs per annum, at least in part, to avoid us gawping at their numbers every quarter. Wowsers” [1].

[1] https://www.ft.com/content/28a51284-98cc-4767-a306-0540d2656...

Re: Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness

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Archive link ( https://archive.is/20260814213548/https://www.ft.com/content... ) Pretty short so I imagine more details and analysis are forthcoming.

https://youtu.be/rE75WvOtcu8 This video from Patrick boyle has a lot of detail.

Re: Jane Street suffers $15B hit after meltdown at Situational Awareness

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“By our calculations, Jane Street ponied up a one-off $200mn to do the deal and then locked in a further $200mn of costs per annum, at least in part, to avoid us gawping at their numbers every quarter. Wowsers” [1]. [1] https://www.ft.com/content/28a51284-98cc-4767-a306-0540d2656...

> Jane Street has generated more than USD 40 000 000 000 in net trading revenues in the year to Friday, even accounting for the July loss, which exceeds its entire haul for 2025, according to one of the people familiar with the matter.
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