Shkreli: Prime brokers will liquidate leveraged funds rather than absorb losses
Martin Shkreli · Martin Shkreli Breaks Down the Collapse of Situational Awareness · Jul 30, 2026 · at 6:11
Former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli explains prime broker risk dynamics and liquidation triggers during the unraveling of Leopold Aschenbrenner's AI hedge fund.
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“No, no prime broker is going to let you keep 90 billion of gross market value because once you dip your equity below zero, it's their loss, not yours. And they're not going to lose a penny after Archegos and after these other kind of blow ups.”
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