Blackstone just noped out of the TikTok US deal šāright when President Trump says heās āpretty muchā sealed the deal with China. š¤ Xi-$TRUMP meetup soon? Maybe.
Trumpās third exec order gave ByteDance until Sept 17 to sell or get banned š«. The deal was hotāBlackstone, a16z, Oracle, all in. But now? Just vibes and delays.
Meanwhile, US-China trade tensions are flaring again š„. Some say TikTok is just the token in this chess game.
So⦠TikTok ban = more DeFi adoption? š Time to own your data, your platform,it $$.