Dear Readers, The $66 billion bank mega-merger wasn't the craziest piece of news this week, with Jeff Bezos accusing National Enquirer's publisher of blackmail (truly something you'd expect to see at the front of the National Enquirer). What a world. If you're new to the Wall Street Insider newsletter, you can sign up here. Putting aside a fight between the president and the world's richest man, I continue to be fascinated by SoftBank, the Japanese tech company buying stakes in Silicon Valley unicorns such as Uber and WeWork at eye-popping valuations.