Business and Money
75 records
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01 / Auctions and Collectibles $71 million Most expensive diamond sold at auction The Pink Star · Hong Kong See record ↗ -
02 / Auctions and Collectibles $50 million Most expensive fossil sold at auction Gus, a Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton (sold by Sotheby's) · New York, USA See record ↗ -
03 / Crypto $2.9 billion Largest crypto company acquisition Coinbase, acquiring Deribit · United States and UAE See record ↗ -
04 / Sports Business $1 billion Largest athlete shoe endorsement deal LeBron James (Nike) See record ↗ -
05 / Sports Business $625 million Largest stadium naming rights deal SoFi Stadium · Inglewood, California, United States See record ↗ -
06 / Crypto $75 million Largest ransomware payment Undisclosed Fortune 50 company, paid to the Dark Angels group · United States, reportedly See record ↗ -
07 / Crypto $294 Highest Solana price Solana (SOL) · Cryptocurrency markets See record ↗ -
08 / Crypto $184.1 billion Largest stablecoin by market value Tether (USDT) See record ↗ -
09 / Sports Business $8.5 billion Most valuable MLB franchise New York Yankees · New York, United States See record ↗ -
10 / Sports Business $14.5 billion Most valuable NBA franchise Golden State Warriors · San Francisco, California, United States See record ↗ -
11 / Crypto 83.65 BTC Largest Bitcoin transaction fee paid Paxos (transaction mined by AntPool) · Bitcoin block 818,087 See record ↗ -
12 / Sports Business $13 million Most expensive sports card sold 2007-08 Upper Deck Exquisite Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan Dual Logoman · Heritage Auctions, Dallas, Texas, United States See record ↗ -
13 / Crypto $4 Highest XRP price XRP · Binance.US market See record ↗ -
14 / Sports Business $110 billion Largest sports media rights deal National Football League · United States See record ↗ -
15 / Sports Business $9.5 billion Most valuable soccer club Real Madrid · Madrid, Spain See record ↗ -
16 / Crypto $4.3 billion Largest crypto penalty paid by a company Binance Holdings Limited · United States See record ↗ -
17 / Sports Business $33 million Highest-paid female athlete (Forbes) Coco Gauff See record ↗ -
18 / Crypto 323 million registered users Largest crypto exchange by registered users Binance · Global, across more than 100 countries See record ↗ -
19 / Crypto 325,000 BTC Largest Bitcoin holdings by a government United States Government · United States See record ↗ -
20 / Sports Business $6 million Largest WNBA contract Aliyah Boston · Indiana Fever See record ↗ -
21 / Companies $5.57 trillion Most valuable public company NVIDIA · Santa Clara, California, United States See record ↗ -
22 / Wealth and Markets $1.05 trillion Richest person in the world Elon Musk · United States See record ↗ -
23 / Auctions and Collectibles $15 million Most expensive guitar sold at auction David Gilmour’s 1969 Fender Stratocaster · Los Angeles, USA See record ↗ -
24 / Auctions and Collectibles $9 million Most expensive stamp sold British Guiana 1c Magenta · New York, USA See record ↗ -
25 / Wealth and Markets $132.3 billion Highest CEO pay package Elon Musk · Tesla, United States See record ↗ -
26 / Crypto 848,000 BTC Largest Bitcoin holdings by a public company Strategy Inc. (formerly MicroStrategy) See record ↗ -
27 / Companies $965 billion Most valuable private company Anthropic · United States See record ↗ -
28 / Crypto $126,080 Highest Bitcoin price Bitcoin See record ↗ -
29 / Crypto $14.65 billion Largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume Binance See record ↗ -
30 / Crypto $4,954 Highest Ethereum price Ethereum (ETH) · Global cryptocurrency markets See record ↗ -
31 / Wealth and Markets 146 billionaires Most billionaires in a city New York City · New York City, United States See record ↗ -
32 / Crypto $1.65 trillion Largest cryptocurrency by market value Bitcoin (BTC) See record ↗ -
33 / Sports Business $17 billion Most valuable sports franchise Dallas Cowboys · Arlington, Texas, United States See record ↗ -
34 / Companies $607.64 billion Most valuable brand Apple · United States See record ↗ -
35 / Auctions and Collectibles $300 million Most expensive painting sold privately Willem de Kooning, Interchange · United States See record ↗ -
36 / Auctions and Collectibles $33 million Most expensive movie memorabilia sold Ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz · Dallas, USA See record ↗ -
37 / Auctions and Collectibles $16 million Most expensive musical instrument sold at auction Lady Blunt Stradivarius violin (1721) · London, UK See record ↗ -
38 / Companies $812,855 Highest stock price per share Berkshire Hathaway (Class A) · Omaha, USA See record ↗ -
39 / Sports Business $505 million Largest NFL contract Patrick Mahomes · Kansas City, USA See record ↗ -
40 / Companies $593 billion Largest one-day market value loss Nvidia · Santa Clara, USA See record ↗ -
41 / Sports Business $314 million Largest NBA contract by total value Jayson Tatum · Boston, USA See record ↗ -
42 / Sports Business $765 million Largest contract in sports history (MLB) Juan Soto · New York, USA See record ↗ -
43 / Companies $716.9 billion Largest company by annual revenue Amazon · Seattle, USA See record ↗ -
44 / Auctions and Collectibles $10 million Most expensive handbag sold at auction Original Hermes Birkin bag · Paris, France See record ↗ -
45 / Auctions and Collectibles $141 million Most expensive sculpture sold at auction Alberto Giacometti, L'homme au doigt (Pointing Man) · New York, USA See record ↗ -
46 / Crypto $1.46 billion Largest crypto hack Bybit exchange theft See record ↗ -
47 / Auctions and Collectibles $34 million Most expensive watch sold at auction Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A · Geneva, Switzerland See record ↗ -
48 / Companies $161.1 billion Most profit made by a company in one year Saudi Aramco · Dhahran, Saudi Arabia See record ↗ -
49 / Companies $639 billion Largest bankruptcy filing in US history Lehman Brothers · New York, USA See record ↗ -
50 / Auctions and Collectibles $43 million Most expensive book or document sold at auction First printing of the US Constitution · New York, USA See record ↗ -
51 / Auctions and Collectibles $19 million Most expensive coin sold at auction 1933 Double Eagle gold coin · New York, USA See record ↗ -
52 / Auctions and Collectibles $6 million Most expensive comic book sold Action Comics No. 1 (CGC 8.5) · Dallas, USA See record ↗ -
53 / Companies $110 billion Largest stock buyback authorization Apple · Cupertino, USA See record ↗ -
54 / Companies 2.1 million people Largest private employer Walmart · Bentonville, USA See record ↗ -
55 / Companies $450 billion Largest one-day market value gain Microsoft · Redmond, USA See record ↗ -
56 / Companies $250 billion Largest corporate acquisition ever SpaceX acquisition of xAI See record ↗ -
57 / Auctions and Collectibles $143 million Most expensive car sold at auction 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé · Stuttgart, Germany See record ↗ -
58 / Companies $75 billion Largest IPO ever SpaceX · Nasdaq, New York, United States See record ↗ -
59 / Sports Business $12.5 billion Most expensive sports team sale Los Angeles Lakers · Los Angeles, United States See record ↗ -
60 / Wealth and Markets $48 million Highest-paid actor (Forbes) Adam Sandler See record ↗ -
61 / Wealth and Markets $2.04 billion Largest lottery jackpot (US) Powerball ticket sold in Altadena, California · Altadena, California, United States See record ↗ -
62 / Sports Business $300 million Highest-paid athlete (Forbes) Cristiano Ronaldo See record ↗ -
63 / Companies $5 trillion First company worth $5 trillion NVIDIA See record ↗ -
64 / Auctions and Collectibles $16 million Most expensive trading card sold 1998 Pokémon Pikachu Illustrator (PSA 10) See record ↗ -
65 / Auctions and Collectibles $24 million Most expensive sports memorabilia sold Babe Ruth's 1932 World Series "called shot" jersey See record ↗ -
66 / Wealth and Markets $1 trillion First person worth $1 trillion Elon Musk · United States See record ↗ -
67 / Wealth and Markets 2,962.86 points Biggest one-day point gain for the Dow April 9, 2025 (tariff pause) · New York, United States See record ↗ -
68 / Auctions and Collectibles $3 million Most expensive bottle of whisky The Macallan 1926 Adami · London, United Kingdom See record ↗ -
69 / Auctions and Collectibles $450 million Most expensive painting sold at auction Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi · New York, United States See record ↗ -
70 / Wealth and Markets 2,997.1 points Biggest one-day point drop for the Dow March 16, 2020 (COVID-19 crash) · New York, United States See record ↗ -
71 / Auctions and Collectibles $558,000 Most expensive bottle of wine 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti · New York, United States See record ↗ -
72 / Auctions and Collectibles $69 million Most expensive NFT sold Beeple, Everydays: The First 5000 Days See record ↗ -
73 / Wealth and Markets $118.3 billion Richest woman in the world Alice Walton · United States See record ↗ -
74 / Wealth and Markets $238 million Most expensive home sold in the US Penthouse at 220 Central Park South · New York City, United States See record ↗ -
75 / Wealth and Markets $298 million Highest-paid musician (Forbes) The Weeknd See record ↗
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