Business and Money

• 01 / Auctions and Collectibles $71 million Most expensive diamond sold at auction The Pink Star · Hong Kong See record ↗
• 02 / Crypto $14.65 billion Largest cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume Binance See record ↗
• 03 / Companies $607.64 billion Most valuable brand Apple · United States See record ↗
• 04 / Wealth and Markets 146 billionaires Most billionaires in a city New York City · New York City, United States See record ↗
• 05 / Sports Business $17 billion Most valuable sports franchise Dallas Cowboys · Arlington, Texas, United States See record ↗
• 06 / Crypto $1.65 trillion Largest cryptocurrency by market value Bitcoin (BTC) See record ↗
• 07 / Crypto $4,954 Highest Ethereum price Ethereum (ETH) · Global cryptocurrency markets See record ↗
• 08 / Auctions and Collectibles $300 million Most expensive painting sold privately Willem de Kooning, Interchange · United States See record ↗
• 09 / Companies $161.1 billion Most profit made by a company in one year Saudi Aramco · Dhahran, Saudi Arabia See record ↗
• 10 / Companies $716.9 billion Largest company by annual revenue Amazon · Seattle, USA See record ↗
• 11 / Companies $639 billion Largest bankruptcy filing in US history Lehman Brothers · New York, USA See record ↗
• 12 / Companies 2.1 million people Largest private employer Walmart · Bentonville, USA See record ↗
• 13 / Auctions and Collectibles $8 million Most expensive stamp sold British Guiana 1c Magenta · New York, USA See record ↗
• 14 / Sports Business $505 million Largest NFL contract Patrick Mahomes · Kansas City, USA See record ↗
• 15 / Sports Business $314 million Largest NBA contract by total value Jayson Tatum · Boston, USA See record ↗
• 16 / Companies $593 billion Largest one-day market value loss Nvidia · Santa Clara, USA See record ↗
• 17 / Companies $110 billion Largest stock buyback authorization Apple · Cupertino, USA See record ↗
• 18 / Companies $812,855 Highest stock price per share Berkshire Hathaway (Class A) · Omaha, USA See record ↗
• 19 / Companies $450 billion Largest one-day market value gain Microsoft · Redmond, USA See record ↗
• 20 / Crypto $126,198 Highest Bitcoin price Bitcoin See record ↗
• 21 / Crypto $1.46 billion Largest crypto hack Bybit exchange theft See record ↗
• 22 / Auctions and Collectibles $45 million Most expensive fossil sold at auction Apex the Stegosaurus · New York, USA See record ↗
• 23 / Auctions and Collectibles $33 million Most expensive movie memorabilia sold Ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz · Dallas, USA See record ↗
• 24 / Auctions and Collectibles $19 million Most expensive coin sold at auction 1933 Double Eagle gold coin · New York, USA See record ↗
• 25 / Auctions and Collectibles $141 million Most expensive sculpture sold at auction Alberto Giacometti, L'homme au doigt (Pointing Man) · New York, USA See record ↗
• 26 / Sports Business $765 million Largest contract in sports history (MLB) Juan Soto · New York, USA See record ↗
• 27 / Auctions and Collectibles $6 million Most expensive comic book sold Action Comics No. 1 (CGC 8.5) · Dallas, USA See record ↗
• 28 / Auctions and Collectibles $6 million Most expensive guitar sold at auction Kurt Cobain MTV Unplugged 1959 Martin D-18E · Los Angeles, USA See record ↗
• 29 / Auctions and Collectibles $10 million Most expensive handbag sold at auction Original Hermes Birkin bag · Paris, France See record ↗
• 30 / Auctions and Collectibles $34 million Most expensive watch sold at auction Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime Ref. 6300A · Geneva, Switzerland See record ↗
• 31 / Auctions and Collectibles $43 million Most expensive book or document sold at auction First printing of the US Constitution · New York, USA See record ↗
• 32 / Auctions and Collectibles $16 million Most expensive musical instrument sold at auction Lady Blunt Stradivarius violin (1721) · London, UK See record ↗
• 33 / Wealth and Markets $1 trillion First person worth $1 trillion Elon Musk · United States See record ↗
• 34 / Wealth and Markets $298 million Highest-paid musician (Forbes) The Weeknd See record ↗
• 35 / Sports Business $12.5 billion Most expensive sports team sale Los Angeles Lakers · Los Angeles, United States See record ↗
• 36 / Auctions and Collectibles $69 million Most expensive NFT sold Beeple, Everydays: The First 5000 Days See record ↗
• 37 / Auctions and Collectibles $16 million Most expensive trading card sold 1998 Pokémon Pikachu Illustrator (PSA 10) See record ↗
• 38 / Auctions and Collectibles $24 million Most expensive sports memorabilia sold Babe Ruth's 1932 World Series "called shot" jersey See record ↗
• 39 / Auctions and Collectibles $450 million Most expensive painting sold at auction Leonardo da Vinci, Salvator Mundi · New York, United States See record ↗
• 40 / Auctions and Collectibles $143 million Most expensive car sold at auction 1955 Mercedes-Benz 300 SLR Uhlenhaut Coupé · Stuttgart, Germany See record ↗
• 41 / Sports Business $300 million Highest-paid athlete (Forbes) Cristiano Ronaldo See record ↗
• 42 / Companies $5.78 trillion Most valuable public company NVIDIA · Santa Clara, California, United States See record ↗
• 43 / Auctions and Collectibles $558,000 Most expensive bottle of wine 1945 Domaine de la Romanée-Conti · New York, United States See record ↗
• 44 / Auctions and Collectibles $3 million Most expensive bottle of whisky The Macallan 1926 Adami · London, United Kingdom See record ↗
• 45 / Companies $250 billion Largest corporate acquisition ever SpaceX acquisition of xAI See record ↗
• 46 / Companies $5 trillion First company worth $5 trillion NVIDIA See record ↗
• 47 / Companies $75 billion Largest IPO ever SpaceX · Nasdaq, New York, United States See record ↗
• 48 / Wealth and Markets $1.05 trillion Richest person in the world Elon Musk · United States See record ↗
• 49 / 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 ↗
• 50 / Wealth and Markets $48 million Highest-paid actor (Forbes) Adam Sandler See record ↗
• 51 / Wealth and Markets $118.3 billion Richest woman in the world Alice Walton · United States See record ↗
• 52 / Wealth and Markets $2.04 billion Largest lottery jackpot (US) Powerball ticket sold in Altadena, California · Altadena, California, United States See record ↗
• 53 / 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 ↗
• 54 / 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 ↗

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