Ripple’s 2026 IPO: Still Private?!
In a recent chat with Bloomberg, Monica Long, the company’s president, revealed plans as clear as a London fog. 🌫️
In a recent chat with Bloomberg, Monica Long, the company’s president, revealed plans as clear as a London fog. 🌫️

On the daily chart, bitcoin is channeling its inner “overachiever who burns out.” A surge to $94,792? Cute. But that $94K-$95K resistance zone? Cold shoulder served with extra chill. Those red candles with high volume? Probably institutional players whispering, “We’re out, thanks for the memories.”
Turns out, the breakout was as fleeting as a one-night stand. On-chain activity and momentum data are now side-eyeing the whole situation like, “Girl, please. That was just a fling.” 💔 What looked like sustained demand was more of a short-lived momentum burst-basically, crypto’s version of a summer fling. ☀️💨
The new silver contract, that most cunning of financial instruments, shall permit traders to take leveraged positions on the price of silver without the bother of owning the physical metal or grappling with an expiry date. According to Binance’s proclamation, the product shall offer leverage of up to 50x-a feat that would make even the most ambitious stockbroker blush. 📉

Decentralized finance (DeFi) promised to replace banks with code, trust with transparency, and human judgment with smart contracts. 🏦➡️💻 But here’s the kicker: it’s not as autonomous as it claims to be. 🤔
The bank confirmed this news to Reuters on January 7. Apparently, they think this move aligns with their grand plan to explore digital money while staying within those oh-so-fun regulatory limits. Because, you know, breaking the rules is so last season! 🥳

Bitcoin’s descent to $91,000 feels less like a market move and more like a cursed scroll down a rabbit hole. 🕳️🐇 The CME’s weekend gap-a mere 1,000 pips of despair-awaits like a trapdoor in the floor of Wall Street’s grand theater.

Consider this: the company’s cars are masterpieces, but its business model is a library of half-written books. Three volumes, if you will, must be read to understand the truth:

Ah, the London financial district. A landscape of muted ambition, polite disappointments, and the occasional flash of…well, more ambition. Karatage, a fund whose name somehow evokes both firmness and fragility (a fitting metaphor, wouldn’t you say?), has seen fit to bestow the title ‘Senior Partner and Head of Institutional Strategy’ upon one Shane O’Callaghan. One wonders if the title comes with a slightly worn velvet smoking jacket.

Alas, the market’s march is not without its clouds. Midterm elections, those periodic upheavals lacking any clear moral purpose, tend to usher in halts; the S&P, rather like a nervous debutante, historically suffers an average intrayear dip of 18 per cent. Meanwhile, according to the Federal Reserve, equity valuations teeter near the uppermost extremities of their historic range, as if the market itself recognizes the perils of excessive optimism.