South Korea’s Hyundai Group faced a serious security scare on December 19. Therefore, employees were evacuated from major Seoul offices in the aftermath of a bomb threat. The email was demanding payment in Bitcoin. Authorities later said the threat was a hoax. However, the incident heightened concerns about the increasing digital extortion of large corporations.
Yet history, that most fickle of companions, whispers caution. While the index’s annual average leans toward 10%, the past three years have been as lavish as Lady Catherine’s dinner parties: 2023 and 2024 each boasting returns exceeding 23%, and 2022’s 19% loss redeemed with a 77% rebound. One might suppose the market had resolved to outdo itself, as if determined to prove its worth to skeptics with a flourish.
In a missive from the wise minds at XWIN Research Japan, posted on the CryptoQuant stage, it is proclaimed that Bitcoin’s market doth tarry in a “post-rebound adjustment” phase, far from a full recovery’s embrace. They begin with the Bank of Japan’s rate hike to 0.75%, a move so anticipated it left the yen as feeble as a courtier’s wit. Historically, such weakness hath spurred ‘yen-funded carry trades,’ where Japanese investors borrow yen to chase profits in cryptocurrencies. Yet, this time, the script doth deviate from its usual course! 🧐
QQQ leans hard into the NASDAQ-100, a field plowed by tech titans and growth-driven dreamers, while SPY walks wide across the S&P 500, grazing all eleven sectors like a cattle herd moving slow over open range. One is a sharp knife; the other, a broad plow. And when the wind shifts, as it always does, the difference cuts deep.
Among the most telling aspects of Buffett’s current stance is what he chooses not to do. Historically, Buffett’s affinity for stock buybacks-deployed at opportune moments when shares traded below intrinsic value-has been emblematic of his capital allocation acumen. Yet, Berkshire Hathaway has abstained from repurchasing its shares since Q2 2024. This conspicuous pause in monetization hints at a cautious outlook, perhaps driven by an awareness that equities may be overextended.
This ‘Raio-X do Investidor em Ativos Digitais 2025’ report, sounds fancy, don’t it? Mercado Bitcoin, the biggest digital trade post in Latin America, they’re sayin’ it ain’t just about folks gamblin’ on a hope and a prayer anymore. It’s gettin’ organized. Portfolio plannin’ and such. Makes you wonder if they’ve noticed real money is still mostly made the old-fashioned way: hard work and a sprinkle of luck.
The relentless trackers at Lookonchain (bless their diligent souls) have noticed a shifting of some $3,530,000 worth of Ethereum. Three million, five hundred and thirty thousand! One begins to feel rather insignificant, doesn’t one? 🤧
The fund’s stake, a mere 1.05% of its $872.25 million AUM, is a paltry offering compared to its top holdings: Credo Technology Solutions ($12.93 million), Kratos Defense ($12.49 million), and StrataSkin ($9.89 million). Yet here lies the irony-the fourth-largest holding, a company whose shares had already soared 50.2% over the past year, now outperforms the S&P 500 by 37.14 percentage points. What madness drives men to chase their own tail, to invest in what has already been crowned?
Price per share: $8.68. Close of day: $8.59. A slight premium. Not enough to matter.
The coalition’s argument, as articulate as a Russian prince’s plea, rests upon the text of the celebrated (or, as some would have it, reviled) GENIUS Act. This statute, freshly inscribed by the hand of President Donald Trump, forthrightly forbids authorized stablecoin issuers from rewarding their holders with interest or yield directly. Notably, the lexicon of the Act raises the intriguing proposition that third parties might still offer incentives. Such a distinction, critics of the banking elite argue, is no mere oversight but a deliberate nod to glorious competition.