Fed’s Dilemma: Inflation, Jobs, and Crypto’s Chaotic Dance 🚀💸

On the fateful Wednesday, the Fed shall wield its scalpel against the beast of rates for the first time in 2025, cloaking its decision in the garb of a “weak labor market,” as if the laborers themselves were not the true architects of this chaos. “Blame the workers!” cried the Kobeissi Letter, a prophet in a world of numbers.

These Altcoins Are Killing It (Unlike My Portfolio 😒)

Ethereum is like that reliable friend who always shows up-but never brings the fun. $6 million in daily revenue? Sure, fine. Flat performance last month? Yawn. But hey, BlackRock loves it, so I guess it’s the crypto equivalent of investing in beige wallpaper. Riveting.

Crypto Ticker War: It’s Messy 💸

Native Markets “won” – and I’m putting that in quotes because the whole process apparently reeked of backroom deals and disappointed hopefuls – and their founder, Max Fiege, is promising something called a “Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal” (HIP). It sounds impressively bureaucratic for a system designed to avoid banks. They’re also throwing in an ERC-20 token on Ethereum, just for kicks. Because why not add another layer of complexity?

Tesla’s Robotaxi Gambit: A Farce of Greed and Delusion

Elon Musk, that modern-day alchemist, seeks to transmute the humble electric vehicle into a self-driving chariot of profit, while the crowd gasps at the magician’s sleight of hand. Ark Investment Management, ever the court jester, proclaims that 86% of Tesla’s earnings shall spring from robotaxis by 2029-a prophecy as flimsy as a paper crown.

Polkadot’s DOT Token: A Supercomputer in Disguise?

Polkadot’s upcoming “3.0” iteration is less a facelift and more a full-scale renovation. The Join Accumulate Machine (JAM) upgrade, with its promise of multiplying computational power by a factor of ten, is the digital world’s answer to a Renaissance architect. No longer must developers endure the chaotic auctions of computing time; instead, they are offered a subscription model so refined it would make a 19th-century dandy envious. “A supercomputer on the blockchain,” as co-founder Gavin Wood so aptly puts it, is not a metaphor-it is a manifesto.

Two Stocks That Warren Buffett Would Keep in His Forever Box

As the head honcho of Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett has demonstrated that this approach is, in fact, not just an eccentric hobby for a billionaire, but a business strategy that works. Over the last 59 years, he’s managed a compounded annual gain of around 20%, while the S&P 500-poor thing-has only managed to achieve a 10% annual gain over the same period. It’s like the tortoise outpacing the hare, except the tortoise has a vast array of shiny suits and the hare is covered in dust and regret.

ASML’s Gambit: Can It Outshine Palantir?

Palantir’s stock has soared 5x in a year, its market cap now a gilded $385 billion. But here’s the rub: such meteoric rises often come with a side of “what happens when the meteor lands?” Enter the underdog with a blueprint for the future-ASML Holding (ASML), the Dutch titan of semiconductor machinery.

Delta’s Flying High on Premium Passports 🎩

The real drama? Delta’s premium cabins and co-brand credit cards are now the leads in this financial saga. Management is axing “weakest trips” like a director cutting a bad take. But here’s the rub: Will this premium love story last, or will the economy cabin’s budget woes crash the party? Buckle up-we’re about to dive into the turbulence of Delta’s stock.