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6 Dec 2023

“Mr. 4MM” buys Bitcoin for approx. $4 million USD, several times a day, regardless of the price

He already bought 2x $4mm today. Source: CC15Capital

6 Dec 2023

Elon Musk continues to roll out his plans to transform X into a financial company within the next 12 months

Time will tell

6 Dec 2023

The US job market is starting to crater...

With consensus expecting only a modest drop from the reported September 9.553 million job openings, what the BLS reported moments ago instead was a stunning collapse of 617K job openings to just 8.733 million, the lowest since March 2021. This was a 6-sigma miss to the consensus estimate of 9.3 million... Source: www.zerohedge.com, Bloomberg

6 Dec 2023

Is bitcoin the most resilient asset class of all time?

Despite an unprecedented number of setbacks (Collapse of FTX, a $2 trillion bear market, over 500 lawsuits and regulation cases, multiple crypto lender bankruptcies, Binance fined a record $4.3 billion by US regulators, increased calls for regulation around the globe, etc.), Bitcoin prices hit $43,000 for the first time since April 2022, up 180% since November 2022. Bitcoin is now up ~45% in 6 weeks since speculation of Bitcoin ETF approvals began. Over the last year Bitcoin has added a massive $470 BILLION of market cap. The entire crypto market has added $750 billion of market cap since November 2022. Source: The Kobeissi Letter

6 Dec 2023

(Source: Bespoke) As shown in the chart below, the S&P 500 total return is within 1.1% of its prior all-time high from 1/3/22

In addition to nearing its prior highs, the pattern of the S&P 500 looks a lot like a cup and handle which technicians consider to be a bullish formation. Source: J-C Gand

5 Dec 2023

Last year, BlackRock launched a spot bitcoin private trust for institutional clients in the United States - see below. This PRIVATE trust was launched in 2022 with coinbase as custodian

The move comes at a time when the global cryptocurrency industry has been caught in the crosshairs of the U.S. securities regulator on alleged violations of securities laws. Could it be that BlackRock has been buying Bitcoin throughout the whole bear market using this PRIVATE trust?

5 Dec 2023

Chinese total private sector debt (level and relative to GDP). This helps explain why Moody's downgraded China's credit rating today...

Source: Longview Economics

5 Dec 2023

The bull market none is talking about. Uranium prices are surging as nuclear is seen as one of the only "clean" energy source to move away from fossil fuels

Source chart: (((The Daily Shot)))

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