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6 Feb 2026

The $BTC capitulation metric has printed its second-largest spike in two years, highlighting a sharp escalation in forced selling.

These stress events typically coincide with accelerated de-risking and elevated volatility as market participants reset positioning". Source: Glassnode

6 Feb 2026

US companies announced the largest number of job cuts for any January since the depths of the Great Recession in 2009

according to data from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc Source: Bloomberg

6 Feb 2026

To put things in perspective...

The Amazon $AMZN CAPEX estimates ($200B for 2026) aren’t even on the screen on the Bloomberg GF page yet… Source: Bloomberg, RBC

6 Feb 2026

At yesterday's low of $60k, bitcoin was down over 52% from its October 2025 peak.

This was its 9th 50+% decline off an all-time high since it began trading on exchanges back in 2010. $BTC Source: Charlie Bilello

6 Feb 2026

Over 9.3M Bitcoins are underwater, the highest supply in loss since January 2023, per Glassnode.

Source: www.cointelegraph.com

5 Feb 2026

Bitcoin Returns since 2010...

Source: Charlie Bilello

5 Feb 2026

The economy is K-shaped. Premium spending remains strong while economy spending falls

Source: Blackstone investment outlook

5 Feb 2026

Will the Nasdaq see the same pattern we saw from Nov ’24 into the Feb ’25 selloff???

This time, we consolidated since last November, and suddenly things look ugly again. Last year’s real puke began when NASDAQ broke the 100-day MA. We’re seeing that exact break today. Source: The Market Ear

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