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24 Jul 2025

Ether ETFs saw $534 million in inflows on Tuesday, the 4th largest on record.

BlackRock alone bought $426 million. That’s now 13 straight days of inflows, totaling over $4 BILLION. Investors including Wall Street are going ALL IN on cryptos. Source: Global Markets Investor

24 Jul 2025

Opendoor. Krispy Kreme. Kohl's. GoPro.

Meme stock mania is back. Source: Brew Markets @brewmarkets

24 Jul 2025

Tesla just posted a double miss for Q2:

~EPS: $0.40 vs $0.42 est ~REV: $22.50B vs $22.79B est Still, the stock $TSLA was up +1% in after-hours trading Here are the details: • Revenue -12% Y/Y to $22.5B ($0.4B beat). • Gross margin 17% (-1pp Y/Y). • Operating margin 4% (-2pp Y/Y). • Capex +5% Y/Y to $2.4B. • Free cash flow -89% Y/Y to $0.1B. • Non-GAAP EPS $0.40 (in-line). Source: App Economy Insights

24 Jul 2025

Copper soars to highest closing price in history 📈📈

Source: Barchart

24 Jul 2025

The US president will spend about an hour at the central bank, as he looks to pressure its chair Jay Powell to cut interest rates more aggressively.

Source: FT

24 Jul 2025

Alphabet reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat on revenue and earnings.

The company increased its capital expenditures forecast for 2025 to $85 billion, up $10 billion from February, due to “strong and growing demand for our Cloud products and services.” The company’s overall revenue grew 14% year over year, higher than the 10.9% Wall Street expected. Here are the details ($GOOG Alphabet Q2 FY25): • Revenue +14% Y/Y to $96.B ($2.5B beat). • Operating margin 32% (flat Y/Y). • EPS $2.31 ($0.12 beat). ☁️ Google Cloud: • Revenue +32% Y/Y to $13.6B. • Operating margin 21% (+9pp Y/Y). ▶️ YouTube ads +13% to $9.8B. Source: CNBC, App Economy Insights

24 Jul 2025

German benchmark index Dax jumps in AH trading after headlines the EU and the US are progressing toward an agreement that would set a 15% tariff for most products.

Member states could be ready to accept a 15% tariff and EU officials are pushing to have that cover sectors including cars. Steel and aluminium imports above a certain quota would face the 50% duty. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

24 Jul 2025

This is a GLOBAL DEBT CRISIS: Japan’s 40-year bond auction just saw its weakest demand since 2011.

The bid-to-cover ratio fell to 2.127. Yield surged to a record 3.375%. Cracks are forming in the world’s 3rd-largest bond market. Source: Bloomberg, Global Markets Investor

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