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13 Aug 2025

Trump is now attacking Goldman Sachs and his CEO David Salomon

Source: X

13 Aug 2025

Ether ETFs See Record $1 Billion Inflows

👉 Inflows into Ether ETFs far exceeded those of their Bitcoin counterparts, which saw a net inflow of $178 million on Monday, according to Farside Investors. 👉 CoinTelegraph's Tarang Khaitan reports that for the Ether funds, BlackRock's iShares Ethereum Trust ETF (ETHA) attracted the lion’s share of flows, with a record $640 million going into the fund. 👉 The Fidelity Ethereum Fund (FETH) was the runner-up and also recorded its largest single-day inflow, taking in $277 million. Source: zerohedge, Bloomberg

13 Aug 2025

‼️ An important item of today's CPI

The super-core measure, which is probably the Fed's most closely watch component, did increase further in July: +0.48% MoM (prior +0.21%) and +3.21% YoY (prior +3.02%). This is the largest annual increase since February. ▶️ As highlighted by Lawrence McDonald on X, the Supercore has been higher than 3% for four years vs. below 3% for the previous 8 years pre-2020. Source: Lawrence McDonald, Bloomberg

13 Aug 2025

The cost of Nutella in Germany is rising faster than overall inflation.

A 750g jar has gone up by nearly 40% since 2019, far outpacing Germany’s general inflation rate of 21.8% over the same period. But this isn’t just about hazelnut spread: food prices in Germany as a whole have climbed by 38.4% since the end of 2019, according to Eurostat’s Food CPI. That’s much higher than in Italy (+29.5%) or France (+25.9%), highlighting how sharply grocery bills have risen in Germany. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

13 Aug 2025

Isn't this the time of year when volatility typically picks up?

Source: Lance Roberts

13 Aug 2025

Norwegian sovereign wealth fund boosts bitcoin exposure 192% to $844 million

Source: Bitcoin News

13 Aug 2025

Perplexity, valued at $18 billion, is offering $34.5 billion to buy Google Chrome.

Source: CNBC

13 Aug 2025

Breaking out to new highs.

Like the sell-off never even happened. $SPY | $QQQ Source: Trend Spider

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