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31 Dec 2024

BREAKING: Tether has burned over $1 billion overnight—their largest single burn in history. This marks the 4th major burn in 10 days.

Source: Jacob King

31 Dec 2024

BREAKING: FTX begins repaying $16 BILLION to creditors on January 3, 2025.

Expect major liquidity injections. Bullish for Bitcoin ? Source: Crypto Rover @rovercrc

31 Dec 2024

The Japanification of China: This has to be a contender for the chart of 2024 (30y bond yields).

Source: Albert Edwards

31 Dec 2024

Germany’s Dax index ended the year 2024 with a 18.85% gain after 20.3% rally in 2023

meaning the German benchmark index concluded its biggest 2-year run in more than a decade, even though Germany's GDP shrank in 2023 and probably also in 2024. 👉 SAP, Siemens Energy and Rheinmetall are among top performers. 👉 Chinese competition and lagging demand weigh on automakers. Source: Bloomberg, HolgerZ

31 Dec 2024

The US Treasury's annual interest expense surpassed $1.117 trillion this year — making it the second-largest government expense.

At the current issuance schedule & interest rates, it will surpass Social Security at $1.46 trillion in 2025 to become the largest government expense. Source: Bloomberg, Joe Consorti

31 Dec 2024

Next year, $3.08 trillion in US Treasury notes and bonds—about 12% of the total—will mature.

At current rates of ~4.46%, rolling this debt would raise the interest expense 54% over the current average coupon of 2.88%. That is an extra $48.7 billion in annual interest expense. Source: Bloomberg, Joe Consorti

31 Dec 2024

In the US, buying a home in 2024 costs 42% more than renting one

Source: John Burns Research

31 Dec 2024

JUST IN: Bloomberg says BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin ETF is the ‘Greatest Launch in ETF History’ 🚀

Source: Bloomberg, Bitcoin Magazine

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