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21 May 2024

Rumors about Ethereum Spot ETF being approved some time this week and traders have aggressively open long positions in futures markets.

ETH price is up 11% today while open interest increases by almost $1B in an hour.

21 May 2024

Bears are capitulating...

Mike Wilson chief equity strategist of Morgan Stanley has revised his price target of the S&P 500 from 4,500 to 5,400 Notoriously a market bear, he had previously predicted a 15% drop by December for the index. Source: Radar, The Macro Guy, Bloomberg

21 May 2024

Want to buy a home?

1980: save for a couple years 2024: forget about it Source: Michael Burry Stock Tracker

21 May 2024

Here's a list of all entrants in the spot Ethereum ETF race.

The 'ETHness Stakes' Source: Bloomberg, James Seyffart

21 May 2024

Multiple times in history, the precious metals industry was considered the largest market among global assets.

Today, however, it has shrunk so much that it's almost a rounding error. Will capital start to flow back into this industry? If yes, the impact on prices could be substantial... Source: Crescat Capital, Bloomberg

21 May 2024

🚨 A MASSIVE $1,250 spread between Coinbase and Binance for Bitcoin! 😳

Watch out below the BTC prices differential between the 2 exchanges a few hours ago!!! Coinbase is the most expensive place to buy BTC right now 💰 As supply dwindles, we're likely to see CRAZY spreads emerge! Great time for arbitrage and for hedgefunds !!! Source: InvestAnswers

21 May 2024

FREIGHT RATES ARE RISING AGAIN

"No news (out of Gaza) is bad news for Shipping-flation Freight rates out of China are rising rapidly again and we are likely to see the pass-through to goods-flation in the West already in May/June". Source: Andreas Steno Larsen

21 May 2024

China now settles half of its crossborder trade in renminbi, up from zero in 2010

• Rise in RMB use highlights sanctions-proofing strategy of Beijing and its allies, such as Russia • China's promotion of CIPS, its homegrown alternative to Swift, may support rise in RMB use Source: Agathe Demarais

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