Happy Friday all! If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:
🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨
- Japan's 2-year JGB yield rises to 1.245%, reaches highest level since 1996.
- China's Xi says he's willing to work with Brazil to strengthen bilateral relations and cooperation.
- 64% chance Bitcoin crosses $100,000 again before June 2026, per traders on Kalshi.
- Binance founder CZ says "AI will make you jobless. Crypto will make you not need a job." "Buy and hold now, retire in a few years."
- Spot gold hits new all-time high of $4,960 per ounce.
- Spot silver surges past $99 per ounce.
- Markets lists $USOIL and brings the U.S. oil market onchain. U.S. Oil Fund exposure is now available to trade 24/7/365 with up to 10x leverage.
- Michael Saylor says he’s “Thinking about buying more bitcoin.”
- Saudi Arabia is one of four countries whose growth is much higher than global average growth.
- President Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ has officially been signed at Davos, with backing from 20+ countries.
- UK says it won't sign to be part of a US-proposed Gaza "Board of Peace” today.
- Thailand SEC prepares rules to support crypto ETFs, futures & tokenized products.
- SEC and CFTC to hold joint event next Tuesday "to discuss their efforts to deliver on President Trump’s promise to make the United States the crypto capital of the world."
- Kansas Senator Craig Bowser introduces bill to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve.
- Las Vegas news channel reports more local businesses in the city are now accepting bitcoin as payment.
- London Stock Exchange announced it listed a Bitcoin and Gold ETP, giving investors access to both "store-of-value assets".
- Eric Trump says, “I got more conviction in crypto right now than ever before”.
- Vivek Ramaswamy's Strive proposes $150 million preferred stock sale to repay debt and buy more bitcoin.
- President Trump says mortgage rates just hit a three year low despite Fed Chair Jerome Powell being "wrong all along."
- Odds of BlackRock's Rick Rieder becoming the next Fed Chair to replace Jerome Powell hit new all-time high.
- President Trump files $5 billion lawsuit against JPMorgan and CEO Jamie Dimon for "debanking" him.
- Elon Musk says AI and robots will cause an "explosion" in the global economy. "This is the path to abundance for all."
- Elon Musk says he will start selling humanoid robots to the public by the end of next year.
- Elon Musk says "there will be more robots than people" in the future.
- $2.3 trillion Wells Fargo CEO Charles Scharf says interest rates are likely to go lower.
- President Trump says he will likely issue dividends if he wins Supreme Court tariff case.
- President Trump warns of major retaliation if Europe sells US Securities.
- President Trump says if the Supreme Court rules against his tariffs. "We'll do something else."
- Binance Founder CZ says he's in talks with a dozen governments about tokenizing their assets.
- The Fed's preferred measure of inflation (Core PCE) moved up to 2.8% in November.
- The Final US Real GDP number for Q3 2025 came in at 4.4% annualized.
- Intel Q4 FY25: Revenue -4% Y/Y to $13.7B, Non-GAAP EPS $0.15.
📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊
- $GHOST team announces privacy roadmap for 2026, striving to be the privacy layer of Solana.
- Sentient $SENT is now live on Kraken, Bitvavo and Gate.
- $PIKACHU, launched 5 years ago and once traded by Vitalik Buterin for WETH, unexpectedly rallies 370% in 24 hours.
- Dogecoin Foundation-backed 21Shares DOGE ETF launches on Nasdaq.
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Credit to the following X accounts for key insights & updates: @whaleinsider @bitcoinmagazine @watcherguru @degeneratenews @charliebilello @economyapp @earnings_time
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Written by Timothy Assi, an Elite Popular Investor on eToro.
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