Happy Tuesday all! If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:
🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨
- MicroStrategy buys 2,932 Bitcoin worth $257 million.
- BlackRock files for a new iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF.
- The Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index hits "Extreme Fear" at $88,000 per Bitcoin.
- Rhode Island introduces bill to create a legislative commission to study Bitcoin, crypto, and blockchain.
- The SEC and CFTC's "Project Crypto" event is scheduled for this Thursday to discuss efforts to make the United States the crypto capital of the world.
- Tucker Carlson suggests Bitcoin could replace the US dollar as the global reserve currency.
- President Trump announces 25% tariffs on South Korean cars, pharmaceuticals, and lumber for delaying trade deal.
- Spot silver surpasses $115 per ounce for the first time in history.
- Shanghai silver prices surge to record $127 per ounce, now up 127% since December 1st.
- Gold reaches new all-time high of $5,105.
- India's AI projected to contribute approximately $550-607 billion to economy by 2035.
- India and EU announce trade talks are complete and new trade deal will be announced tomorrow.
- China's BYD and Exxon Mobil to deepen hybrid technology partnership.
- Saudi Arabia weighs expanding premium residency program to ultra-wealthy, including $30 million net-worth individuals and super yacht owners.
- Saudi Arabia announces plan to deliver 300,000 new residential units in Riyadh over the next 3 years.
- Binance launches Tesla $TSLA futures trading.
- Rep. Kevin Hern sold up to $500,000 worth of UnitedHealth stock before Trump administration proposed flat Medicare reimbursement rates, causing $UNH to crash over 10%.
- 40k US home purchases canceled in December, equating to 16.31% of all homes under contract, the highest cancellation percentage on record.
- Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says at some point, all the haters will be using crypto, and they won't even realize it.
📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊
- $ETH currently forecasted to go as low as $2,000 this year, per traders on Kalshi.
- Tom Lee's 'BitMine' buys 40,302 $ETH worth $117 million.
- Tether buys 27 tons of gold in Q4 2025, now worth $4,400,000,000.
- SharpLink CEO says Solana has been fast and cheap, but it has not been secure and has had downtime.
- Hyperliquid HIP-3 daily volume hits ~$1.5B.
- Silver-USDC perp pair on Hyperliquid surpasses $900M in 24h volume.
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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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