Market Pulse: Markets drifted in place yesterday as U.S. and European shares barely budged, while Bitcoin peeled off exchanges in a long-term accumulation story that belies near-term bumpiness.
Key Movers: Revolut’s 30% discounted staff share fire sale and Magnum Ice Cream’s soft listing snag headlines this morning, alongside NFT winter sales tanking to their lowest point.
Macro & Politics: Jakarta’s $8 mln seaweed gambit in Paris and the leaked emails tying Ehud Barak to Jeffrey Epstein underline that headline risk can stem from both trade shows and scandal.
What’s Next: Eyes turn to European industrial figures and Fed speakers today for fresh direction before next week’s tech earnings onslaught.
Market Commentary
What everyone’s missing is that retail earnings noise and endless Fed jawboning haven’t moved the needle like the real flowstash—Bitcoin exiting exchanges en masse and Revolut’s ex-staff jettisoning shares at a steep discount. Some call it a bullish supply shift, but it feels more like a liquidity tip-off that traders should treat as a warning, not a damn parade.
Look, Indonesia’s $8 million seaweed pitch in Paris reads like a feel-good headline, but it’s the same overly optimistic script we saw when India’s mid-tier REIT market was touted to cross $75 billion—governments love grand targets, but policy and execution often lag the hype by a helluva margin.
Here’s the play: trim your exposure to overhyped assets—NFT collections aren’t going to pay your bills—while leaning into sectors that deliver real income, like mid-market housing projects and small-to-medium commercial REITs. Put your stops in, stay skeptical, and don’t let flashy PR spin blindside you.
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