Latest / Panic Drop Podcast / Su 18/10 | Daily Crypto & Macro News
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- 0:02SPEAKER_01: Happy Sunday all and welcome back to your daily rundown of everything that moved
- 0:06SPEAKER_01: in crypto and markets over the past 24 hours.
- 0:10SPEAKER_01: Let's kick off with Bitcoin because the mood is quietly shifting.
- 0:13SPEAKER_01: Fidelity's head of Global Macro says Bitcoin may be entering
- 0:17SPEAKER_01: a brand There's one new four-year cycle bull market based on its power law patterns,
- 0:22SPEAKER_01: and he makes a fair point that bull markets rarely start with a narrative.
- 0:27SPEAKER_01: The fear and greed index agrees, holding at 55 right in greed territory.
- 0:33SPEAKER_01: And if you ever need a reminder of why patience pays,
- 0:37SPEAKER_01: over the last 10 years,
- 0:38SPEAKER_01: Nvidia is up more than 13,000% and Bitcoin more than 12,000%,
- 0:42SPEAKER_01: leaving the S&P 500 and its 319% in the dust.
- 0:50SPEAKER_01: Not everyone is at the top though.
- 0:52SPEAKER_01: Apple is sitting right at its all-time high while Meta,
- 0:56SPEAKER_01: Nvidia and Amazon are still 11-13% below their peaks
- 1:00SPEAKER_01: and Bitcoin is 36% off its high.
- 1:04SPEAKER_01: On the tech front,
- 1:05SPEAKER_01: Google's Willow Breakthrough cut quantum computing errors by 40 times,
- 1:09SPEAKER_01: which puts the spotlight back on the quantum risk for the oldest Satoshi-era coins.
- 1:14SPEAKER_01: Over in macro,
- 1:15SPEAKER_01: Japanese investors sold a net $28 billion of long-term US government
- 1:20SPEAKER_01: And Brent crude up 80%.
- 1:45SPEAKER_01: The US housing market is flipping too,
- 1:47SPEAKER_01: with sellers now outnumbering buyers by more than 580,000,
- 1:51SPEAKER_01: the biggest gap on record.
- 1:53SPEAKER_01: And in a stat that will sting a little,
- 1:56SPEAKER_01: Americans over 75 now hold 15 times the median household wealth of Gen Z
- 2:01SPEAKER_01: and millennials.
- 2:03SPEAKER_01: Next week is a big one for earnings,
- 2:05SPEAKER_01: with Netflix on Tuesday, Meta and Tesla on Wednesday and Spotify on Thursday.
- 2:10SPEAKER_01: And speaking of Tesla,
- 2:11SPEAKER_01: Elon Musk says the new roadster will be sentient,
- 2:14SPEAKER_01: so maybe it can read the earnings call for him.
- 2:18SPEAKER_01: Over in altcoins,
- 2:19SPEAKER_01: the Bank for International Settlements admits that stablecoins directly compete
- 2:23SPEAKER_01: with bank deposits,
- 2:24SPEAKER_01: which is quite the statement from the central bank of central banks.
- 2:28SPEAKER_01: Less than 10% of the world is invested in crypto,
- 2:31SPEAKER_01: so there is still plenty of room to grow, even with Ethereum, 52% below its high.
- 2:37SPEAKER_01: And Yuga Labs is going physical,
- 2:39SPEAKER_01: launching Bored Ape trading cards that each come with a Solana NFT Twin.
- 2:44SPEAKER_01: That's it for today.
- 2:46SPEAKER_01: If you enjoyed this, make sure to follow along and tune in tomorrow for another rundown.
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