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- 0:05SPEAKER_00: Happy Tuesday all,
- 0:07SPEAKER_00: and let's get into what happened over the past 24 hours because there is a lot
- 0:11SPEAKER_00: of ground to cover.
- 0:12SPEAKER_00: Starting overseas because Japan's 10-year government bond yield hit 3.1%,
- 0:18SPEAKER_00: which is the highest in about 30 years.
- 0:20SPEAKER_00: And when the world's largest creditor nation sees yields at three-decade highs,
- 0:25SPEAKER_00: that tends to have ripple effects across global markets.
- 0:29SPEAKER_00: Speaking of big numbers,
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: Elon Musk is officially a trillionaire again after SpaceX stock surged past $160,
- 0:38SPEAKER_00: pushing the company to a $2.23 trillion market cap,
- 0:42SPEAKER_00: which makes him the first person to reach We claim that status after losing it.
- 0:47SPEAKER_00: The Nasdaq closed about 0.8% higher at a fresh record even with
- 0:52SPEAKER_00: the 10-year Treasury yield sitting near 5.3% and Nvidia added another 1.5%
- 0:59SPEAKER_00: Because that stock simply does not know how to go down for long.
- 1:04SPEAKER_00: Western Digital and Seagate rebounded 5-6% after Friday's sell-off
- 1:09SPEAKER_00: as analysts called Toshiba Supply Fears Overdone.
- 1:12SPEAKER_00: PTC Surged 30%.
- 1:14SPEAKER_00: 34% after Schneider Electric agreed to buy the industrial software company for $22.6 billion.
- 1:22SPEAKER_00: And Option Care Health jumped 21% after hours on reports that McKesson is nearing
- 1:27SPEAKER_00: a takeover worth more than $500.
- 1:30SPEAKER_00: Qualcomm rose after signing a multi-year licensing deal with Huawei,
- 1:35SPEAKER_00: covering 5G, AI,
- 1:36SPEAKER_00: computing and networking, which is interesting given all the geopolitical tensions.
- 1:42SPEAKER_00: Now for the crypto regulatory news,
- 1:43SPEAKER_00: because we got a lot of it,
- 1:45SPEAKER_00: The SEC approved the first three times leveraged Bitcoin and Ethereum products
- 1:51SPEAKER_00: from volatility shares for listing on CBOEBZX,
- 1:56SPEAKER_00: built on CME futures rather than spot holdings,
- 1:59SPEAKER_00: and the FTC proposed its first round of rules for US crypto markets
- 2:04SPEAKER_00: with Chair Mike Selig saying clear rules of the road start now.
- 2:09SPEAKER_00: Tyler Winklevoss chimed in saying clear rules for crypto are coming and in
- 2:14SPEAKER_00: a surprise move The US Treasury withdrew proposed surveillance rules
- 2:18SPEAKER_00: that targeted unhosted wallets and crypto mixers,
- 2:22SPEAKER_00: which is a win for privacy advocates.
- 2:25SPEAKER_00: US spot Bitcoin ETFs took in $241 million last week,
- 2:31SPEAKER_00: marking a third straight week of net inflows,
- 2:34SPEAKER_00: and Polymarket now prices a 59% chance Bitcoin finishes this month above 90,000.
- 2:42SPEAKER_00: TD Cowan said the debate has shifted from whether institutions will participate
- 2:47SPEAKER_00: in Bitcoin to how they will,
- 2:49SPEAKER_00: which is a meaningful change in framing from a major firm.
- 2:53SPEAKER_00: Looking at some broader market stats,
- 2:55SPEAKER_00: Americans now hold more than $60 trillion in stocks and mutual funds,
- 3:00SPEAKER_00: which is more than triple the level a decade ago.
- 3:03SPEAKER_00: AI CapEx from the big five tech giants plus Oracle is expected to jump
- 3:08SPEAKER_00: from four $412 billion in 2025 to $789 billion in 2026, which is a 92% increase.
- 3:11SPEAKER_00: And Nike is now down 80% from its November 2021 peak, marking the largest drawdown in
- 3:25SPEAKER_00: The 2020s are on pace to be the worst decade on record for the 10-year Treasury,
- 3:30SPEAKER_00: with an annualised total return of negative 1.3% so far,
- 3:35SPEAKER_00: and US real estate stocks are at their lowest level ever relative to the S&P 500.
- 3:42SPEAKER_00: In altcoin news,
- 3:43SPEAKER_00: Bitmine now holds more than 6 million Ethereum,
- 3:46SPEAKER_00: which is about 4.9% of total supply with total holdings at $17.4 billion.
- 3:53SPEAKER_00: And a former federal regulator said young investors in Africa are saving in Bitcoin
- 3:58SPEAKER_00: and see it as a path to a better financial future,
- 4:01SPEAKER_00: which is a powerful reminder of why this technology matters.
- 4:05SPEAKER_00: That's your Tuesday update.
- 4:06SPEAKER_00: I'll see you all tomorrow.
- 4:07[music]