The S&P 500 extended its losing streak and U.S. oil futures settled above $100 a barrel for the first time since July 2022 after hopes for a near-term end to the Iran war dimmed.
Anthropic owned Claude posted this today "Computer use is now in Claude Code. Claude can open your apps, click through your UI, and test what it built, right from the CLI."
SpaceX is eyeing a $1.75 trillion IPO. On today's Big Take, @EdLudlow and @davidgura discuss the company's timing, Elon Musk's trillionaire trajectory and how retail investors can get involved.
Unilever is in advanced talks to combine its food business with spice-maker McCormick in a deal that would create a new food behemoth worth roughly $60 billion, including debt.
.. A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment in major defence companies in the weeks leading up to the US-Israeli attack on Iran, according to three people familiar ..
The Fujairah pipeline, critical for 1.5-1.8 million barrels of oil per day bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, may have been attacked at two pumping stations.
BREAKING: Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, per Reuters. The closure of the airspace forces military planes to bypass Spain's airspace when en route to their targets in the Middle East.
After a month of fighting, Iran has arguably secured the most significant strategic victory: a tightening grip over traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, per Bloomberg.
BREAKING: There is now a 37% chance that the US economy enters a recession by the end of 2026, per Polymarket. US oil prices are officially up +$50/barrel from their December 2025 low.
Australia's central bank said it's impossible to confidently predict the path for policy after raising interest rates for a second time this year as a surge in oil prices from the Middle East war fans inflation risks.
Anthropic owned Claude posted this today "Computer use is now in Claude Code. Claude can open your apps, click through your UI, and test what it built, right from the CLI."
The first crewed lunar mission in almost 50 years is slated to launch as early as April 1. The test flight, lasting about 10 days, will send four astronauts around the moon in what could set a record for the longest distance humans have traveled from Earth.
Unilever is in advanced talks to combine its food business with spice-maker McCormick in a deal that would create a new food behemoth worth roughly $60 billion, including debt
Wow According to the Financial Times, Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, asked his broker to make a multimillion-dollar defense investment weeks before the Iran strikes began Allegedly his broker approached Blackrock to invest in their Defense ETF $IDEF which holds companies like
Iran has hit a fully laden Kuwaiti oil tanker in the anchorage area of Dubai's port, damaging the hull and starting a fire on board, state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said
Trump is weighing a military operation to extract Iran's uranium, a risky mission that would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer, per WSJ
BREAKING: Spain has closed its airspace to US planes involved in attacks on Iran, per Reuters. The closure of the airspace forces military planes to bypass Spain's airspace when en route to their targets in the Middle East.
While the US says it is in talks with Iran, Iran says it is not in negotiation, per BBC. The White House was asked how the administration plans to explain that difference. "I think the American people are smart enough not to take the word of a terrorist regime that has chanted
BREAKING: There is now a 37% chance that the US economy enters a recession by the end of 2026, per Polymarket. US oil prices are officially up +$50/barrel from their December 2025 low.
Australia's central bank said it's impossible to confidently predict the path for policy after raising interest rates for a second time this year as a surge in oil prices from the Middle East war fans inflation risks.
Artemis crewed lunar mission: launch April 1, 4 astronauts, ~10-day test flight, first crewed lunar mission in 53 years, potential farthest-from-Earth record
The first crewed lunar mission in almost 50 years is slated to launch as early as April 1. The test flight, lasting about 10 days, will send four astronauts around the moon in what could set a record for the longest distance humans have traveled from Earth.
Asian stocks fell, with the key regional benchmark erasing its gain for the year, as soaring energy costs due to the Iran war raise concerns of inflation and slower growth.
FT (3 sources): Pete Hegseth broker attempted 'big investment' in major defense companies weeks before US-Israel Iran attack; BlackRock $IDEF defense ETF; multimillion-dollar
Wow According to the Financial Times, Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, asked his broker to make a multimillion-dollar defense investment weeks before the Iran strikes began. Allegedly his broker approached Blackrock to invest in their Defense ETF $IDEF which holds companies like
Iran has hit a fully laden Kuwaiti oil tanker in the anchorage area of Dubai's port, damaging the hull and starting a fire on board, state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said
Trump is weighing a military operation to extract Iran's uranium, a risky mission that would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer, per WSJ
WTI >$100 first time since 2022; Jet Fuel +78%, European Natural Gas +72%, Brent Crude +55%, Heating Oil +68%, Gasoline +47%, S&P 500 -8% since Iran war start
The S&P 500 is now down 9.8% from its January peak. This is the biggest correction since the tariff turmoil last April and the longest (61 days) since the 2022 bear market. $SPX
Australia's central bank said it's impossible to confidently predict the path for policy after raising interest rates for a second time this year as a surge in oil prices from the Middle East war fans inflation risks.
The amount of seemingly fraud at figure AI is pretty crazy. I am not accusing them of fraud I'm just saying it seems pretty.. fake. If they would only sell a product, then we would know it's real. I wonder why they don't
Bearish sentiment is through the roof: Median short interest in Russell 3000 stocks is up to 4.3%, the highest in 15 years. This is now 1.0 percentage point above the 2022 bear market levels. At the same time, short Interest in the energy sector ETF, $XLE, is up to the highest
Trump willing to end Iran war with Hormuz still closed; WSJ; mission to reopen Hormuz pushed beyond 4-6 week timeline; Iran would retain 'firm grip' on waterway
This would be an economic disaster. [QT @carlquintanilla: ".. Trump told aides he's willing to end the U.S. military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed .. likely extending Tehran's firm grip on the waterway and leaving a complex operation to reopen it for a later date."]
Iran has hit a fully laden Kuwaiti oil tanker in the anchorage area of Dubai's port, damaging the hull and starting a fire on board, state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said
According to the Financial Times, Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, asked his broker to make a multimillion-dollar defense investment weeks before the Iran strikes began. Allegedly his broker approached Blackrock to invest in their Defense ETF $IDEF which holds companies like...
Trump is weighing a military operation to extract Iran's uranium, a risky mission that would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer, per WSJ
The US national average retail price of gasoline crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in more than three years, data from price tracking services GasBuddy showed, as the US-Israeli war with Iran continued to roil global energy markets.
The S&P 500 is now down 9.8% from its January peak. This is the biggest correction since the tariff turmoil last April and the longest (61 days) since the 2022 bear market. $SPX
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank can wait to see how the Iran war affects the economy and inflation, adding that policymakers typically look through shocks such as those from higher oil prices
Exxon 0% from ATH; S&P -9%; Apple -15%; Google/Amazon/Nvidia -22%; Tesla -29%; Meta -33%; Palantir -34%; Microsoft -35%; Gold worst monthly decline since 2008
BREAKING: President Trump is willing to end the Iran War even if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, per WSJ. Details include: 1. Trump and his aides assessed that a mission to reopen Hormuz would push the conflict beyond his timeline 4-6 weeks 2. Trump believes the US should
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain are "privately urging" President Trump to continue the war against Iran, per the Washington Post. Details include: 1. Gulf countries argue Iran has "not been weakened enough" according to US, Gulf, and Israeli officials 2.
Iran has hit a fully laden Kuwaiti oil tanker in the anchorage area of Dubai's port, damaging the hull and starting a fire on board, state-run Kuwait Petroleum Corporation said
Trump is weighing a military operation to extract Iran's uranium, a risky mission that would likely put American forces inside the country for days or longer, per WSJ
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are exploring whether certain lucrative bets placed on prediction markets have violated insider trading and other laws, per CNN
The US national average retail price of gasoline crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in more than three years, data from price tracking services GasBuddy showed, as the US-Israeli war with Iran continued to roil global energy markets.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank can wait to see how the Iran war affects the economy and inflation, adding that policymakers typically look through shocks such as those from higher oil prices
Hedge fund demand for dollar-yen options that profit from a decline in the pair has increased after the currency moved past 160, amplifying intervention rhetoric from Japan's Ministry of Finance.
Exclusive: Dove soap maker Unilever has implemented a global hiring freeze 'at all levels' that will last at least three months, citing the effects of the widening conflict in the Middle East, according to a memo seen by Reuters.
BREAKING: President Trump is willing to end the Iran War even if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, per WSJ. Details include: 1. Trump and his aides assessed that a mission to reopen Hormuz would push the conflict beyond his timeline 4-6 weeks 2. Trump believes the US should
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain are 'privately urging' President Trump to continue the war against Iran, per the Washington Post. Details include: 1. Gulf countries argue Iran has 'not been weakened enough' according to US, Gulf, and Israeli officials 2.
Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are exploring whether certain lucrative bets placed on prediction markets have violated insider trading and other laws, per CNN
The US national average retail price of gasoline crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in more than three years, data from price tracking services GasBuddy showed, as the US-Israeli war with Iran continued to roil global energy markets.
Fed Chair Powell: 'can wait to see how the Iran war affects the economy and inflation'; 'typically look through shocks such as those from higher oil prices'
鲍威尔的表态意味着美联储短期内不会因油价飙升而紧急调整政策方向,倾向于将能源价格冲击视为暂时性因素。与此同时,贝莱德CIO Rick Rieder重申美联储应降息,显示市场对政策路径仍存分歧。
WATCH: Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank can wait to see how the Iran war affects the economy and inflation, adding that policymakers typically look through shocks such as those from higher oil prices
BREAKING: Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Kuwait, and Bahrain are "privately urging" President Trump to continue the war against Iran, per the Washington Post. Details include: 1. Gulf countries argue Iran has "not been weakened enough" according to US, Gulf, and Israeli officials 2.
WATCH: Fed Chair Jerome Powell said the US central bank can wait to see how the Iran war affects the economy and inflation, adding that policymakers typically look through shocks such as those from higher oil prices
China's factory activity grew at the fastest pace in a year in March, underpinned by improved demand, an official survey showed, a welcome relief for an economy grappling with global supply chain strains and energy market volatility.
New supply chain attack this time for npm axios, the most popular HTTP client library with 300M weekly downloads. Scanning my system I found a use imported from googleworkspace/cli from a few days ago when I was experimenting with gmail/gcal cli.
This is wild. Google Research demonstrates a ~20x more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm that could break ECDSA keys within minutes with ~500K physical qubits. Google is now are more confident on a 2029 post-quantum transition. We are no longer looking at mid 2030s.
Shares of Malaysian petrochemical producer Petronas Chemicals have doubled this month as fears of a prolonged Strait of Hormuz closure drive up global fertilizer prices, with analysts predicting more gains if the waterway remains shut
One year on from 'Liberation Day,' Trump's tariffs have altered supply chains — just not in the way he envisioned. A Bloomberg analysis of shipment-level customs data shows a shift in manufacturing toward Vietnam, with the country last year surpassing China as the leading
secp256k1 breakable in ~9 min with ~500K qubits; 10-min BTC block time = 1-min exploitable mempool window; ETH has 2029 post-quantum roadmap; BTC has zero coordinated upgrade plan
google mapped the exact path to crack bitcoin's secp256k1 in 9 minutes. bitcoin blocks take 10 minutes. that 1-minute mempool window is a specific, publishable attack vector and BTC has zero coordinated upgrade plan. ethereum already has a 2029 quantum-resistant roadmap backed by
axios@1.14.1 injects malicious plain-crypto-js@4.2.1 (created same day); 300M weekly downloads; live active compromise; Karpathy confirms infection via googleworkspace/cli
New supply chain attack this time for npm axios, the most popular HTTP client library with 300M weekly downloads. Scanning my system I found a use imported from googleworkspace/cli from a few days ago when I was experimenting with gmail/gcal cli.
Google Research: ~20x more efficient Shor's algorithm; ~500K physical qubits to break ECDSA in minutes; 2029 post-quantum transition (pulled forward from mid-2030s)
This is wild. Google Research demonstrates a ~20x more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm that could break ECDSA keys within minutes with ~500K physical qubits. Google is now are more confident on a 2029 post-quantum transition. We are no longer looking at mid 2030s.
Google Research: ~20x Shor's efficiency gain; ~500K qubits break BTC secp256k1 in ~9 min; BTC block time 10 min = 1-min mempool attack window; ETH has 2029 quantum-resistant roadmap; BTC has no coordinated upgrade plan
google mapped the exact path to crack bitcoin's secp256k1 in 9 minutes. bitcoin blocks take 10 minutes. that 1-minute mempool window is a specific, publishable attack vector and BTC has zero coordinated upgrade plan. ethereum already has a 2029 quantum-resistant roadmap backed by
This is wild. Google Research demonstrates a ~20x more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm that could break ECDSA keys within minutes with ~500K physical qubits. Google is now are more confident on a 2029 post-quantum transition. We are no longer looking at mid 2030s
One year on from "Liberation Day," Trump's tariffs have altered supply chains — just not in the way he envisioned. A Bloomberg analysis of shipment-level customs data shows a shift in manufacturing toward Vietnam, with the country last year surpassing China as the leading
This is wild. Google Research demonstrates a ~20x more efficient implementation of Shor's algorithm that could break ECDSA keys within minutes with ~500K physical qubits. Google is now are more confident on a 2029 post-quantum transition. We are no longer looking at mid 2030s
ECB Governing Council member Madis Muller said he can't exclude an increase in borrowing costs at next month's policy meeting should the Iran war keep oil and natural gas prices elevated
Unilever said it was in advanced talks to combine its food business with spice maker McCormick in a potential deal that would deliver roughly $15.7 billion in cash to the consumer goods giant while giving its shareholders majority control of the merged entity
An Iranian drone hit a fully laden Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai early on Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks on a vessel in a month of war, as @joumannatv reports
Readout of CENTCOM Commander's Visit to Israel TEL AVIV, Israel - U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins provided the following readout: During a visit to Israel, March 29-30, CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper met with Chief of the General Staff of the
ECB Governing Council member Madis Muller said he can't exclude an increase in borrowing costs at next month's policy meeting should the Iran war keep oil and natural gas prices elevated
Unilever said it was in advanced talks to combine its food business with spice maker McCormick in a potential deal that would deliver roughly $15.7 billion in cash to the consumer goods giant while giving its shareholders majority control of the merged entity
Electricite de France has been hit with an in-depth investigation by the EU's competition enforcers over a €72.8 billion ($83.5 billion) plan to build six nuclear reactors backed by the French government
Iranian drone hit fully laden Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai; one of most significant vessel attacks in a month of war; sign Iran willing to escalate strikes on energy infrastructure
Two papers improve Shor's algorithm targeting RSA and elliptic curve cryptography; results 'compound, optimising separate layers'; Google-linked research
I have the same q. Not discounting threat (that's a whole sep debate) but why would Google apply this research time/money on crypto vs something of way more societal consequence, like military defense systems, the global banking system or even private emails. Is bitcoin really
Buffett: sold Apple $AAPL too soon; Berkshire $BRK.B bought $17 billion of US Treasury Bills in the past week; still making investment calls, flags 'tiny' new buy
Trump Truth Social: Countries 'buy from US' or 'go to Hormuz strait and take it'; 'US won't be there to help you anymore'; France refused Israel-bound military supply planes to fly over France
BTC peaked ~$126,000 early October 2025; down ~50%; monthly crypto trading volume on track for lowest since Jan 2024, less than 1/3 of post-election peak
#BTC has lost half of its value since peaking early last October at $126,000, with other crypto assets down far more. 'Monthly trading volume for crypto is on track to be the lowest since January 2024, and less than a third of the level it hit just after the presidential
Two papers compound improvements to Shor's algorithm targeting elliptic curve cryptography; CZ: 'all crypto has to do is upgrade to Quantum-Resistant (Post-Quantum) Algorithms'
Saw some people panicking or asking about quantum computing's impact on crypto. At a high level, all crypto has to do is to upgrade to Quantum-Resistant (Post-Quantum) Algorithms. So, no need to panic. 😂 In practice, there are some execution considerations. It's hard to
Retail gasoline prices are still climbing. As of March 30, gasoline averaged $4.018 per gallon nationwide. That's 85 cents higher against last year. This works out to an annualized drag of ~$120bn or a 0.5ppt hit to disposable income. Not good!
1,200-1,450 logical qubits to break crypto (architecture-dependent); 10x improvement over best previously published work; two compounding papers improving separate layers of Shor's algorithm
Google also published new resource estimates for breaking crypto: 1,200 logical qubits or 1,450 logical qubits depending on the architecture. This is a 10x improvement over the best previously published work. All your models are destroyed.
CoreWeave has raised a loan for up to $8.5 billion from a group of banks to help finance a buildout of cloud computing capacity in the largest chip-backed debt deal of its kind.
Biogen agreed to buy Apellis Pharmaceuticals for $5.6 billion, expanding its treatments in immunology and rare diseases in one of the company's largest acquisitions
Trump willing to end Iran military campaign without reopening Strait of Hormuz; told allies to 'go get your own oil'; UK and France publicly criticized; Secretary Rubio says Strait 'will reopen one way or another'
BTW when Trump says to other countries to "go get your own oil": They won't do so militarily. They will pay Tehran's hostage toll consolidating their control over the Strait and massively enriching the regime
Italy denies US military aircraft landing at Italian airbase citing 'lack of authorization and non-routine mission status'; France blocked military supply planes to Israel; NATO allies increasing resistance (Bloomberg)
BREAKING: Italy has denied US military aircraft permission to land at an Italian airbase, citing "lack of authorization and non-routine mission status."
Hegseth: 'regime change has occurred' in Iran; Netanyahu: military aims 'beyond halfway' complete, no end date; Hegseth: 'upcoming days will be decisive'
Israel buffer zone inside southern Lebanon; full control up to Litani River; 600,000+ residents barred from returning; all homes near border to be destroyed
Israel Defence Minister Katz: Israel will set up a buffer zone inside southern Lebanon and maintain control over the entire area up to the Litani River
1,200-1,450 logical qubits to break crypto (vs prior best); 10x improvement; targets elliptic curve cryptography used by Bitcoin/Ethereum; mempool attacks flagged as real threat
Google also published new resource estimates for breaking crypto: 1,200 logical qubits or 1,450 logical qubits depending on the architecture. This is a 10x improvement over the best previously published work. All your models are destroyed.
#BTC has lost half of its value since peaking early last October at $126,000, with other crypto assets down far more. "Monthly trading volume for crypto is on track to be the lowest since January 2024, and less than a third of the level it hit just after the presidential
The bigger concern for the US economy isn't gas prices, but diesel prices, as @amoshochstein tells @annmarie just now. They're at the highest since 2022 and bumping up against those highs, at $5.45 a gallon. That's the price that'll pressure consumer prices higher most quickly.
BREAKING: US industrial gas supplier Airgas declared a force majeure, telling a customer it would only meet up to 50% of their normal monthly helium demand amid the Iran War, per WSJ. Details include: 1. The world is facing a significant helium shortage amid the Strait of
Gold on track for biggest monthly drop since 2008; foreign CBs selling US Treasuries per FT; 4 consecutive weeks of gold ETF outflows; dollar as preferred safe haven
Gold rose but stayed on track for its biggest monthly drop since 2008 as investors flocked to the dollar as the favored safe haven amid the Middle East war that has raised inflation fears and bets for hawkish monetary policy response
The Trump Pentagon official who ousted Anthropic has a multimillion-dollar stake in one of its direct AI competitors, per LeverNews. He also has stakes in other AI & robotics companies with business before the Pentagon.
Claude Code's Real Secret Sauce (Probably) Isn't the Model. Turns out Claude Code source code was leaked today. I saw several snapshots of the typescript code base on GitHub. I don't want to link here for legal reasons, but there are some interesting
Unilever $UL has agreed to combine its food business with McCormick $MKC in a deal that creates a new sauces-to-spices behemoth worth more than $65 billion. Under the terms of the deal, Unilever and its shareholders are expected to own about 65% of the new, combined foods
CoreWeave has raised a loan for up to $8.5 billion from a group of banks to help finance a buildout of cloud computing capacity in the largest chip-backed debt deal of its kind.
U.S. and Israeli officials increasingly view securing the Strait of Hormuz as the most realistic endgame of the conflict, shifting away from earlier ambitions like regime change and fully stopping Iran's nuclear program, which they now consider unlikely to succeed, per WaPo.
Trump: 'Not much more has to happen to declare victory' (CBS); Hegseth: 'Trump willing to make a deal'; will 'negotiate with bombs' if Iran refuses; negotiating team active
Italy denies US military aircraft at Sicily base; France, Spain restricting US military access; 'lack of authorization, non-routine mission'; per Bloomberg
BREAKING: Italy has denied US military aircraft permission to land at an Italian airbase, citing "lack of authorization and non-routine mission status."
#BTC has lost half of its value since peaking early last October at $126,000, with other crypto assets down far more. "Monthly trading volume for crypto is on track to be the lowest since January 2024, and less than a third of the level it hit just after the presidential
Saw some people panicking or asking about quantum computing's impact on crypto. At a high level, all crypto has to do is to upgrade to Quantum-Resistant (Post-Quantum) Algorithms. So, no need to panic. 😂 In practice, there are some execution considerations. It's hard to
US/Israeli officials: Strait of Hormuz control = 'most realistic endgame'; regime change and nuclear stoppage 'considered unlikely to succeed' — per WaPo
U.S. and Israeli officials increasingly view securing the Strait of Hormuz as the most realistic endgame of the conflict, shifting away from earlier ambitions like regime change and fully stopping Iran's nuclear program, which they now consider unlikely to succeed, per WaPo.
Italy denied US military aircraft permission to land at Sicily base — Bloomberg; Trump lashed out at allies over Iran; NATO allies 'increasing resistance'
Iran missile strike hit fully laden oil tanker in Persian Gulf; Trump calls on nations to seize Strait of Hormuz; China-Pakistan joint ceasefire call; Hormuz 'remains largely closed' — Bloomberg/AP
US President Donald Trump called on other nations to help wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz as Iran maintained missile fire across the Persian Gulf, with one strike hitting a fully laden oil tanker.
Google: 1,200–1,450 logical qubits to break crypto; 10x improvement over best previously published work; timeline 'sooner than expected' — per Bloomberg/Google Research
Damn, the Q-Berts [QT @projecteleven: Google also published new resource estimates for breaking crypto: 1,200 logical qubits or 1,450 logical qubits depending on the architecture. This is a 10x improvement over the best previously published work. All your models are destroyed.]
Gas prices in the US keep surging. The nationwide average has now topped $4 a gallon for the first time since August 2022 due to the war with Iran. Julian Lee reports
Christine Lagarde used an audience of high-level Group of Seven officials to challenge Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's optimism that the Iran war's economic fallout will be short-lived, according to people familiar with the matter
Claude Code's Real Secret Sauce (Probably) Isn't the Model. Turns out Claude Code source code was leaked today. I saw several snapshots of the typescript code base on GitHub. I don't want to link here for legal reasons, but there are some interesting
Checking... [QT @feross: 🚨 CRITICAL: Active supply chain attack on axios -- one of npm's most depended-on packages. The latest axios@1.14.1 now pulls in plain-crypto-js@4.2.1, a package that did not exist before today. This is a live compromise. This is textbook supply chain installer malware.]
This smells like a conflict of interest. Emil Michael was the Trump Pentagon official who designated Anthropic a 'supply chain risk'. He holds up to 10 million dollars worth of equity in Perplexity AI. The core issue was that Anthropic refused to let the Pentagon use its AI for
The Magnificent 7 have had a rough Q1 [QT @bitget: MAG7 is wrapping their worst quarter yet since the AI rally began. $MSFT –25.3% is the biggest loser of Q1, due to Azure slowdown and a $37.5B CapEx surge that spooked investors. Are you buying before the new quarter begins?]
Bloomberg Intelligence's Sam Fazeli discusses Eli Lilly's $7.8 billion acquisition of Centessa, marking the company's entry into the sleep disorder drug market
US/Israel shift endgame: securing Strait of Hormuz, not regime change or stopping nuclear program — WaPo; Iran President Pezeshkian: 'prepared to end war if receive guarantees'
U.S. and Israeli officials increasingly view securing the Strait of Hormuz as the most realistic endgame of the conflict, shifting away from earlier ambitions like regime change and fully stopping Iran's nuclear program, which they now consider unlikely to succeed, per WaPo.
China and Pakistan issued a joint call on Tuesday for an immediate ceasefire in the Iran war and for the safeguarding of shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, which remains largely closed, hobbling global energy supplies.
BREAKING: US industrial gas supplier Airgas declared a force majeure, telling a customer it would only meet up to 50% of their normal monthly helium demand amid the Iran War, per WSJ. Details include: 1. The world is facing a significant helium shortage amid the Strait of
Google researchers: quantum computers may break Bitcoin/crypto cryptography with fewer resources than previously thought; elliptic curve cryptography 'on brink of obsolescence'
ETH people have already figured this out. Everyone else seems to be petrified in fear. Unless something changes quickly ETHBTC will start to reflect the divergence in prioritisation [QT @nic_carter: Elliptic curve cryptography is on the brink of obsolescence. Whether it's 3 or 10 years; it's over and we need to accept that. The only thing that matters is how quickly blockchain developers recognize that they need to bake in cryptographic mutability into their networks]
Unprecedented algorithmic activity: Oil prices just fell -5% in 3 minutes after Iran's President said they are ready to end the war with "guarantees." Yet, the demanded "guarantees" are largely unknown right now. Over $1 trillion in market cap was driven by this headline in a
U.S. gasoline prices have surged above $4 per gallon for the first time in more than three years, as the oil supply shock triggered by the Middle East war rapidly drives up costs for families.
Iran President Pezeshkian: ready to end war with guarantees; Iran reportedly demands control of Hormuz and 'Death to America' guarantees per subsequent reports
BREAKING: Israel's Ministry of Defense says it has ended all military procurement from France just hours after France refused to allow Israel to use its air space, per WSJ. Details include: 1. The move comes following a series of measures taken by the country that it sees as
BREAKING: Trump has told the UK and other countries 'go get your own oil' from Strait of Hormuz. "You'll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the USA won't be there to help you anymore, just like you weren't there for us."
Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to most commercial shipping; Iran missile struck fully laden oil tanker; South Korea may restrict driving if oil >$120/barrel
US President Donald Trump called on other nations to help wrest control of the Strait of Hormuz as Iran maintained missile fire across the Persian Gulf, with one strike hitting a fully laden oil tanker.
Google researchers warned that future quantum computers may be able to break some of the cryptography protecting Bitcoin and other digital assets with fewer resources than previously thought
Unprecedented algorithmic activity: Oil prices just fell -5% in 3 minutes after Iran's President said they are ready to end the war with "guarantees." Yet, the demanded "guarantees" are largely unknown right now. Over $1 trillion in market cap was driven by this headline in a
U.S. gasoline prices have surged above $4 per gallon for the first time in more than three years, as the oil supply shock triggered by the Middle East war rapidly drives up costs for families.
The Strait of Hormuz closure is turning into real energy shortages according to Societe General. Michael Haigh, Global Head of FIC and Commodities Research says the final vessels carrying jet fuel to the UK will arrive in the next 48 hours and "there is no more after that"
Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code's full source code via a public npm package, same day as AI security startup launches with $80M in funding, per reports.
LIQUIDATION NATION: headline edition 1pm (!!) Shorts & HIGH VOL reacting to Iran "open" to ending war.. first people cover shorts, then they readjust exposures, then they hit the gas... this is Phase 1...see what other headlines hit rest of day *Cash Burn tech +700bp*
Pezeshkian via EU Council President Costa: ready to end war with "certain guarantees"; FM Araghchi: "exchange of messages with Witkoff, not negotiations"; Trump: "negotiations going well" per Axios
BREAKING: Trump has told the UK and other countries 'go get your own oil' from Strait of Hormuz "You'll have to start learning how to fight for yourself, the USA won't be there to help you anymore, just like you weren't there for us."
BREAKING: Israel's Ministry of Defense says it has ended all military procurement from France just hours after France refused to allow Israel to use its air space, per WSJ.
USS George H.W. Bush (Nimitz-class) deploys to Middle East; joins USS Abraham Lincoln + USS Gerald R. Ford — 3 carrier strike groups total, per WSJ/US officials
Third US Aircraft Carrier Deploys to Middle East - WSJ The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and its accompanying warships are deploying to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike groups in the region,
Google research: quantum computers could break Bitcoin, Ethereum, most major blockchains sooner than expected with fewer resources than previously thought
Google research put out a reasonable report on the theoretical quantum threat to Bitcoin. You have to at least accept that there's a small chance they are right. Instead, most bitcoiners are acting like Google punched their mom in the boob.
Unprecedented algorithmic activity: Oil prices just fell -5% in 3 minutes after Iran's President said they are ready to end the war with "guarantees." Yet, the demanded "guarantees" are largely unknown right now. Over $1 trillion in market cap was driven by this headline in a
Fed Schmid: real risk inflation stuck near 3%; can't assume oil-driven inflation is transitory; inflation is 'most salient risk'; can't be complacent on inflation expectations
Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code's full source code via a public npm package, same day as AI security startup launches with $80M in funding, per reports.
LIQUIDATION NATION: headline edition 1pm (!!) Shorts & HIGH VOL reacting to Iran "open" to ending war.. first people cover shorts, then they readjust exposures, then they hit the gas... this is Phase 1...see what other headlines hit rest of day *Cash Burn tech +700bp* this is
Pezeshkian: ready to end war with guarantees; FM Araghchi: 'exchange of messages, not negotiations'; Iran demands include Hormuz control; Trump: 'negotiations going well'; Israeli channel: expects Iran response to derail talks
Iran already had demands, so not sure how much of this is new information… But this reaction should tell you how ready the market is for an end to this war, and the end of this quarter.
Hormuz effectively closed; SocGen: final UK jet fuel vessels arrive in 48 hours 'no more after that'; Europe has April supply but May risk emerges; oil futures price Hormuz reopens by June
The Strait of Hormuz closure is turning into real energy shortages according to Societe General. Michael Haigh, Global Head of FIC and Commodities Research says the final vessels carrying jet fuel to the UK will arrive in the next 48 hours and "there is no more after that"
BREAKING: Israel's Ministry of Defense says it has ended all military procurement from France just hours after France refused to allow Israel to use its air space, per WSJ.
USS George H.W. Bush (Nimitz-class) deploys to Middle East; joins USS Abraham Lincoln + USS Gerald R. Ford — three carrier strike groups now in region, per WSJ
Third US Aircraft Carrier Deploys to Middle East - WSJ. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and its accompanying warships are deploying to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike groups in the region.
Google research: quantum computers may crack Bitcoin private keys in 9 minutes; threatens elliptic curve cryptography (ECC) underpinning BTC, ETH, and most major blockchains
Please explain why, having this technology, you would focus on Bitcoin? Why not Fedwire, and take trillions from the banking industry? Do hackers really think this small?
Today, we closed our latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital at an $852B post-money valuation. The fastest way to expand AI's benefits is to put useful intelligence in people's hands early and let access compound globally. This funding gives us resources to
BREAKING: The S&P 500 officially closes the day up +2.9%, adding +$1.7 TRILLION of market cap today. This marks the S&P 500's biggest daily gain since May 2025.
BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi just now on potential peace talks with the US: "We do not have any faith that negotiations with the US will yield any results. The trust level is at zero."
USS George H.W. Bush (Nimitz-class) + escorts deploying to Middle East; 3 carrier strike groups total: Abraham Lincoln + Gerald R. Ford + George H.W. Bush
Third US Aircraft Carrier Deploys to Middle East - WSJ. The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and its accompanying warships are deploying to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike groups in the region.
BREAKING: Israel's Ministry of Defense says it has ended all military procurement from France just hours after France refused to allow Israel to use its air space, per WSJ.
BREAKING: Solana processed a record $650 billion in Stablecoin transactions in February 2026. As a result, aggregate Stablecoin transaction volume is now nearly a record $2 trillion per month. Stablecoin volumes on Solana nearly TRIPLED month-over-month, with another surge
Please explain why, having this technology, you would focus on Bitcoin? Why not Fedwire, and take trillions from the banking industry? Do hackers really think this small?
circle paid coinbase $908m in 2024 out of $1.01b total distribution costs. 90% of revenue to one partner. CRCL stock crashed 17% to $102 after the CLARITY Act draft proposed banning stablecoin yield entirely. the OCC's february proposal creates a "rebuttable presumption of
Foreign central banks have cut their holdings of Treasuries at the New York Fed to the lowest level since 2012. The selling has come as oil importers like Turkey, Thailand and India raise cash through asset sales to prop up their currency & economies.
Today, we closed our latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital at an $852B post-money valuation. The fastest way to expand AI's benefits is to put useful intelligence in people's hands early and let access compound globally. This funding gives us resources to
BREAKING: The S&P 500 officially closes the day up +2.9%, adding +$1.7 TRILLION of market cap today. This marks the S&P 500's biggest daily gain since May 2025.
Cathie Wood and Ark Invest's $ARKK ETF invested in OpenAI's latest funding round at a $850 Billion valuation. OpenAI now makes up ~3% of $ARKK [QT @ArkkDaily: BREAKING: Cathie Wood is adding OpenAI to $ARKK, $ARKF, and $ARKW Each fund will hold a roughly 3% stake, giving retail investors direct exposure to one of the most sought-after private companies in the world]
BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi just now on potential peace talks with the US: "We do not have any faith that negotiations with the US will yield any results. The trust level is at zero."
Trump: US leaves Iran in 2-3 weeks; Iran doesn't need a deal; Strait of Hormuz 'safe now'; WaPo: reopening Strait is 'paramount objective' of war (WSJ/NBC)
Strikes: Mobarakeh + Khuzestan steel plants, Bushehr radar; IRGC claims drone+missile strike on 200 US pilots/crew at Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia; Baghdad airport drone attack on US embassy logistics base
IRGC Aerospace Force Commander: Iran targeted US personnel at Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. The strike used drones and missiles to hit a gathering of 200 US pilots and flight crew.
Third US Aircraft Carrier Deploys to Middle East - WSJ The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush and its accompanying warships are deploying to the Middle East, joining the USS Abraham Lincoln and the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike groups in the region,
BREAKING: Solana processed a record $650 billion in Stablecoin transactions in February 2026. As a result, aggregate Stablecoin transaction volume is now nearly a record $2 trillion per month. Stablecoin volumes on Solana nearly TRIPLED month-over-month, with another surge
circle paid coinbase $908m in 2024 out of $1.01b total distribution costs. 90% of revenue to one partner. CRCL stock crashed 17% to $102 after the CLARITY Act draft proposed banning stablecoin yield entirely. the OCC's february proposal creates a "rebuttable presumption of
The US national average retail price of gasoline crossed $4 a gallon for the first time in more than three years this week, data from price tracking service GasBuddy showed, as the US-Israeli war with Iran continued to roil global energy markets
US API Crude Oil Stock Change Actual 10.3M (Forecast -1.3M, Previous 2.3M) US API Cushing Stock Change Actual 0.8M (Forecast -, Previous -0.37M) US API Gasoline Stock Change Actual -3.2M (Forecast -, Previous 0.5M) US API Distillate Stock Change Actual -1M
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's benchmark financial asset — 10-year US Treasuries — are poised to mark their biggest monthly tumble since Donald Trump returned to the White House
Today, we closed our latest funding round with $122 billion in committed capital at an $852B post-money valuation. The fastest way to expand AI's benefits is to put useful intelligence in people's hands early and let access compound globally. This funding gives us resources to
BREAKING: The S&P 500 officially closes the day up +2.9%, adding +$1.7 TRILLION of market cap today. This marks the S&P 500's biggest daily gain since May 2025.
$NKE Nike Q3 Earnings EPS $0.35, est. $0.31 Revenue $11.28B, est. $11.24B Total Nike Brand revenue $11.01B, est. $10.94B Gross margin 40.2%, est. 39.8% Greater China EBIT $467M, est. $269.5M Inventory $7.49B, est. $7.53B
BREAKING: Iran's Foreign Minister Araghchi just now on potential peace talks with the US: "We do not have any faith that negotiations with the US will yield any results. The trust level is at zero."
A third US aircraft carrier strike group is heading to the Middle East as military operations against Iran continue, according to a US official familiar with the matter, after the Navy's flagship carrier left the region for repairs.
🚫 CLAIM: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says it attacked the residence of American pilots and aircrew in Saudi Arabia with a drone and missile, impacting a gathering of 200 people. ✅ FACT: IRGC leaders said the same thing for Dubai on March 28. The Iranian
BREAKING: Solana processed a record $650 billion in Stablecoin transactions in February 2026. As a result, aggregate Stablecoin transaction volume is now nearly a record $2 trillion per month. Stablecoin volumes on Solana nearly TRIPLED month-over-month, with another surge
Investor risk appetite is plunging: The ratio of leveraged long to short ETF trading volume is down to ~1.1, the lowest since the April 2025 "Liberation Day" bottom. This means trading activity in leveraged short ETFs is now nearly equal to that of leveraged long ETFs.
Venu Krishna, US equities strategy head at Barclays, raised his price target for the end of 2026 to 7,650, provided the war in Iran gets resolved in the next few months.
China has exported cargoes of diesel and other fuels to energy-starved countries across Southeast Asia over the weekend, in what appears to be a signal of support despite export curbs imposed earlier this month, per Bloomberg.
All these stocks hit new 52 WEEK LOWS at some point today: Nike $NKE Novo Nordisk $NVO Draftkings $DKNG Dominio's Pizza $DPZ Abbott $ABT Baxter $BAX KE Holdings $BEKE Builders Firstsource $BLDR Boston Scientific $BSX Flutter $FLUT Floor & Decor $FND HSFC Bank $HDB Honda $HMC
Banks led by JPMorgan have sold a $500 million leveraged loan for Mativ Holdings at one of the biggest discounts so far this year, as investor demand for risky debt wanes amid volatile markets.
chainlink's payment abstraction reserve has auto-bought 2.3m LINK ($20m) in 7 months from enterprise fees. every protocol paying for oracles or CCIP in USDC/ETH gets silently converted to LINK and locked. grayscale GLNK and bitwise CLNK posted 13 consecutive weeks of inflows.
Bearish sentiment is through the roof: Median short interest in Russell 3000 stocks is up to 4.3%, the highest in 15 years. This is now 1.0 percentage point above the 2022 bear market levels. At the same time, short Interest in the energy sector ETF, $XLE, is up to the highest
Marc Andreessen says AI is the "silver bullet excuse" for companies laying people off, but most layoffs are actually due to higher interest rates and overstaffing during COVID: "This entire labor displacement thing is 100% incorrect. It's completely wrong. It's classic zero-sum
Venu Krishna, US equities strategy head at Barclays, raised his price target for the end of 2026 to 7,650, provided the war in Iran gets resolved in the next few month
The operator of crypto exchange KuCoin will pay $500,000 to settle US derivatives regulator allegations that it ran an unregistered offshore platform that illegally let US residents trade
Bearish sentiment is through the roof: Median short interest in Russell 3000 stocks is up to 4.3%, the highest in 15 years. This is now 1.0 percentage point above the 2022 bear market levels. At the same time, short Interest in the energy sector ETF, $XLE, is up to the highest
Marc Andreessen says AI is the "silver bullet excuse" for companies laying people off, but most layoffs are actually due to higher interest rates and overstaffing during COVID: "This entire labor displacement thing is 100% incorrect. It's completely wrong. It's classic zero-sum
The amount of seemingly fraud at figure AI is pretty crazy. I am not accusing them of fraud I'm just saying it seems pretty.. fake. If they would only sell a product, then we would know it's real. I wonder why they don't [QT: This video is the smoking gun that Figure's robots are teleop'd and not autonomous. Notice how the robot starts turning around before Brett says "alright turn around".]
Sayonara, Sora: OpenAI says fun time is over. In killing the video-generation app, the company's priority is no longer wowing the media, writes Holman Jenkins
NYT: US softening Cuba oil blockade; Russian tanker delivers Cuba's first oil shipment in 3 months; Trump had previously threatened to 'take over' Cuba
BREAKING: The U.S. signaled it was softening on the effective oil blockade on Cuba, after weeks of President Trump threatening to take over the country, per NYT
The operator of crypto exchange KuCoin will pay $500,000 to settle US derivatives regulator allegations that it ran an unregistered offshore platform that illegally let US residents trade
The operator of crypto exchange KuCoin will pay $500,000 to settle US derivatives regulator allegations that it ran an unregistered offshore platform that illegally let US residents trade
Apple just banned several VPN apps from the Russian App Store — targeting those that helped users bypass Russia's DPI-based censorship. That's not cool, Apple.
Bearish sentiment is through the roof: Median short interest in Russell 3000 stocks is up to 4.3%, the highest in 15 years. This is now 1.0 percentage point above the 2022 bear market levels. At the same time, short Interest in the energy sector ETF, $XLE, is up to the highest
Exclusive: Dove soap maker Unilever has implemented a global hiring freeze 'at all levels' that will last at least three months, citing the effects of the widening conflict in the Middle East, according to a memo seen by Reuters.
BREAKING: The U.S. signaled it was softening on the effective oil blockade on Cuba, after weeks of President Trump threatening to take over the country, per NYT
hyperliquid at $7b open interest and $850m annualized revenue. everyone remembers dYdX bleeding from $1b OI to $300m when market makers walked. difference this time: hyperliquid validators ARE the market makers. they stake HYPE, run the order books, earn 0.02-0.035% of every
Aluminum headed for the biggest monthly gain in nearly two years, as the war in the Middle East disrupted supplies and damaged local production facilities, tightening the global market
Shares of Kweichow Moutai rose the most in about two months after China's top liquor maker announced a price increase for its flagship Feitian Moutai spirit, in a move that could bolster its earnings prospects
hyperliquid at $7b open interest and $850m annualized revenue. everyone remembers dYdX bleeding from $1b OI to $300m when market makers walked. difference this time: hyperliquid validators ARE the market makers. they stake HYPE, run the order books, earn 0.02-0.035% of every
Aluminum headed for the biggest monthly gain in nearly two years, as the war in the Middle East disrupted supplies and damaged local production facilities, tightening the global market
Overheard in Silicon Valley: "The Palo Alto-New York arbitrage." [QT @JaredSleeper: Genuinely curious- can someone explain the bifurcation between Silicon Valley mega-bullishness on inference spend/token volumes and the softness in inference-levered public equities? Coreweave, Nebius, NVIDIA, etc. It is a pretty remarkable incongruence.]
Tempted [QT @menhguin: at 7:40PM pacific time, march 30th, garry tan deploys 1-million lines of gstack to make it trivially easy to make your own browser ...]
Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar is set to visit China as the Iran war continues into its fifth week with little clarity about when the conflict will conclude
Myanmar's junta leader Min Aung Hlaing moved closer to the presidency after a lower house nomination on Tuesday, paving the way for the military to extend its rule following elections criticized by the United Nations and others as a sham
A company overseen by a prominent Abu Dhabi royal has agreed to buy a US gas infrastructure firm for $2.25 billion, the latest sign that Gulf firms are pressing ahead with overseas dealmaking
One year on from "Liberation Day," Trump's tariffs have altered supply chains — just not in the way he envisioned. A Bloomberg analysis of shipment-level customs data shows a shift in manufacturing toward Vietnam, with the country last year surpassing China as the leading
A company overseen by a prominent Abu Dhabi royal has agreed to buy a US gas infrastructure firm for $2.25 billion, the latest sign that Gulf firms are pressing ahead with overseas dealmaking
As demand for AI and digital services soars, investment in intangible assets like software makes up an increasing share of euro area business investment. Digital investment picked up in 2025 but has lagged behind the US over the past decade.
WATCH: Australia threatened to sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube for allegedly failing to enforce a ban on under-16s, warning that platforms must obey the law if they want to do business in the country
gnosis just launched the EEZ devnet with ethereum foundation co-funding and aave, safe, chainlink, spark as founding members. this is the coordination layer that turns 50+ fragmented L2s into one unified settlement zone with atomic cross-chain transactions. GNO sits at $316m
Australia threatened to sue Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube for allegedly failing to enforce a ban on under-16s, warning that platforms must obey the law if they want to do business in the country
As demand for AI and digital services soars, investment in intangible assets like software makes up an increasing share of euro area business investment. Digital investment picked up in 2025 but has lagged behind the US over the past decade.
Malaysian tankers allowed to sail through the Strait of Hormuz won't be subject to a toll imposed by Iran, according to Transport Minister Anthony Loke
gnosis just launched the EEZ devnet with ethereum foundation co-funding and aave, safe, chainlink, spark as founding members. this is the coordination layer that turns 50+ fragmented L2s into one unified settlement zone with atomic cross-chain transactions. GNO sits at $316m
Delta Airlines $DAL will use Amazon's $AMZN satellites to deliver in-flight Wi-Fi service. Delta agreed to install the Amazon Leo internet service on 500 aircraft starting in 2028 - Bloomberg
Welcome to March 31, 2026. The Singularity is optimizing the optimizers. Meta researchers introduced AIRA2, which cracks three structural bottlenecks in AI research agents, from synchronous single-GPU execution to the
TMT: one of largest net selling weeks in years; Mag7 sold in 12 of past 13 sessions; Industrials net sold 5 straight weeks, March 'largest percentage net selling on record' (Goldman Sachs)
Selling has broadened. TMT has seen one of its largest net selling weeks in years, with Mag7 names sold in 12 of the past 13 sessions. Industrials have now been net sold for five straight weeks, with March tracking as the largest percentage net selling on record, writes GS.
Dove soap maker Unilever has implemented a global hiring freeze 'at all levels' that will last at least three months, citing the effects of the widening conflict in the Middle East, according to a memo seen by Reuters
Israel Defense Minister Katz: 'set up a buffer zone inside southern Lebanon and maintain control over the entire area up to the Litani River'; Israel military: 'prepared to keep operating for weeks to come'
Israel Defence Minister Katz: Israel will set up a buffer zone inside southern Lebanon and maintain control over the entire area up to the Litani River
Zcash shielded pool ATH; full quantum-proof implementation expected by end of summer 2026; GNO at $316M market cap (Gnosis EEZ devnet launched with Ethereum Foundation co-funding)
another shielded zcash all time high. the privacy pool that's the most protected (since it doesn't expose keys) and which will be fully quantum proof by end of summer, keeps getting stronger. private swiss vault in your pocket for the modern age
Welcome to March 31, 2026 The Singularity is optimizing the optimizers. Meta researchers introduced AIRA2, which cracks three structural bottlenecks in AI research agents, from synchronous single-GPU execution to the
People are bearish on memory, but the leaked Claude Code source code is showing us some additional memory demand that the market hasn't priced in IMO. 1. The market thinks about AI memory demand as a server-side story: HBM on H100s/B200s for inference. What the bug reports
Microsoft's business software ecosystem faces a UK antitrust probe starting in May to decide whether licensing practices for products such as Word, Excel and AI app Copilot need tighter regulation
Pakistan is considering options that include allowing other ships to ferry vital cargoes under its flag, after Iran said it would allow 20 of the nation's vessels through the Strait of Hormuz
GMTrade $1.3B 24hr volume on tokenized stock perpetuals (TSLA/NVDA/AAPL, up to 500x leverage, USDC-settled); Circle minted $750M USDC on Solana March 31; $2.5B minted in 7 days
solana's top perp DEX by volume in march isn't trading crypto. GMTrade hit $1.3b in 24hr volume on tokenized stock perpetuals. tesla, nvidia, apple at up to 500x leverage, 24/7, settled in USDC. circle minted $750m USDC on solana march 31 alone, $2.5b in 7 days. the capital isn't
Apollo: $112.5M for 9% MORPHO governance at $1.25/token; Morpho +29% in 30 days, $7B TVL ATH; Aave lost BGD labs & Marc Zeller (61% governance activity, 48% protocol income), TVL -$27.6B from Oct peak
apollo dropped $112.5m for 9% of MORPHO governance at $1.25/token. same month, aave lost BGD labs and marc zeller who drove 61% of governance activity and 48% of protocol income. aave down $27.6b in TVL since october. morpho up 29% in 30 days to $7b TVL with all-time high
another shielded zcash all time high the privacy pool that's the most protected (since it doesn't expose keys) and which will be fully quantum proof by end of summer, keeps getting stronger private swiss vault in your pocket for the modern age
US-listed ETF March volume ~$7.8T (record); +$1.5T above March 2020 pandemic; Treasury ETFs ~$30B inflows in March (2x+ recent monthly avg); SGOV, BIL leading
ETF trading volume is exploding: US-listed ETF trading volume is up to ~$7.8 trillion so far in March, the highest monthly total on record. This exceeds the March 2020 pandemic volume by $1.5 trillion.
Chicago PMI: 52.8 actual vs 55 forecast vs 57.7 prior; Eurozone CPI surges past ECB target; VIX >30 for 2 consecutive days; credit spreads breaking out
The $VIX closed above 30 in each of the last 2 trading days. Historically, this level of fear in the Volatility Index has been associated with above-average future stock market returns (+21% over the next year on average). But the biggest gains have come with the $VIX above 40.
Saw some people panicking or asking about quantum computing's impact on crypto. At a high level, all crypto has to do is to upgrade to Quantum-Resistant (Post-Quantum) Algorithms. So, no need to panic. 😂 In practice, there are some execution considerations. It's hard to
If the unilateral TACO scenario proves to be the end then we can confidently say that the Iran war has been a dramatic blow to the US empire while expanding the Israeli empire
GMTrade 24hr volume $1.3B (tokenized TSLA/NVDA/AAPL, 500x leverage, USDC-settled); Circle minted $750M USDC on Solana Mar 31; $2.5B in 7 days on Solana
solana's top perp DEX by volume in march isn't trading crypto. GMTrade hit $1.3b in 24hr volume on tokenized stock perpetuals. tesla, nvidia, apple at up to 500x leverage, 24/7, settled in USDC. circle minted $750m USDC on solana march 31 alone, $2.5b in 7 days. the capital isn't
Go dapps! [QT @zensei: solana total dApp revenue went from $98.5M to $4.30B in under 2 years that's a +4,265% increase and now the ecosystem is averaging millions in revenue every single day]
One chain [QT @SolanaSensei: Raydium is dominating DEXs in total spot volume, generating almost $700B in 3 years. - Orca: $460B - Meteora: $280B - HumidFi: $235B Everything adds up to over $2.7 TRILLION!!]
March Consumer Confidence Index from @Conferenceboard rose to 91.8 vs 87.9 est. & 91.0 prior (revised down from 91.2); present situation 123.3 vs 118.7 prior; expectations 70.9 vs. 72.6 prior
Barclays: US Treasury market 'structurally unstable', may require 'official interventions'; Buffett: signs of fragility in banking system linked to non-bank players
The Treasury market has been rendered structurally unstable by its explosive growth and is likely to require occasional 'official interventions' to support its functioning, according to strategists at Barclays
Apple $AAPL is testing a feature that would let Siri process multiple requests in a single query. The company is developing the capability as part of the iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 operating systems due later this year - Bloomberg
Google researchers warned that future quantum computers may be able to break some of the cryptography protecting Bitcoin and other digital assets with fewer resources than previously thought
Iranian authorities arrested dozens of people who were allegedly in a network that sold Starlink satellite terminals, as Tehran expands efforts to control information more than a month into its war with the US and Israel.
$STRC is eating the MNAV of $MSTR. Down to 1.12 now. When it's below 1.0 there will be no yield that will keep $STRC at par that the company will be willing to pay.
One chain [QT @SolanaSensei: Raydium is dominating DEXs in total spot volume, generating almost $700B in 3 years. - Orca: $460B - Meteora: $280B - HumidFi: $235B. Everything adds up to over $2.7 TRILLION!!]
March Consumer Confidence Index from @Conferenceboard rose to 91.8 vs 87.9 est. & 91.0 prior (revised down from 91.2); present situation 123.3 vs 118.7 prior; expectations 70.9 vs. 72.6 prior
Euro zone inflation soared past the European Central Bank's 2% target this month as surging oil and gas costs drove up headline prices, but the jump was smaller than expected
Apple $AAPL is testing a feature that would let Siri process multiple requests in a single query. The company is developing the capability as part of the iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 operating systems due later this year - Bloomberg
Well this is pretty cool. Someone set Claude up with a new $50K portfolio to see if it can outperform money managers. You can follow along below. And if you wanted to trade alongside it, they listed the portfolio on Autopilot too.
We're excited to lead @treeline_AI's Series A as they build the AI-enabled IT services provider. More than 80% of U.S. businesses outsource IT to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) – specialized services firms that function as an external IT and security department.
$80M Series B; $580M valuation; focus on AI-accelerated cyberattacks
在AI辅助攻击手段快速升级的背景下,专注AI安全防御的初创公司获得高估值融资;与Anthropic Claude Code源码泄露事件同日发生,戏剧性地展示了AI安全领域攻防两端的同步升温。
Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code's full source code via a public npm package, same day as AI security startup launches with $80M in funding, per reports.
Looks like it's finally happening… the FDA is now prepared to move at least 14 peptides to the Category 1 list which means US based compounding labs/pharmacies will be able to make and sell them for human consumption. This is great for $HIMS because they own both 503a and 503b
ZK token $166M market cap; Prividium = settlement layer for 5 US banks ($600B+ deposits), Deutsche Bank, UBS, 35+ firms; tokenized deposits on zkSync; FDIC-insured
ZK token sitting at $166m market cap. its Prividium infrastructure is now the settlement layer for Cari Network (5 US banks, $600b+ in deposits), Deutsche Bank, UBS, and 35+ financial firms deploying tokenized deposits onchain. FDIC-insured programmable money running on zkSync
$STRC is eating the MNAV of $MSTR. Down to 1.12 now. When it's below 1.0 there will be no yield that will keep $STRC at par that the company will be willing to pay.
Well this is pretty cool Someone set Claude up with a new $50K portfolio to see if it can outperform money managers You can follow along below And if you wanted to trade alongside it, they listed the portfolio on Autopilot too
Apple $AAPL is testing a feature that would let Siri process multiple requests in a single query The company is developing the capability as part of the iOS 27, iPadOS 27 and macOS 27 operating systems due later this year - Bloomberg
We're excited to lead @treeline_AI's Series A as they build the AI-enabled IT services provider. More than 80% of U.S. businesses outsource IT to Managed Service Providers (MSPs) – specialized services firms that function as an external IT and security department.
Monzo is shuttering its US operations after years of failing to gain a foothold on the world's largest market, and will instead focus on the UK and Europe, according to a statement
$STRC is eating the MNAV of $MSTR. Down to 1.12 now. When it's below 1.0 there will be no yield that the company will be willing to pay that will keep $STRC at par.
Colombia's central bank delivered a full percentage-point increase to its key interest rate after Finance Minister German Avila walked out of the policy meeting
Anthropic accidentally leaked Claude Code's full source code via a public npm package, same day as AI security startup launches with $80M in funding, per reports.
1-BIT LANGUAGE MODEL [QT @PrismML: Today, we are emerging from stealth and launching PrismML, an AI lab with Caltech origins that is centered on building the most concentrated form of intelligence. At PrismML, we believe that the next major leaps in AI will be driven by order-of-magnitude improvements in]
Marc Andreessen says 99.9999% of the value of AI will accrue to the users of AI, not the companies who create it: "If you look at the total amount of economic value creation downstream of the internet—something like 99% of that accrued to the users of the internet, not the"
Monzo is shuttering its US operations after years of failing to gain a foothold on the world's largest market, and will instead focus on the UK and Europe, according to a statement
Colombia's central bank delivered a full percentage-point increase to its key interest rate after Finance Minister German Avila walked out of the policy meeting
Goldman Sachs is pushing back on one of the most significant shifts in market pricing this year. The bank says investors are overestimating the likelihood that the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates in response to the current oil price surge.
Please explain why, having this technology, you would focus on Bitcoin? Why not Fedwire, and take trillions from the banking industry? Do hackers really think this small?
"Who is John Galt?" [QT @POLITICOEurope: 🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission has urged people to work from home, drive and fly less, and for EU countries to urgently roll out renewables, as it warned of a prolonged energy crisis as a result of the conflict in the Gulf.]
Colombia's central bank delivered a full percentage-point increase to its key interest rate after Finance Minister German Avila walked out of the policy meeting
Google research put out a reasonable report on the theoretical quantum threat to Bitcoin. You have to at least accept that there's a small chance they are right. Instead, most bitcoiners are acting like Google punched their mom in the boob.
Starlink satellites currently make up 65% of all active satellites in space [QT @Temaetfs: From rockets to recurring revenue. @SpaceX's @Starlink proves that space is a scalable business: 65% of all active satellites. 10M+ subscribers. ~$15B in revenue. Starlink is what happens when a rocket company thinks like a SaaS company.]
1-BIT LANGUAGE MODEL [QT @PrismML: Today, we are emerging from stealth and launching PrismML, an AI lab with Caltech origins that is centered on building the most concentrated form of intelligence. At PrismML, we believe that the next major leaps in AI will be driven by order-of-magnitude improvements in]
MSFT Q1: -23%, worst quarter since 2008; AI investment ROI concerns cited; exclusive talks with Chevron + Engine No.1 for West Texas data center power deal
NKE Q3: EPS $0.35 vs $0.31E; Rev $11.28B vs $11.24BE; GM 40.2% vs 39.8%E; China EBIT $467M vs $269.5ME; Inv $7.49B vs $7.53BE
CEO Elliott Hill聚焦运动核心的战略开始显现成效,大中华区大幅超预期是最大亮点。但分析师指出中国需求仍不均衡、北美复苏参差,股价对业绩反应保守,市场尚未完全买账其复苏叙事。
$NKE Nike Q3 Earnings EPS $0.35, est. $0.31 Revenue $11.28B, est. $11.24B Total Nike Brand revenue $11.01B, est. $10.94B Gross margin 40.2%, est. 39.8% Greater China EBIT $467M, est. $269.5M Inventory $7.49B, est. $7.53B
Unilever food + McCormick merger; combined ~$65B; 2nd-largest food transaction in history
联合利华通过剥离食品业务聚焦高利润个人护理品类的战略意图明显,此举将重塑全球食品与快消行业格局。
WATCH: Unilever will merge its food business with spice maker McCormick, it said, creating a company worth around $65 billion in the second-largest food transaction in history
From the ruling: "The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!"
CARDANO $ADA FOUNDER ON CLARITY ACT: "EVEN IF IT DOES GET PASSED, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MANY YEARS OF RULEMAKING," "IT'S ALSO UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE THIS ADMINISTRATION,"
Investment banks leading SpaceX's initial public offering are planning a meeting on Monday, April 6 with the broader syndicate working to prepare for the deal
The most important US offshore oil varieties are commanding the highest premiums since as far back as the Covid-19 pandemic as energy-market chaos from the Iran war worsens
CARDANO $ADA FOUNDER ON CLARITY ACT: "EVEN IF IT DOES GET PASSED, IT'S GOING TO TAKE MANY YEARS OF RULEMAKING," "IT'S ALSO UNLIKELY TO SURVIVE THIS ADMINISTRATION,"