If an AI Bubble Pops, Does Bitcoin Bleed or Benefit?
https://cryptoslate.com/if-an-ai-bubble-pops-does-btc-bleed-or-benefit
That’s the Close: Lowest VVIX Since “Liberation Day,” Volatility Crushed
That's the close.
Today was the lowest VVIX ( vol of vol) since Liberation Day. Volatility has been crushed. Complacency is rampant.
Good job everybody.
9:33 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 7.66K Views
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Regulators May Soon Uncover a New Set of Wall Street Research Scandals
Kalani o Māui@MauiBoyMacro
“One day, perhaps sooner than most think, regulators will unearth a fresh set of scandals involving Wall Street’s research. People will justifiably ask why the financial sector keeps making the same mistakes. But regulators deserve much of the blame.” 👇🏼
8:52 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 712 Views
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Japan’s 10-Year Bond Yield Soars to Highest Level in 27 Years
MarketNewsFeed@MarketNews_Feed
JAPAN'S 10-YEAR BOND YIELD SOARS TO HIGHEST LEVEL IN 27 YEARS ...
8:21 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 52 Views
Germany 30-Year Bond Hits 3.54%, Highest in 14 Years
Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖@MikeZaccardi
Germany 30yr 3.54%, highest in 14 years
10:27 AM · Dec 22, 2025 · 2.98K Views
4 Reposts · 17 Likes
Additional Commentary on German Long-Dated Bonds
Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖@MikeZaccardi
$VIX 3-month low, 14.5
3:22 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 2.53K Views
3 Reposts · 17 Likes
Market Concentration Surges: Top 7 Stocks Now 36% of S&P 500 Market Cap
The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter
Market concentration is still surging:
The top 7 largest stocks now reflect a record 36% of the S&P 500's market cap.
This percentage has doubled in just 7 years and exceeds the 2000 Dot-Com Bubble peak by 13 percentage points.
Meanwhile, these 7 stocks represent 26% of the
10:50 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 102K Views
73 Replies · 106 Reposts · 845 Likes
Oracle Debt Risk Soars to Highest Level Since the Global Financial Crisis
Oracle $ORCL debt risk soars to highest level since the Global Financial Crisis 🚨🤯👀
11:40 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 53.1K Views
45 Replies · 95 Reposts · 578 Likes
JPMorgan’s Tokenized Dollars Are Quietly Rewiring Wall Street
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2025/12/18/jpmorgan-s-tokenized-dollars-are-quietly-rewiring-how-wall-street-moves-money
Auction-Based Liquidity Saving Mechanisms (BIS Working Paper)
https://www.bis.org/publ/work1318.htm
Investors Pile Into Venezuelan Debt on Regime-Change Bets
https://www.ft.com/content/a8beec5e-0c3f-4fb7-8780-6eeaa6c0f1ab
Why the Fed’s Reserve Management Purchases Are Not QE
https://wolfstreet.com/2025/12/11/why-the-feds-reserve-management-purchases-are-not-qe
France Target2 Balances Hit Record Low of –€240.1B
🛑🇨🇵 France Target2 balances hit record low -240.1 bn, down 40 bn in a month, only one degrading
3:21 PM · Dec 21, 2025 · 5.14K Views
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JD Vance Gets Brutally Honest About Odds of Resolving the Ukraine War
https://nypost.com/2025/12/22/us-news/jd-vance-gets-brutally-honest-about-odds-of-resolving-ukraine-war-good-chance-we-wont
BREAKING: U.S. Department of War Enters Agreement With Elon Musk’s xAI
The Kobeissi Letter@KobeissiLetter
BREAKING: The US Department of War enters an agreement with Elon Musk's xAI.
9:28 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 473K Views
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UPDATE: New Navy Warships to Be Referred to as the “Trump Class”
UPDATE: The large new Navy warships that will be announced today will be referred to as the "Trump class"
JUST IN: Trump will announce on Monday a new fleet of large warships he is calling “battleships,” marking a step toward achieving the president’s vision for a new “Golden Fleet.” https://t.co/ewukE9i03h @laraseligman @MarcusReports
8:41 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 200K Views
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Trump to Announce Plans for New Fleet of Large Battleships, per CBS
MarketNewsFeed@MarketNews_Feed
TRUMP WILL ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A NEW FLEET OF LARGE WARSHIPS THAT WILL BE REFERRED TO AS “BATTLESHIPS” TODAY, PER CBS ...
8:22 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 60 Views
U.S. Conducts Lethal Kinetic Strike on Vessel in SOUTHCOM Area
U.S. Southern Command@Southcom
On Dec. 22, at the direction of Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a low-profile vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations in international waters. Intelligence confirmed the low-profile vessel was transiting
3:16 AM · Dec 23, 2025 · 1.02M Views
571 Replies · 1.61K Reposts · 7.84K Likes
Japan Boosts Defense Spending to 2% of GDP
https://biz.chosun.com/en/en-international/2025/12/23/LF5SEZGI2NCDBBAYQVOFMLFMCU
Additional U.S. Strike and Support Assets Arrive in SOUTHCOM
As the U.S. enforces & expands its blockade, additional strike & support assets arrived in SOUTHCOM:
+ 14 VTANG F-35As deployed to Puerto Rico
+ 921st Contingency Response Squad @ SDQ
+ USAF U-28A Draco, EC-130H Compass Call, MC-130J
Per POTUS, M/T Bella 1 is still on the run.
12:05 AM · Dec 23, 2025 · 112K Views
17 Replies · 162 Reposts · 485 Likes
Russia Evacuating Diplomats’ Families From Venezuela, per AP
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has started evacuating the families of diplomats from Venezuela, according to a European intelligence official - AP
The evacuations include women and children.
8:09 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 200K Views
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Russia Pledges Full Support for Venezuela Against U.S. Hostilities
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/russia-pledges-full-support-for-venezuela-against-us-hostilities
Trump Abruptly Shuts Down Wind Projects Over National Security Risks
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15406323/Trump-shuts-wind-projects-national-security-risks.html
China Building Structures in Provisional Waters Shared With South Korea
China is unilaterally building structures in Provisional Measures Zone, shared waters with South Korea.
Zone was set up in 2001 to manage overlapping EEZ claims between both countries
This is why negotiating with China never works. They'll just go ahead & take it for themselves
12:29 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 17.1K Views
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China Deploys Maritime Platforms and Aquaculture Cages in Disputed Zone
Isabella Anderson@IsabellaAn67
China has deployed maritime structures—one integrated management platform, and two aquaculture cages—have been deployed inside the South Korea-China Provisional Measures Zone (PMZ) without prior consultation with the South Korean government.
Satellite imagery analysis reveals
10:25 AM · Dec 15, 2025 · 138K Views
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Interactive Dataset: Restaurant & Food Business Breakdown by Local Area
https://public.tableau.com/views/Restaurants_17664458650720/FoodBusiness?%3AshowVizHome=no&embed=y%3Adisplay_count&render=true
Long Covid Extremism and the New Coronavirus Fringe
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/19/long-covid-coronavirus-extremists
White House Makes Winning the 6G Race a National Security Priority
Michael Lucci@Michael7ucci
🚨 The White House just made winning the 6G race a national security priority.
If the U.S. doesn’t lead the next generation of wireless technology, China will dominate with huge consequences for AI, defense, and our economy.
whitehouse.gov
Winning the 6G Race
7:51 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 7.14K Views
8 Replies · 40 Reposts · 88 Likes
DJT Stock Jumps on TAE Technologies Merger News
https://www.barrons.com/articles/djt-stock-price-tae-technologies-merger-b050697f?mod=hp_LEDE_C_2
ABC, CBS, NBC Spend Over 1,000 Minutes Linking Trump to Epstein
from me -- ABC, CBS, and NBC have now spent over 1,000 minutes since July linking President Trump to Jeffrey Epstein, adding over 200 minutes in a month
newsbusters.org
Avalanche: Networks Keep Tying Trump to Epstein as Coverage Soars Past 1,000 Minutes
8:43 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 2.85K Views
1 Reply · 8 Reposts · 12 Likes
Cuba’s economy is nearing collapse as the result of the U.S. oil blockade and military buildup against Venezuela
Cuba’s economy is nearing collapse as the result of the U.S. oil blockade and military buildup against Venezuela
wsj.com
U.S. Oil Blockade of Venezuela Pushes Cuba Toward Collapse
1:12 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 77.3K Views
375 Replies · 267 Reposts · 1.32K Likes
Democratic Despotism: The American Left Moves from Censored to Compelled Speech
https://jonathanturley.org/2025/12/22/democratic-despotism-the-left-moves-from-censored-to-compelled-speech/
“We are seeing the final hours of the European Union,” Viktor Orbán warns of EU collapse akin to the Soviet Union
John-Paul Berg@SemperVeritasX
"This is it. We are seeing the final hours of the European Union. We have entered the closing phase." Viktor Orban.
This will happen like the Soviet Union, slow at first, then all at once. I pray this insidiously corrupt Union falls by Christmas, and the countries of Europe can
12:34 AM · Dec 21, 2025 · 236K Views
687 Replies · 4.98K Reposts · 21K Likes
Multiple Job Holders Reach All-Time High as 9.3 Million Americans Work More Than One Job
The number of multiple job holders hit a new all-time high in November, at 9.3 million
7:25 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 40K Views
14 Replies · 76 Reposts · 318 Likes
U.S. Holiday Shoppers Flock to Klarna and Other Buy-Now-Pay-Later Services
Mike Zaccardi, CFA, CMT 🍖@MikeZaccardi
US Holiday Shoppers Are Flocking to Klarna, Other BNPL Services.
1:38 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 2.44K Views
1 Reply · 1 Repost · 10 Likes
Federal Judge Dismisses Challenge to Port of Vancouver Expansion, Sidesteps Indigenous Rights Question
Blacklock's Reporter@mindingottawa
Fed judge dismisses challenge of expansion, sidesteps question of whether US border state Indigenous groups have full rights in Canada.
1:23 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 1.56K Views
2 Replies · 18 Reposts · 32 Likes
Canadian Plastics Industry Generates $35B Annually, With Most Exports Bound for the U.S.
Blacklock's Reporter@mindingottawa
Canadian plastics industry generates $35B in annual sales with $14.9B in exports, almost all bound for U.S. “Many pointed out how prohibiting export would not reduce global plastic pollution as increased foreign supply would be expected to fill the market gap.”
— Analysis
Environment Minister @juliedabrusin on Saturday served legal notice that cabinet will again allow the manufacture of straws and other plastic goods in Canada, but only for export to U.S.
“The proposed amendments would minimize economic losses.”
— @environmentca
5:44 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 4.19K Views
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Canada’s Environment Minister Moves to Again Allow Plastic Straws and Other Goods
Environment Minister on Saturday served legal notice that cabinet will again allow the manufacture of straws and other plastic goods in Canada, but only for export to U.S.
“The proposed amendments would minimize economic losses.”
—
11:34 AM · Dec 22, 2025 · 241K Views
550 Replies · 306 Reposts · 671 Likes
The Electric Car Transition Unravels Slowly, Then All at Once
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/12/17/tech/electric-car-transition-unravels
U.S. Halts Offshore Wind Licenses Over National Security Concerns
https://www.ft.com/content/fedb8762-8ae1-4b20-99d5-7167d39d9bab
Vince Zampella, Video Game Developer Behind the ‘Call of Duty’ Franchise, Dies After Crash
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/video-game-developer-vince-zampella-crash-call-of-duty/3819576
“The Quiet American”: Inside the Vatican’s Network of Spies
https://www.thetimes.com/world/europe/article/pope-leo-vatican-spies-mlk73xwx8
Calls to Investigate All Three Vindman Brothers and Their Military and Intelligence Connections
Research all 3 Vindman brothers, including Leonid Simon Vindman. With connections to Fort Bragg, Ryan Wesley Routh, Matthew Alan Livelsberger, Shamsud-Din Jabbar, etc., etc.
But Who is the Third Vindman Brother?
The third brother is Leonid Simon Vindman. He is Alexander
🚨 The Pentagon wants an ethics inquiry on Rep. Vindman’s Ukraine business deals
The Pentagon is raising questions about Vindman’s private business efforts in Ukraine while he worked on a State Department-funded project.
https://t.co/BgKaAX3gQg
5:07 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 55.5K Views
49 Replies · 1.91K Reposts · 3.54K Likes
America’s New Enemy: The Chinese Crypto Cartel Buying States to Fight the U.S.
https://whalehunting.projectbrazen.com/americas-new-enemy-the-chinese-crypto-cartel-buying-states-to-fight-the-u-s-2
Exclusive: FBI Raids Secret Service Agent’s Home in Alleged Tax Fraud Scheme
Susan Crabtree@susancrabtree
🚨🚨EXCLUSIVE and : FBI Raided Secret Service Agent’s Home in Tax Fraud Case
Allegations smack of similar fraudulent charitable ploy to help poor youth as in Minnesota.
“This is bigger than the 2012 Colombia prostitution scandal,” one source told RCP.
READ full
8:41 PM · Dec 22, 2025 · 48.8K Views
13 Replies · 230 Reposts · 480 Likes
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2025/12/22/fbi_raided_secret_service_agents_home_in_tax_fraud_probe_153663.html
Exclusive: Taylor Swift’s $197M Bonuses Are Roiling the Music Industry
Melbourne Jewish Art Gallery Closes Temporarily Over Security Fears Following Bondi Attacks
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/culture/melbourne-jewish-art-gallery-closes-temporarily-over-security-fears-after-bondi-attacks/news-story/1009269d5ae2d5004f2ce78f9870d89c?amp=
