💰 A Bitcoin-led selloff has erased $467.6B from the crypto market in under a week, with Bitcoin sliding to its lowest level since November 2024 amid a broad risk-off move.
🇺🇸 Thomas Barkin said last year’s Fed rate cuts helped support jobs and that policymakers are now focused on the “last mile” of bringing inflation back to the Federal Reserve System’s target.
🥇 China’s four largest gold ETFs saw record outflows of ~6.8B yuan ($980M) in a single day as gold’s sharp pullback from record highs shook investor confidence.
💲 UBS beat Q4 profit estimates with $1.2B in net income and announced a $3B share buyback for 2026, signaling potential upside while reaffirming an 18% CET1 return target for 2028.
🥇Gold hit a record above $5,200—up over 20% YTD—as dollar weakness and policy uncertainty under Donald Trump accelerated the flight from currencies and bonds into safe havens.
🤔 Donald Trump threatened to raise tariffs on South Korean goods to 25% from 15%, targeting autos, lumber and pharmaceuticals over delays in ratifying last year’s trade deal.
🏬 Amazon sent a premature internal email about “Project Dawn” layoffs—later canceled—spooking workers already bracing for potentially thousands of job cuts after 14,000 roles were eliminated in October.
💵 Most prices are quoted in USD by default. Stocks, metals, and crypto are usually discussed in dollar terms because it is familiar and liquid.
⚖️ Measuring one asset in units of another helps compare strength directly. It shows which asset is gaining purchasing power versus the other. This is useful for spotting underperformance, relative trends, and potential pair trades.
To do this, go to TradingView. In the search field for tickers, type the trading pair of the asset you want to measure, then add a "/", then the trading pair of the asset you want to measure it against. For both sides just use USD pairs.
👉 For example, to measure Bitcoin in gold, use BTCUSD/XAUUSD. This expresses Bitcoin’s price in ounces of gold. The chart shows whether Bitcoin is outperforming or underperforming gold over time. To measure Ethereum in BTC use ETHUSD/BTCUSD. And so on...
Check the attached chart. Bitcoin priced in gold is down about 51% since August 2025. That means gold gained purchasing power relative to Bitcoin over that period. Turns out a: long gold + short Bitcoin, was a perfect pair trade.
🤔 This method is commonly used to track assets priced in gold or BTC. It's often used to compare altcoins versus BTC or ETH. It shifts the focus from absolute price to relative performance.
⚡️ The European Union may retaliate with tariffs on €93 billion ($108 billion) of US goods if Donald Trump imposes 10%–25% duties that could cut EU exports by up to 50%.
🥇 Gold jumped to about $4,670/oz and silver to $93/oz as Donald Trump threatened 10%–25% tariffs, stoking safe-haven demand amid a looming US-EU trade clash.
🇨🇳 China hit 5% growth in 2025, but momentum faded as Q4 GDP slowed to 4.5%, investment fell 3.8%, and net exports contributed about 33% of growth amid weak demand.
🍎Apple Inc. retook the top spot in China as iPhone shipments surged 28%, lifting its share to about 20% despite a 1.6% market decline.