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🇨🇳 China adds record-breaking 430 GW of wind and solar power capacity in 2025.


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‼️ Large US Bankruptcies Spike to Pandemic Levels

9 large US companies filed for bankruptcy last week.

The 3 week average now stands at 6, the highest since 2020. At least 18 firms with liabilities of $50M+ have gone bankrupt over the past 3 weeks.

Historically, only the post-2001 slowdown, the 2008 financial crisis, and the 2020 pandemic saw higher readings.

The peak this century was a 3 week average of 9 in 2009.


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🇨🇳🇮🇱 China rejects any annexation of Palestinian territory, condemning Israeli settlement expansion and West Bank control measures.


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🇨🇳 Chinese listed companies distributed a record $50.5 billion in dividends before Lunar New Year.


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🇺🇸 US Initial Jobless Claims

Actual: 227k
Expected: 222k


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🇮🇱 An Israeli civilian and an IDF reservist have been charged after they used classified military intelligence to place bets on the online prediction platform Polymarket.

The suspected Polymarket user ricosuave666 placed several bets in June 2025 with striking accuracy regarding Israeli military operations in Iran, wagering tens of thousands of dollars and making a profit of around $150,000.


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An internal Kremlin memo outlines a potential economic reset with the Trump administration, including a dramatic return to the US dollar settlement system if a Ukraine peace deal is reached.

The document proposes closer US-Russia cooperation in energy, aviation, nuclear power, and critical minerals, along with preferential terms for American companies reentering Russia.

It also suggests joint efforts to promote fossil fuels over green energy and compensate US firms for past losses.

It remains unclear whether the proposals have been formally presented to Washington.


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Silver crashes under $80, falling over 7% today.


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US equity markets extend their decline, with the Nasdaq 100 now down -1.5%.


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🇺🇸 U.S. Senator Tim Scott says digital asset innovation should stay in America and Congress is close to setting clear crypto rules with help from the SEC.


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🇺🇸 Fed will cut with two 25-basis-point cuts in June and September, per UBS.


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📊 Anthropic just raised $30B at a $380B valuation.

Three years ago: $0 in revenue.

Today: $14B run-rate, 10x growth every year, and 4% of all GitHub commits worldwide coming from Claude Code.


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🇺🇸 United States signs trade deal with Taiwan, cutting tariffs to 15%.

Taiwan will remove 99% of trade barriers on the US and commits to buying $84 billion in American goods.


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Trader PuzzleTricker spent 3.23M $USDC to bet that FC Barcelona would win the Copa del Rey on Feb 12.
He won and made $2.12M in profit.


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🇺🇸 US President Donald Trump is set to reverse tariffs on metals and aluminum, per the FT.


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The US collected a record $288 billion in customs duties over the last 12 months, which was over 3x higher than what was collected in the 12 months prior ($82 billion).


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