Bullionbite

Markets. Economics. Politics. Principles first. Takes without the BS.

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Bitcoin's Flat Price, Its Path Back to Cash — A predictable, slow-moving valuation would finally let the token work as a medium of exchange, reviving the everyday-payment purpose its creators intended before speculation buried it.
https://t.co/Lv3nGLYpLE

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Passive Funds Buying AI at Any Price — Index-tracking rules compel these portfolios to purchase richly valued tech shares in proportion to their weighting, no matter how stretched the cost.
https://t.co/gDBLiwoZgk

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Europe's Break From US Big Tech — From Paris to Amsterdam, officials swap proprietary American products for open-source systems they control, though the deepest layers of the stack stay locked to Silicon Valley.
https://t.co/tUOr24bjaN

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A war that never touches your trade lane just doubled your shipping bill

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Container shipping rates are surging amid the Iran War:

The spot rate for a 40-foot container from Asia to the US West Coast jumped +$655, or +20%, over the last week, to ~$3,933, the highest in at least 6 months.

At the same time, the rate from Asia to Northern Europe jumped +$793, or +27%, to ~$3,649.

Since the start of the Iran War, Asia-to-US container rates have surged +109%, and Asia-to-Europe rates are up by more than +50%.

This comes as shipments rerouted around the blocked Strait of Hormuz are causing severe congestion at Southeast Asian transshipment hubs, including Singapore and Malaysia.

On top of this, carriers are charging importers fuel surcharges and shifting costs, while a pickup in demand heading into peak season for booking ocean freight is adding further pressure.

Looking ahead, available shipping capacity is set to shrink further as importers rush to replenish inventories in July and August, which could push rates even higher.

Supply chain pressures are intensifying.

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@zerohedge nobody pays a premium for the flag when the cheap one ships the same output

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Everyone's run out of options except the guy who never does

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Trump tells FT Netanyahu will have ‘no choice’ but to accept a deal with Iran

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Iran War's $750 Hit to American Households — Energy-led price increases since the opening strikes have drained the average family budget, with lower earners absorbing the steepest blow.
https://t.co/aWvT7CU6m0

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Stock Market Awash in Paper Wealth, Starved for Real Cash — Trillions in unrealized gains look impressive on screens, yet they evaporate the instant large holders attempt to convert them into spendable money.
https://t.co/j2SdLeDhUG

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The Allies Have a New Word for America: Deterrence — From European troops in Greenland to a $1.776 billion slush fund at home, why NATO is running the one calculation no country runs twice.
https://t.co/j4MrCmd92P

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Gold's Return to the Heart of Global Money — Half a century after the metal lost its formal standing, central banks have quietly rebuilt bullion into the core of the financial system.
https://t.co/0YhC3ylbur

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Why Are UK Salaries Falling So Far Behind the World? — A high-cost economy increasingly pays its skilled professionals like a low-cost one, with stagnant productivity and a punitive tax code widening the gap.
https://t.co/4O7NrlPO8n

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Musk Already Won the SpaceX IPO Without You — The founder and his early backers locked in their gains at a private valuation; the small investors piling in now mostly set the price that books it.
https://t.co/D8HBgwx1tS

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Asia's All-In Bet on Semiconductors — Growth, foreign sales and trade now hinge on one notoriously cyclical industry and just two major customers.
https://t.co/FVVc1DjVfU

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Everyone kept calling for a crash, and US markets just... closed May at record highs.

Meanwhile Trump trades millions in stocks, reports it months late, and walks away with a $200 fine.

Yep. $200.. :)

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EU Unlocks €16.4 Billion for Hungary — The sum equals roughly 14 percent of yearly state spending, released as the bloc rewards a decisive pro-European shift at the ballot box.
https://t.co/Fvzhw8kZ4J

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Foreign Investment Leaving Spain’s Housing Market — A property tax proposal with no parliamentary path still managed to reshape investor behavior across Europe.
https://t.co/bLzNqlduRw

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Trump $250 Bill Push Inside the Treasury — Two political appointees pressed the nation's currency office to prototype a banknote carrying the living president's portrait, the first such image on federal money in over a century and a half.
https://t.co/bUs3pYeIjt

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Germany: Structural Crisis Beneath the Stagnation Headlines — GDP downgrades and energy shocks fill the news cycle while the real long-term fiscal pressure builds inside the pension and healthcare systems.
https://t.co/YgHk8TvF1o

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Wealth Power Shifts from Switzerland to Hong Kong — Hong Kong and Singapore grow at roughly nine percent annually, far outpacing Switzerland's mature client base.
https://t.co/7Q2TqnCfjI

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FT: Trump and sons to be ‘forever’ exempt from tax audits

U.S. officials reportedly struck a deal to shut down Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS: the government would be permanently barred from ever making any claims against Donald Trump, his sons, or the Trump Organization.

Makes you wonder what kind of mistake they made to be that scared of the lawsuit. 🤡