Diulio

[Peter Schiff @PeterSchiff]

PepsiCo spent $2.8 million last year lobbying to keep junk food eligible for food stamps. Then RFK got 18 states to ban SNAP purchases of soda, candy, and processed snacks. Within a week, PepsiCo cut Doritos, Lay's, and Tostitos prices by up to 15%. The CEO blamed "affordability." But the timing tells the real story. SNAP is a $100 billion-a-year program. According to the USDA, 20 cents of every SNAP dollar goes to junk food. Frito-Lay products appeared in 7.2% of all SNAP shopping trips.

The moment the government stopped subsidizing demand, PepsiCo had to compete on price. No regulation. No price caps. No antitrust probe. The subsidy disappeared, and the market corrected overnight.

Now consider that this same pattern — government money in, prices up — plays out in college tuition, healthcare, defense, and every other industry with a guaranteed government buyer. Federal spending is nearly a quarter of the entire economy. All of it inflating prices. All of it eroding your purchasing power.
Central banks see the same math. That's why they're dumping dollars and buying gold. The gold companies we cover in our investment research newsletter Strategic Assets are earning record profits at these prices — some trading at just 3-4x earnings.

https://t.co/rQjQPHOY0p

[Bitcoin News @BitcoinNewsCom]

NETHERLANDS TO TAX UNREALIZED BITCOIN GAINS

Netherlands is moving toward taxing unrealized capital gains on bitcoin, stocks, bonds, and other assets after parliament voted to overhaul annual income tax filings.

Under the new system, investors will owe tax each year based on changes in asset value, even if nothing has been sold.

The reform, known as Wet werkelijk rendement Box 3, is scheduled for 2028 and will tax actual returns by measuring the difference between an asset’s value at the start and end of the year, plus any income received.

That means both realized and unrealized gains will be taxed.

Critics warn the shift could create serious liquidity problems, forcing investors to pay taxes on paper gains without having cashed out.

[Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge]

America's trade deficit plunges by half to the smallest in nearly 2 decades.

- Chinese imports crashed
- American exports grew
- Tariff inflation was absorbed by exporters
- Trillions of investment incoming

Instead of importing Chinese junk we’re importing factories.

[Bill Noble @crypto_noble]

Clarity Act FAILED! Why Analysts Are 100% Wrong to Panic https://t.co/WEZhQueRbs

[Terence Michael @ProofOfMoney]

Today we celebrate Satoshi Nakamoto.

But let's not forget the cryptographers
and the cypherpunks who took decades
to build the bricks for Bitcoin.

Bookmark this and enjoy a fast, floating
trip about the quest for perfect money.

#BitcoinHistory #cypherpunk

[Simon Dixon @SimonDixonTwitt]

The EU moved the Digital Euro for the ECB forward yesterday on Dec 24 2025, just before Xmas

Same playbook as 1913, when the Federal Reserve Act was passed while Congress & the public were preparing for Xmas

Monetary reform passes when no one’s watching

[Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm]

From the @FT:
“UK consumers have curbed spending more than anywhere else in the G7 since the pandemic, as high interest rates and fear of economic shocks prompt households to build up savings rather than splashing out.
Since the start of the Covid pandemic in 2020, UK household spending has risen just 1 per cent in real terms and fallen 3 per cent on a per capita basis.”
#economy #uk

[Diulio @DiulioTezzi]

@PeterSchiff @VladTheInflator Not your keys, not your money. Bitcoin fixes this.

[Adam Charles @AdamCharlesMKT]

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[Darth Powell @VladTheInflator]

Thank god we didn't do that again, otherwise we'd be in deep shit

[JustDario @DarioCpx]

Fun fact: every day the BOJ needs to lend ~ 60 trillion $JPY into the financial system (~400bn $USD)

If this isn’t a sign of a system on a life support I don’t know what it is

[Bravos Research @bravosresearch]

This is exactly how the 2008 Financial Crisis unfolded 👇

[The Great Martis @great_martis]

S&P 500: 2008 vs. 2025🚨

No trickery, just an overlay of both years.

Scary?

[The Coastal Journal @1CoastalJournal]

Wells Fargo borrowed $188 billion last quarter. Let that sink in.

This is a 🚨🚨sign of desperation.

They don’t have the 💵

Here’s the ? no one’s asking:

Where are they going to get the next $188 billion?

It’s systemic risk—quiet & dangerous

$WFC

[Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge]

70% of all bank profits now come from Fed handouts.

It’s not a free market—it’s a rigged casino. And you’re covering the losses.

[Bravos Research @bravosresearch]

BEWARE: Housing defaults have just hit the highest levels since 2011

This is not looking good.

[Peter St Onge, Ph.D. @profstonge]

Japan's bonds implode as Prime Minister calls debt situation “Worse than Greece.”

That's the Greece that defaulted on three-quarters of its national debt in 2012.

Will Japan be replacing Argentina as the IMF's poster child.

[Whale Alert @whale_alert]

🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 144,824,965 #USDT (144,940,825 USD) transferred from unknown wallet to #OKEX

https://t.co/Rg3vPTfHSt

[FCB1975 @FCB19751]

Hoy hace 39 años, el Barça enseñaba cómo remontar tres goles en Copa de Europa, una de esas cosas que según algunos sólo pasan en el Bernabéu 😏

@AlbertoJcasas
@lobo_carrasco
@ramoncaldere2

[Diulio @DiulioTezzi]

@FCBarcelona Gavi?