Majorie Taylor Greene:
"Prices have not come down at all. The job market is extremely difficult. Wages have not gone up. Health insurance is going up. Home insurance goes up. Rent is going up. Young people have no hope of buying a home."
BREAKING 🚨: United States Treasury
THEY DID IT AGAIN! U.S. Treasury just bought back another $10 Billion of its own debt, matching the largest Treasury buyback in history (and that was from last week)!
Iranian state media show widespread damage from the Israeli strikes. One video shows apartment buildings ablaze as firefighters work to extinguish the flames, while another shows the top floors of a Tehran skyscraper with shattered windows.
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@KobeissiLetter When half of government debt is owned by the monetary authority itself, you don’t have a functioning market anymore. This isn’t sustainable. It’s a slow-motion crisis disguised as policy. The reckoning is coming, and Japan might just be the first domino.
BREAKING: Palantir, $PLTR, insiders have sold millions.
CEO Karp has sold $50.4 million in shares.
Cohen sold $43.5 million
Sankar sold $21.2 million
Glazer sold $4.3 million
@anthemhayek The antithesis of stablecoins: Our favorite elder, and former CPA, Rep Brad Sherman, has some words that aged quite well.
https://t.co/7RdT6BKJF3
Today the #GENIUS Act advanced, which regulates #Stablecoins! Isn’t it time to get real? Crypto isn’t only for criminals, @BradSherman.
Public protocols provide a Hansel & Gretal caliber, forensic, data trail for law enforcement to follow…
That green stuff, not so much.
Think of it like that Apple Pay 3.0, better, faster, and an immutable data trail to follow.
30-Year Yield Breaks 5%: This Isn’t Just a Chart It’s a Warning Shot from the Global Bond Market
Late Sunday night, the U.S. 30-Year Treasury yield quietly breached the 5% threshold. At first glance, it might seem like just another data point. But zoom out, and you’ll see it for what it really is: a macro verdict not on inflation, but on the structural credibility of the U.S. financial system.
Here’s why this matters more than most realize:
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This Is a Structural Signal, Not a Cyclical One
When the long bond sells off like this, it’s not because the economy is overheating it’s because the world is losing trust in the U.S.’s ability to manage its long-term liabilities. We’re running $2+ trillion deficits annually, asking the market to absorb historic issuance without QE, without foreign demand, and without a credible fiscal plan.
Breaking 5% on the 30Y isn’t about inflation fears it’s about funding skepticism. And the market is now pricing in that risk.
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What the Bond Market Is Really Saying
•This is not a healthy steepener. Short rates are elevated because the Fed is stuck. Long rates are rising because there’s no marginal buyer left. The result? A bear steepening a historically ominous signal.
•Foreign capital is fading. Japan’s yields are rising across the curve. Currency hedging costs are high. The Fed is in QT. That means there is no structural backstop buyer at the long end.
•The bond’s role as a portfolio hedge is breaking down. The 30Y used to rally in risk-off episodes. Now it’s selling off even when equities are under pressure. That’s not volatility hedging its systemic fragility.
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What Most Are Missing
Many analysts frame rising yields as a bullish signal “growth is strong, so rates rise.” That logic falls apart when:
•CPI is decelerating
•Equities are fragile
•The MOVE Index (bond volatility) remains elevated
•And yet long-end yields surge
This is not “growth optimism.” This is the market saying: “We no longer believe this debt is sustainable at low rates and we’re not willing to finance it without a premium.”
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Why 5% on the 30Y Matters
Crossing the 5% line isn’t just psychological it breaks risk tolerance thresholds across pensions, insurers, and LDI portfolios. It triggers:
•Rebalancing pressures in fixed income
•VAR shocks in dealer books
•And potential forced deleveraging in risk-parity and vol-targeted funds
This yield is now a stress test in real time.
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Historical Echoes: This Has Happened Before Just Not Like This
•1994: Sudden rate spike destabilized bond markets and risk assets
•2011: Debt ceiling drama led to a downgrade and long-end repricing
•1979: Foreign buyers rejected U.S. bonds, pushing the Fed into crisis response mode
We’re now in a scenario that blends all three: 1979 fiscal optics, 1994 rate mechanics, and 2011 political dysfunction. That cocktail is not priced in.
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What to Watch Next
•If 30Y yield holds above 5.1%, brace for knock-on effects in credit, mortgages, and asset allocation models
•Foreign FX moves (JPY, CNH, CHF) any sharp moves could signal global capital flight
•Bid-to-cover ratios in this week’s Treasury auctions weak demand would confirm a structural buyer problem
•Swap spreads and the MOVE Index any spike here and we’re entering crisis territory
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Bottom Line: This Is a Sovereign Trust Checkpoint
This isn’t about inflation anymore. It’s about whether the world still believes in the U.S. Treasury market as the anchor of the global financial system. Sunday night’s move says: that belief is weakening.
And unless something shifts whether via a Fed pivot, a Treasury buyback program, or shock fiscal reform the long end of the curve will keep bleeding until it breaks something.
It all started with a call from a close friend in 2013: "You need to read the bitcoin whitepaper."
Five years later, I founded Galaxy.
1,319 days ago, we began the process to become a U.S. public company. Tomorrow, we ring the bell on Nasdaq.
This isn't the finish line. We're just getting started.
👑She’s called the Stablecoin Queen. 🚀He invented digital cash before Bitcoin existed. On May 29, @AlyzeSam will interview @chaumdotcom live in Vegas. Expect an unfiltered, unforgettable conversation between two minds who shaped what we now call Web3! 🚀 https://t.co/YjUzayHNep
@anthemhayek @Bbot_AI Even @nbcsnl knew the finer points of data, and banking. @ZekeFaux reminded us of our early Financial literacy…
#NumbergoesUp
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This is a huge crackdown on Chinese crypto crime markets. After our inquiry, Telegram banned not only Xinbi but also Huione Guarantee, a MUCH bigger market Elliptic exposed (and WIRED has reported on since) last year—the biggest digital black market ever by some measures.
Here is the article: @anthemhayek @Bbot_AI
From @WIRED
An $8.4 Billion Chinese Hub for Crypto Crime Is Incorporated in Colorado - WIRED https://t.co/TMGQMoUrr2