1.Bitcoin Officially in the Red Negative 2025
2.Bitcoin Whale Selling Coming from All Long-Term Age Brackets.
BTC long-term holders. “Interesting visual from crypto quant on long term holder bitcoin selling, seems like it’s been coming from all age brackets.”
3.Bitcoin, Micro Strategy and GLD Comparison 2025…..GLD outperforming MSTR by 86%
4.Bitcoin Decouples from Tech Stocks.
5.Is Crypto Following Trump Approval Rating?
6.Other Hot Trade Pulling Back Quantum Computing….IONQ -48% from Highs…Holding Above 200day
7.Quantum Stock QBTS -52% ..Still Above 200-Day.
8.Read of the Month—While American Kids are Scrolling Instagram, Russian Kids are Preparing for War Starting in 1st Grade.
WSJ By Matthew Luxmoore
Drills of this kind, which took place in the Kursk region bordering Ukraine and were broadcast on Russian state television, are happening across Russia as the Kremlin reaches into the country’s schools to prepare potential combatants for future wars.
It is part of a dramatic transformation of Russia’s education system that gained pace after the Kremlin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 but was supercharged by the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. As the conflict approaches the four-year mark, military-style training and war topics are embedded in Russia’s school curriculum, while the budget for such programs has ballooned as the focus has turned to the youngest grades.
By eighth grade, weapons training—once extracurricular—is now mandatory. Teens are taught army discipline, military history and how to assemble Kalashnikovs and fly drones.
History textbooks portraying the West as Russia’s enemy and Ukraine as its stooge will soon be rolled out for the youngest grades, the government says. Outside of the classroom, the Defense Ministry has its own Youth Army, with a claimed 1.85 million members age 8 to 18 integrated into the school system.
9.Mark Hyman’s Facts on Food
10.Shane Parish Interview Ron Shaich
The Knowledge Project
Top restauranteur Ron Shaich reveals how to scale a business, find the inputs that matter, and create long term success.
Ron is the founder of Panera Bread, chairman of CAVA, and managing partner at Act III Holdings. He created the fast-casual dining category.
Here are 10 of the maxims I took away from this episode and my research:
- Complexity kills more companies than competition.
- Long-term greedy, not short-term stupid.
- Commitment owns you. You don’t own it.
- The best seek out the details.
- Failing fast works in software, not restaurants.
- There is no balance. You make choices.
- Obsession isn’t a problem. It’s an advantage.
- People want to feel special in a world where they don’t.
- The greatest risk is underinvesting in what works.
- Build something worthy of those who believed in you.