In the past 24 hours, the global capital markets have been stunned again.
The US stock market has crashed, gold and silver have plummeted, cryptocurrencies continue to decline, and including the A-share market, all indices are in the red.
Overseas has been hit harder, let's focus on:
Recently, there has been a ghost story circulating overseas, saying that AI will replace software stocks, which has caused many companies' stock prices to plummet. Even Jensen Huang, the AI guru, has come out to say that AI cannot replace software, it will only assist them in reducing costs.
But the market doesn't care at all and just dumps everything.
There's a company in the US stock market called 'Duolingo', where everyone learns English. Its stock price is now $116, and its market value has dropped to 5.4 billion, but at its peak over the past year, its stock price was over $540, getting cut in half again and again.
Today, WeChat issued a notice saying that because of the excessive marketing of Yuanbao, they have blocked them. The onlookers immediately gathered around because isn't Yuanbao also part of Tencent?
Tencent can be ruthless, even to its own people.
Actually, this aligns with WeChat's character; on the day Yuanbao sent out red envelopes, I saw all the groups flooded with messages. My first thought was that WeChat would definitely ban it, and it must ban it, otherwise, WeChat's ecosystem would be destroyed.
But I really didn't expect that WeChat could hold on for several days this time, which is quite polite to its own brother.
I downloaded Yuanbao too, but mainly because the call from deepseek was too laggy. Using Yuanbao is smooth and free, but Tencent's model doesn't leave much of an impression for now.
As the end of the year approaches, my parents came to visit for a few days.
I also took the opportunity to prepare some New Year's goods for them.
When I was a child during the New Year, I always hoped my parents would take me to buy new clothes.
Now that I am grown up, it's my turn to take my parents to buy new clothes.
On the morning they were preparing to go back, we sat together for breakfast.
My father said I still need to buy a house costing between 120 and 150 (thousand), as the current house of over 90 square meters is a bit small. After buying a house, I need to save 200 to 300W in cash to live a stable life.
I roughly calculated with my fingers: that means I need to earn at least 500W more.
As an ordinary person, how long do you think it would take to save 500W?
5 years, 10 years, 20 years? Wouldn't it be that many people spend their whole lives unable to save 500W?
The market has really been bustling these past few days, with all kinds of rumors, dramatic drops, and recoveries, it's thrilling.
First, companies like Tencent and other internet firms were hit; there was a small article saying that the standards for identifying high-tech enterprises will be tightened, while the tax rates for industries like internet and finance will be raised. Some tech companies will lose their 15% corporate income tax preferential policy and will pay taxes at the regular rate of 25%.
The news hit Tencent hard.
Relevant media followed up after hours, all believing it was an overreaction, especially since internet companies are already major taxpayers; any real changes would be gradual, not a sudden adjustment.
Gold has dropped to 4600 dollars, silver has fallen to 78 dollars, and other non-ferrous metals are down across the board.
Cryptocurrencies are even worse, BTC has fallen to a recent low of 75000, Ethereum has dropped to over 2000, and I've seen many people in the crypto circle get liquidated today, with a crypto celebrity going bankrupt, sparking heated discussions.
The A-shares are also quite tragic, with over 4600 companies falling, all three major indices are in the red, and even the main index has dropped more than 2 points.
Of course, it's not just us; South Korea next door has dropped to the point of triggering a circuit breaker, plummeting by 5.26%, with blood flowing like a river.
Li Fire Great Luck, It's not about chasing the 'light' but about becoming the 'light source'☀️
Keep these three things well, Borrow fire to refine the heart and swim upstream!
💟Cultivating virtue is the highest level of changing fate
Virtue is the container that carries all blessings Those who truly possess great virtue need not shout; others will follow need not ask; noble people will come
💟Decluttering is the highest level of protection energy
Some friends leave you exhausted after chatting: Declutter Some circles only compare without growth: Let go Some obsessions only consume without nourishing: Depart
💟Virtual calmness and stability is the highest level of recharging
Only emptiness can accommodate Only stillness can reflect Only stability can generate wisdom In Li Fire Great Luck,
The era of no-code is here: Dreamspace fully supports Berachain, allowing you to deploy on-chain applications with just a conversation!
The Dreamspace platform launched by @spaceandtime is now officially integrated with @berachain.
Any user can quickly build and deploy on-chain applications and smart contracts through natural language conversations.
✨ Core Features
- Describe to Generate: Input your application idea, and automatically generate an interactive UI
- Conversational Development: Adjust features, styles, and logic through chat
- Smart Contract Assistant: Generate and audit Berachain smart contracts with one click, completing deployment in minutes
- Developer Friendly: Supports seamless access to the code editor for free modifications and extensions
Now, product managers, creators, and entrepreneurs can quickly validate ideas on the Berachain verification chain; developers can significantly shorten prototype development and iteration cycles; the ecosystem will welcome richer and more diverse application innovations.
Whether you are a programming novice or an experienced developer, you can now realize your ideas on Berachain in a more intuitive and efficient way.
The Investment Growth Journey of an Ordinary Person
As gold continues to rise, I can't help but reflect on my investment journey.
Many times, my catchphrase is - I can't (suitable for) invest (trade).
In the depths of my subconscious, I tell myself: I am a foolish and silly person, without background, without resources, just walking steadily on the solid ground.
In college, a close friend suggested I invest in funds. So, I bought two funds, investing every Thursday, with 200 yuan each.
At that time, I thought that these two funds would be invested long-term, one for my parents' future retirement, and one for my child's future education.
The design of Honeypot for the $HPOT airdrop aims to solve two main issues:
How users can truly obtain value, and how to reduce structural selling pressure.
Therefore, $HPOT does not adopt the incentive method of directly distributing tradable tokens.
Users' usage, participation, and contributions will first convert into Token Entitlement, and then gradually redeem through the stablecoin $HONEY according to TGE valuation.
The changes brought by this mechanism are very clear:
Users can obtain real benefits without needing to sell $HPOT to cash out.
$HPOT itself primarily assumes the role of long-term equity and supply contraction.
At the same time, the real income generated by the protocol (including Perps, Vault strategies, etc.) will enter a unified All-in-One Vault for stablecoin redemption and $HPOT repurchase.
The decrease in circulation caused by repurchase further strengthens the entire positive cycle.
From the perspective of distribution structure to repurchase path, $HPOT is attempting to shape the token into a long-term income asset supported by product revenue.
In the current market environment, this kind of token design centered around the mechanism itself at least provides a different solution, which is definitely worth continuous attention.
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Today, gold briefly broke through 5100 dollars, directly hitting the bears, and at the same time, non-ferrous metals have all come out with a bull market script.
Silver reached a high of 110 dollars, aluminum 3169 dollars, platinum 2858 dollars, I wonder how those bears in the futures market are doing now?
Before this, any bearish views on gold, no matter how logical, seem useless at this moment in the midst of a tumultuous world situation where countries are constantly increasing their gold reserves.
Because as long as Trump is around, this world will never be quiet.
The recent surge in gold is because he might strike Iran, and additionally, because Canada is getting closer to us, he is directly going to raise tariffs on Canada.
This guy is causing trouble everywhere, leading many countries to stop increasing their holdings of U.S. debt and instead turn to gold.
The AI and technology today have developed to such an extent that looking back, the fall of the Qing Dynasty was just over 100 years ago.
The evolution and accumulation of humanity over the past few thousand, even tens of thousands of years, have paved the way for this short span of over 100 years.
The Industrial Revolution, electricity, the internet, computers, and today's AI, each major transformation has compressed the time scale.
In the past, a technology might take decades to slowly permeate society; now it only takes a few years, or even less.
In just one generation, the world's modes of production, communication, power structures, and individual destinies have undergone earth-shattering changes.
It happens so quickly that history has not yet had the chance to settle into common knowledge before reality has already entered the next version.
Perhaps we are truly living in an extremely rare time window, the steepest segment of the acceleration curve of human civilization.
Standing here, it is a great fortune, but also a significant pressure.
A true master will not catch you, but will 'tear' you apart.
It is often said that those with a higher understanding than you should be able to 'catch' you and 'tolerate' you. Is that really the case?
In fact, those who truly have a higher understanding than you are the ones who can 'tear apart' your understanding.
Such people are to be cherished, for they are the true benefactors in your life.
If someone always accommodates you and makes you feel extremely comfortable, they are actually flattering you and even indulging you.
These people may not necessarily have a higher understanding than you, and if you stay with such people for a long time, you are likely to become someone else's 'meal'.
You should know that in ancient times, both eagles and chickens could soar in the sky. Why is it that now only eagles fly while chickens have become food on the table?
In-depth exploration of Berachain's strategic tightening and the new narrative of value co-creation.
In January, $BERA skyrocketed from a low of $0.44 to $1.056, an increase of over 140%. Although funds from South Korean exchanges like Upbit were the direct drivers, the real turning point was hidden in the two powerful punches thrown by the project team: an extremely candid year-end summary and a proposal on inflation halving concerning selling pressure. This is not just a price surge; it is Berachain's complete transformation from an informal group to a regular army. 1. Strong Measures: Halving inflation, creating scarcity. On January 16, the official proposal: to cut the annual inflation rate of BGT directly from 8-10% to ~5%.
The market is stagnant, in my free time, I am reading gossip.
Today I saw an interesting aviation news,
A company is preparing to send a group of people for space tourism, including the star Huang Jingyu, with the oldest being 85 years old.
As for the price, it is said to be 3 million.
To be honest, for wealthy people, spending 3 million for a space experience is very worthwhile.
Previously, Sun Yuchen spent nearly 30 million dollars for one trip to space, and now we have reduced the price!
It is estimated that it will be even cheaper in the future.
I wonder if everyone would be curious? If it becomes normalized in the future, like 100,000 or 80,000 to go up for a few minutes of experience, I believe many people would go.