Eric Schmidt’s August 2024 appearance at Stanford was an informal classroom conversation with economist Erik Brynjolfsson in the course “The Age of AI” (ECON295/CS323). Stanford posted the video, it circulated quickly, then was set to private after Schmidt asked for its removal. The episode became famous less for its technical content than for two unfiltered…
Bitcoin remains a reserve asset with a structure showing recovery from $58-62k, rejection under $81-86k, and consolidation around $77k. NUPL is below euphoria, SOPR near 1 (no capitulation or aggressive distribution), and 69% of supply is in profit—enough for range-top selling but insufficient for a blow-off. Bullish invalidation: weekly close below $72k or 5 days…
The framework is a two-regime Markov model with observable states, not a calibrated HMM
Regime 1 (Liquidity risk-on) is indicated by positive 5-day net $BTC / $ETH ETF flows, declining $DXY, funding below 0.03% per 8 hours, and BTC above 77.1k then 81.3k.
It implies overweighting ETH/ $SOL relative to BTC, with only reduced $ZEC…
In a recent TradingView article, the question was raised whether gold could surpass $4,500 if U.S. employment data lowers expectations for a Fed rate hike in September. Perhaps the better question is why gold has become so sensitive to every hint, whisper, and eyebrow movement from the Federal Open Market Committee. Gold traded around $4,477…
For a decade, the value of a digital asset depended on the promise of a higher resale price. The tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) reverses this logic: value is now read in cash flows, rents, coupons, interest—generated by the underlying asset and distributed automatically. Analysis of a paradigm shift that brings crypto closer to private…
As of September 11, 2026, the crypto market presents a mixed macro regime. Bitcoin trades near $77,200–77,400, showing a -4.7% weekly decline as it digests levels below $80,000–82,000. ETF outflows have been observed for three days. Ethereum is around $2,470–2,480 with slight daily stability but a weekly -2%, while XRP at $1.35 drops -6.6% weekly…
Three macro variables dominate the pricing of five crypto assets today. The August CPI, released on September 11, is the last inflation print before the FOMC. A "hot" print raises perceived r* and compresses crypto duration, while a disinflationary print reopens the hold scenario.
The FOMC meeting on September 15-16 has hike probabilities of…
Thesis. The 2026 AI cycle shifts from conversational models to "digital workers" (agents) and physical AI (robots, driving, inspection); value migrates from the model layer to operational integration and automated real assets, converging directly with smart cities and tokenizable infrastructure. Key Data. ~71% of companies are expected to integrate AI agents into key functions…
Thesis. Raw materials are regaining a core portfolio role (hedging a multipolar world and AI electrification), while European ESG shifts from an obligation-based regime to a market-driven one, less reporting, more pricing. Key Data. January 2026 records: gold ~$5,405/oz (2025 annual average: $3,431, +44%), silver >$121/oz, LME copper $13,238/t. Citi scenarios (Q3 2026): Brent…
AI will lead to mass dumbing down of society. This is one of the most underestimated risks of AI transformation. The process of societal dumbing down was already rapid before LLMs, but now it could accelerate exponentially. Not progress, but degradation of society will speed up. This involves the gradual destruction of the very mechanism…
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