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Markets focus on the $17T+ in Oil that Venezuela owns.

But what they don't know is that Venezuela one of the largest active $BTC holders in the world.

Similar in scale to both $MSTR and Blackrock.

Here's how this impacts markets and prices:

Intelligence reports indicate that the Venezuelan regime accumulated a "shadow reserve" of Bitcoin (BTC) and Tether (USDT) estimated at more than $60 billion. (HUMINT)

his hoard was built through "gold swaps" and the requirement that oil exports be settled in USDT to evade sanctions.

Intelligence cited by Whale Hunting (authored by Bradley Hope and Clara Preve) indicates that the accumulation began in 2018, coinciding with the aggressive liquidation of the Orinoco Mining Arc’s gold reserves.

- The regime likely converted ~$2B of gold proceeds into Bitcoin at an average price of $5K, which would have been around 400,000 BTC. At Jan 2026 price of ~$90K, that specific tranche alone would be worth $36B.

As the "Petro" experiment failed, the regime pivoted to using Tether (USDT) as a proxy for the petrodollar during cruide oil sales. However, Venezuela began to "Wash" that into Bitcoin, recognizing that USDT retains the ability to freeze addresses.

Given market intelligence, we can estimate that Venezuela has roughly:

Gold Swaps: 2018–2020, Gold Bars, Value Now: ~$45B - $50B

Petro-Crypto: 2023–2025, Crude Oil, Value Now: ~$10B - $15B

Mining Seizures: 2023–2024, ~$500M

Giving a grand total between 2018–2026: ~$56B - $67B in Bitcoin, implied at 660K+ Bitcoin, with a floor at 600K in Bitcoin.

That does not mean US has full control of the Bitcoin yet. The days following today will be defined by a high-stakes interrogation to secure the Bitcoin.

The U.S. will likely offer plea deals, reduced sentencing, or protection for family members in exchange for the surrender of seed phrases. Given the severity of the narco-terrorism charges, the leverage is there.

So now the revelation of the $60 billion hoard fundamentally alters the supply/demand dynamics of the Bitcoin market for 2026, as the Venezuelan reserve is estimated at: 600,000+ BTC.

This is 12 times larger than the German sale and 2 times larger than the U.S. government’s entire pre-raid stockpile.

In 2024, the German state of Saxony liquidated ~50,000 BTC ($3 billion). This 50K BTC sale caused a 15-20% market correction and weeks of bearish sentiment.

Now compare that to 600,000.

Here's the leading entity holders of Bitcoin:

1. Satoshi Nakamoto ~1,100,000
2. BlackRock (IBIT) ~770,791.5
3. MicroStrategy ~672,497
4. Venezuela (Seized) ~600,000
5. U.S. Gov ~325,293
6. Mt. Gox Trustee ~140,000

Now, here's what will likely happen from here:

The "Frozen Asset" (High Probability):

The assets are seized but immediately entangled in complex litigation Creditors file injunctions; the DOJ claims forfeiture. The keys are held in escrow by the U.S. Treasury, but the coins cannot move.

Short-term volatility due to uncertainty, followed by a bullish "supply shock" narrative.

Short-term volatility due to uncertainty, followed by a bullish "supply shock" narrative. The market realizes that 600,000 BTC (3% of circulating supply) have been effectively removed from the market for 5-10 years. This acts as a massive "lock-up," reducing liquid supply and supporting higher prices.

The "Strategic Reserve" Pivot (High Probability):

Influenced by the "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve" movement, President Trump orders the Treasury to hold the Bitcoin as a permanent U.S. asset.

This too acts as a massive lock up, reducing liquid supply and supporting higher prices.

The "Fire Sale" (Very Low Probability):

The U.S. DOJ declares the assets "perishable/volatile" and executes an immediate liquidation via Coinbase Prime or USMS auctions to fund the occupation costs.

However, this is unlikely due to Trump's positive stance toward Bitcoin "Reserves" from confiscating assets.
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Results:

Markets have been looking at the massive oil reserve and beneficiaries, while ignoring the elephant in the room: Bitcoin.

The "second order effect" is likely a massive supply lock-up.

If the U.S. seizes these assets, they will likely move from "active liquid reserves" of a rogue state to "frozen sovereign assets" of the U.S. Treasury, reducing available supply and potentially acting as a catalyst for higher prices in Q1 2026.

There will likely be increased volatility. But for market participants shorting Bitcoin because of fears of "conflict", this event is generally seen as bullish for $MSTR and Bitcoin holders as this effectively locks up supply for many years to come.

Buffett officially signed off as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, closing a sixty year chapter that certainly reshaped American capitalism and did turn a struggling textile mill, which was Berkshire Hathaway, into a $1.1 trillion financial powerhouse.

At 95, Buffett handed day to day control to Gregory Abel but made clear he is not vanishing.
He does plan to remain chairman and stay involved, offering guidance while the next era begins.
Buffett exits with a message louder than any farewell speech.
Berkshire is sitting on roughly $381.7 billion in cash, a deliberate signal that he sees few worthwhile opportunities in today’s inflated markets.
That massive war chest now belongs to Abel, a longtime lieutenant who built Berkshire’s energy business into a global force and earned Buffett’s trust as a steady operator.
Berkshire now spans around 90 companies, avoids short term noise, and trades Class A shares near $750,000.
The system was designed to survive succession.
Buffett may be stepping away from the CEO title, but the philosophy remains unchanged.
Buy great businesses.
Hold them patiently.
Let discipline and integrity do the work.
Sources: Quartz, Morningstar, The Street, Business Standard

La Stazione Spaziale Internazionale non è più solo in deriva; è in movimento.
La navetta cargo Dragon di SpaceX ha eseguito una massiccia accensione del propulsore di 19 minuti, segnando la quinta volta durante la missione che l'hardware del titanico commerciale ha fisicamente sollevato la stazione in una posizione più alta.
Per decenni, l'ISS si è affidata ai veicoli Progress russi per non affondare nell'atmosfera.
Ora, SpaceX sta dimostrando che l'Occidente non ha bisogno di un intermediario per mantenere accese le luci in orbita terrestre bassa.
Questa manovra di 19 minuti ha aggiunto diversi chilometri all'altitudine della stazione, contrastando il costante attrito atmosferico che cerca di riportare l'ISS sulla Terra.

La corsa agli armamenti dell'AI è appena passata a una marcia superiore.
In un passo che segna una scommessa enorme sul futuro dell'AI generativa, ByteDance sta preparando di spendere una straordinaria cifra di 100 miliardi di yuan ($14.29 miliardi) per i chip Nvidia nel 2026.

Questo è un aumento del 17% rispetto alla loro spesa del 2025, e dipende da un pivot geopolitico critico: la decisione di Trump di far entrare l'H200 nel mercato cinese.
L'appetito di ByteDance per il calcolo sta crescendo vertiginosamente mentre scala i suoi modelli di linguaggio di grandi dimensioni (LLM) e alimenta i motori di raccomandazione che tengono miliardi di utenti incollati. Ma c'è un problema.

China just completed its first fully implanted wireless brain-computer interface clinical trial. World's second overall. Patient with complete spinal cord injury now controls devices with thoughts alone.
No external equipment. No wires. Battery-powered chip inside the skull transmitting brain signals to machines.
They're also working on visual reconstruction - electrical stimulation directly in the brain that lets blind people "see" through signals instead of eyes. Current prototype hits 0.1 vision - enough for object edges and obstacle avoidance.
Meanwhile, a $165 million brain science fund just launched in Shenzhen. New AI alliance focusing on neurological drugs, BCI, and brain health solutions. Moving "from laboratories to clinical use" at speed.
Here's what nobody's saying out loud: the tech that helps paralyzed people walk is the same tech that enables direct brain-to-machine control. The system that restores vision is the same system that can input visual data.
China doesn't waste time on decade-long ethics debates. They list BCI as a "future-oriented strategic industry" and greenlight clinical trials. No institutional review board paralysis. No public consent theater. Just results.
The West treats neural implants like they're playing with nuclear codes. China treats them like they're late to the party.
When Neuralink got FDA approval for human trials, it was news. When China completes wireless BCI surgery and announces visual reconstruction prototypes, it's a Tuesday in Shenzhen.
The gap isn't closing. It's widening. And the country that gets to brain-computer interfaces first isn't the one worried about informed consent forms - it's the one that sees disabled patients as acceptable test cases for technology that will eventually enhance everyone.
"Helping the blind see" sounds noble. What it actually means: perfecting the hardware to write data directly into human consciousness.
China knows this. They're just not pretending otherwise.
Source: CGTN
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Le stazioni di trattamento delle acque reflue non possono catturarli tutti.
Si riversano in fiumi, oceani, suolo. Hai bandito le cannuccie di plastica mentre la tua giacca in pile pompa microplastiche nell'ambiente ogni giorno di lavaggio.
Pneumatici: 28%. Polvere di gomma consumata da pneumatici di auto e camion durante la guida normale. Non corse. Non burnout. Solo uso regolare.
Ogni frenata, ogni curva, ogni miglio consuma particelle di gomma dai pneumatici. Si depositano come polvere stradale, si lavano nei pozzetti delle tempeste, soffiano nell'aria.

La capitalizzazione totale del mercato dell'oro attualmente si attesta a circa 30,6 trilioni di dollari, mentre la capitalizzazione di mercato del Bitcoin è di circa 1,76 trilioni di dollari, rendendo l'oro quasi 17 volte più grande. Questo netto divario continua a alimentare il dibattito attorno alla valutazione a lungo termine del Bitcoin e al suo ruolo emergente come "oro digitale."

Il Bitcoin è stato progettato con molte proprietà simili all'oro: offerta limitata, decentralizzazione e resistenza alla svalutazione. A differenza dell'oro, tuttavia, il Bitcoin è nativamente digitale, facilmente trasferibile oltre confine e verificabile senza intermediari. Queste caratteristiche hanno rafforzato l'argomento che il Bitcoin potrebbe alla fine catturare una quota significativa del ruolo dell'oro come riserva di valore nell'era digitale.