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Existing home sales as estimated by the National Association of Realtors ran at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.0 million in January. Energy prices are a mixed bag, with gasoline prices plunging, natural gas piped to the home soaring, and electricity prices slowing their spike. Chris Martenson joins Mike and Coffee podcast to discuss Epstein horrors, elite corruption, and systemic decay. In 2025, construction was started on 1.36 million privately owned housing units, down just a hair from a year ago. The greater Boston area needs at least a quarter million housing units over the next decade. Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE:BDX) fell in q2 as earnings fell short of expectations - insider monkey. OER should be replaced with the actual expenses homeowners face, such as homeowners insurance, HOA feeds, property taxes. Doug Boneparth: 15% of marriages today involve a prenuptial agreement. Barry Ritholtz: America and China at the Edge of Ruin. He says the two largest economies are sleepwalking toward a confrontation. Barry Ritholtz: The real threat is not job replacement, but companies are capturing every keystroke and interaction you make, then using that knowledge to automate you or sell it to your competitors. U2 surprise-released a politically charged six-track EP. OECD now expects Indias economy to be bigger than Chinas by the end of the century. U.S. should require strong incentives for local sourcing of components like batteries and motors, says Frida Ghitis. Bitcoins difficulty printed a historic -11.16% - if the next epoch stays red, miners are in trouble. Bitcoin miners face a margin crunch that historically precedes strong returns within 90 days. Bitcoin is between a liquidity tailwind and a real-yield headwind for Bitcoin. Bitcoin BTC (24h) $67,426.22 -1.7% Bitcoin BTC is down 1.7 percent. Bitcoin miners face a margin crunch that historically precedes strong returns within 90 days. CME ADA futures go live Feb 9, 2026 starts the “regulated futures” clock. Bitcoin, ETH, XRP and XMR hit new highs in 2026. Bitcoin traders have been less about trade flows than about liquidity and risk appetite. Bitcoin has struggled to break through nearby levels while ETF demand cools, and caution returns. Ledger prepares for $4B IPO, enlisting Goldman Sachs, Jefferies. Accenture tracking employee logins to AI tools and tying promotions to regular usage. Sharplink, Inc., one of the largest corporate holders of ETH, said Thursday that its ETH holdings have grown and that it has attracted a growing portion of institutional investors. Googles Gemini music-generating system works, its fun, and it may impress anyone. Oil demand Slumped by 614,000 Bpd in December on U.S. oil and Coal. Wood Mackenzie says Big Oils strategy has Snapped back to Upstream. SEC introduced new guidance allowing broker-dealers to apply a 2% haircut to proprietary positions in certain stablecoins. Firm hopes to build Western hemispheres first nuclear reactor in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Azerbaijan is transforming into a key Eurasian hub for transmission of renewable energy.