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Gold vs Bitcoin diverged in 2026: gold hit $5,600 then crashed 3%, while Bitcoin opened at $87,508 down 7.3% from 2025. Short-term favors gold, but 12-year data shows Bitcoin delivered 213X returns versus gold's 3.3X. Central banks bought 1,000+ tons gold annually while Bitcoin's 0.8 tech stock correlation positions it as growth asset, not safe-haven.
The 2026 Horse Year brings viral sensation: a $3.60 crying horse plushie with upside-down frown symbolizing Chinese corporate burnout. Made by Happy Sisters in Yiwu, the toy resulted from manufacturing error when a worker accidentally sewed the smile upside-down. The shop capitalized on social media popularity, mass-producing the morose toy resonating with exhausted 996 workers as "national-level emo doll."
XRP is forming a critical hidden bullish divergence pattern, the same technical structure that preceded its massive 2017 and 2024 rallies. Amid a broader market downturn and panic selling by holders, this analysis explores whether history is about to repeat for the Ripple network token. Discover the key price levels, on-chain data, and expert insights shaping XRP's 2026 outlook.
ARK Invest’s latest report framing AI-driven capital expenditure as a multi-year boom signals a deeper, structural market shift where investment flows are being rerouted from legacy industrial paradigms to digital intelligence infrastructure.
This matters because it redefines the battleground for corporate survival, shifting the source of competitive advantage from physical scale and proprietary software to mastery over AI models, data feedback loops, and autonomous systems. For investor
Doppler Finance, a decentralized finance protocol built on the XRP Ledger (XRPL) that allows XRP holders to earn yields on their assets through DeFi strategies, today announced a strategic collaboration with OpenEden, a tokenization platform that bridges RWAs with DeFi markets. This partnership