Institutional investors have adopted the most negative stance on the US dollar in more than a decade as unpredictable American policymaking drives the currency to multi-year lows and prompts asset managers to reassess their exposure to dollar-denominated investments.

Spanish energy company Repsol expects to triple its Venezuelan oil production over the next three years after receiving US authorization to operate in the country, betting on opportunity where rivals like ExxonMobil see only risk.

"I was expecting them to write 'bitcoin is dead, again' again," joked Changpeng Zhao, Binance's founder, responding to Bloomberg ETF analyst Eric Balchunas's latest observation about Bitcoin ETF holders. CZ's comment captures the absurd predictability of crypto bear market narratives—every downturn triggers the same obituaries, the same doomsday predictions, and the same declarations that this time is different and Bitcoin has finally died.

Here's a question that sounds stupid but cuts straight to the heart of crypto's biggest contradiction: If stablecoins are supposed to be stable, just digital dollars maintaining a $1 peg, why do we have over 280 of them fighting for market share? 

Precious metals staged a sharp recovery Tuesday following a brutal sell-off that began last week, with gold rising more than 3% to $4,822 per troy ounce and silver surging 5.3% to $83.50 as investors rushed to buy the dip after a 20 percent drawdown.