💥BRAKING NEWS 🇨🇳🇺🇸 China warns it will retaliate if the U.S. imposes new tariffs.
This is a fresh escalation in the global trade war narrative.
👇 Why this matters + market angle
Trade retaliation signals rising geopolitical and supply-chain risk. If tariffs expand, global exporters, manufacturers and tech supply chains face higher costs and weaker demand.
Markets now have to price in policy risk, not just economic data.
Watch for:
📉 Pressure on global equities tied to exports & manufacturing
💵 USD and safe-haven flows if tensions escalate
🪙 Crypto narrative may benefit short-term as a hedge vs policy shocks
Any confirmation of new U.S. tariffs could trigger fast risk-off moves.
🚨 BRAKING NEWS: 🇳🇱 Dutch Parliament recently approved a major reform of the Box 3 tax system that would impose a 36% tax rate on capital income, and crucially the way it’s structured means it can include unrealised gains on assets like stocks, bonds and crypto — meaning you could be taxed on paper profits even if you haven’t sold anything.
🔎 Key points so far:
The reform — called the Wet werkelijk rendement Box 3 — passed the Dutch lower house and is aimed at replacing the old “assumed return” model for wealth tax with a regime that taxes actual returns, including changes in value.
Under the new approach, unrealised gains can be counted as income for tax purposes.
The 36% flat rate applies to that taxable base once actual returns are calculated.
This hasn’t fully become law yet — in the Netherlands the Senate (Eerste Kamer) still must approve the bill before enactment.
The earliest effective date discussed is January 1, 2028, giving investors time to adjust or plan.
📉 Controversies and concerns:
Investors and startups have raised alarm that the system could force people to sell assets just to pay a tax bill even if they haven’t realised cash profits.
There’s a petition and public debate in the Netherlands calling for the bill to be amended to tax only realised gains, not yearly valuation increases.
Because of the cash-flow risk and international mobility of capital, critics argue this could hurt investment and lead to relocation of wealthy investors.
📌 Important note: We saw a recent item online claiming that the Dutch finance minister “announced cancellation” of the tax — but that report is not backed by credible, known news outlets or official statements at this time and may not be reliable. Until authoritative confirmation arrives, the legislative process still appears underway and not reversed.
• 60% of top US banks are building Bitcoin products • 90% of Top 50 RIAs already have BTC exposure • 2,000+ US advisory firms are allocated to Bitcoin ETFs • 52% of the top 25 US hedge funds now hold Bitcoin
Wall Street isn’t just approving Bitcoin. It’s building around it.
#BTC.D going through the downtrend and reached the intermediate support zone. Index gave a shallow break of the zone, and can push lower. This is a good news, if #BTC sustains over there or rose, then we can expect short-term rally in altcoins.
🚨 BREAKING NEWS: According to The New York Times, the CIA secretly briefed top U.S. tech CEOs in 2023 — including Apple, Nvidia, and AMD leadership — warning that China could move on Taiwan by 2027 📍🚀. The briefing highlighted the severe risk to global semiconductors and supply chains.
🚨 U.S. intelligence warned Apple, Nvidia & AMD in 2023 that China could invade Taiwan by 2027 — NYT reports. This classified warning underscores just how risky Taiwan’s chip-centric role has become.
🤯 In July 2023, CIA Director William Burns and DNI Avril Haines held a classified session with Apple’s Tim Cook, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, AMD’s Lisa Su, and Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon, briefing them on China’s capabilities and intent regarding Taiwan.
⚠️ The intelligence assessment suggested China could be prepared to act against Taiwan as soon as 2027 — posing a massive disruption to the global chip supply given Taiwan’s dominance in advanced semiconductors.
📉 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) produces ~90 % of the world’s most advanced chips. A conflict or blockade would disrupt global tech industries and could trigger serious economic fallout.
🤦♂️ Despite the warnings, reports say the companies initially didn’t dramatically shift orders away from Taiwan — with U.S. reshoring initiatives slow to gain traction due to higher costs and slower build-outs.
😬 Tim Cook reportedly quipped afterward that he now “sleeps with one eye open,” a telling reflection of how seriously Apple views the geopolitical risk.
Why It Matters : 📌 Taiwan is not just a flashpoint — it’s the backbone of the global tech economy. A conflict would ripple through smartphones, data centers, AI, automotive & defense tech. Building semiconductor capacity outside Taiwan remains expensive and far behind current tech levels — meaning the risks are existential, not theoretical.