I get a bit into bitcoin today to reflect how volatile it can be. Yesterday, President Donald Trump threatened new 100% tariffs on China. The U.S. stock market tumbled , with the Dow Jones Industrial dropping 879 points, or 1.9%. The broader S&P dropped 2.71%, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite slid 3.56%. Gold rose 1.5%. Read my posting of yesterday on how just this commodity could trigger a collapse of the USA and World . In particular, cryptocurrencies Bitcoin ( almost a 10% decline ), Ether ( 14.2% ) and Solana ( 20% ) led the sinking , bringing total liquidations to $14.28 billion, the largest in crypto history. One of Trump's executive order to allow digital assets to be included in 401(k) plans led to Bitcoin soaring to a record high of $124,000 last week. When to capitalize (b)itcoin? When referring to the protocol, technology or network. But lowercase bitcoin is used as a unit of currency....

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