🚨 This Week Could Shift the Entire Market The real risk isn’t headlines — it’s oil. Rising tension around the Strait of Hormuz — which carries ~20% of global oil supply — is a structural risk, not noise. An oil spike breaks the market’s fragile foundation: • Easing financial conditions • Falling inflation • Expected rate cuts Chain reaction: Oil ↑ → Inflation ↑ → Rate cuts fade → Yields ↑ → Liquidity tightens And when liquidity tightens, markets don’t rotate — they reprice. The first to fall? The most liquid. The most crowded. The highest multiple. Crypto and BTC trade as high-beta liquidity assets. If yields surge and the dollar strengthens, volatility accelerates. Three paths ahead: 1️⃣ De-escalation → Stabilization 2️⃣ Prolonged tension → Volatile grind lower 3️⃣ Supply disruption → Oil shock → Rising yields → Sharp correction Watch oil. Watch yields. Watch the dollar. That’s the real signal.

🕵️ #Bitcoin miner Core Scientific (NASDAQ: CORZ) plans to sell nearly all of its 2,500 $BTC holdings in Q1 2026 to enhance liquidity and finance capital expenditures related to its #AI colocation expansion. The company indicated in its annual report that most sales are expected in the first quarter, depending on market conditions and liquidity requirements. As of December 31, 2025, Core Scientific held 2,537 BTC. #crypto