📊 Market Update

The market continues to chop sideways as macro + geopolitical uncertainty keeps traders cautious.

A viral clip showed Jerome Powell claiming he was being threatened with criminal charges by the DOJ for refusing Trump’s rate demands. If Powell is removed and replaced quickly, this could actually be short-term bullish, since Trump’s pick would likely push for:

Faster rate cuts

More stimulus

Looser policy

This type of shift would benefit risk assets like crypto.

Trump also announced that credit card companies must cap interest rates at 10% by Jan 20th, which would free up consumer capital. Lower credit rates = more spending power → in past cycles, this has translated into more retail crypto buying, especially via credit cards (artificial stimulus effect).

At the same time, the privacy narrative is heating up.

XMR (Monero) has been outperforming

ZEC (Zcash) recovering from recent dips

Privacy coins tend to move when:
✔️ regulators tighten rules
✔️ surveillance increases
✔️ geopolitical tensions rise

And right now, all 3 are happening at once.