Strategy Inc

SharpLink Gaming, Inc.

ALT5 Sigma Corporation

The emergence in recent years of public companies whose primary business is acquiring and holding cryptocurrencies, and the rise of their own stocks, has been one of the highlights of enthusiasm in the digital asset market this year. But the collapse that began in October knocked the ground out from under many enthusiasts' feet. By the end of the year, the situation probably won't improve, and most publicly traded cryptocurrency companies will leave investors with losses.

Investors are getting out: most cryptocurrency companies will bring them losses

Copper prices, after four years of stagnation, began to rise in the last week and a half and reached record levels. Traditionally, demand for this metal, which is used in many items and sectors, from electrical wiring and batteries to construction, has been seen as an indication of the health of the global economy. Now it can also be used to judge the development of AI.

Copper was not an expensive metal. Because of AI and energy transition, it has become the "new gold"

The price of gold has risen by about 60% this year, and such a high result has attracted many players to the market - from ordinary investors to inventors of clever schemes trying to capitalize on the gold boom. The cryptocurrency market, which has been going through difficult times in recent weeks, has also decided to capitalize on the most real and valuable asset in the world's history.

Crypto companies want to capitalize on the gold market. What are the risks of these "digital mines"?

Oracle Corporation

Oracle, one of the largest U.S. software makers and server hardware vendors, is actively engaged in the artificial intelligence race, and this is already worrying investors. The company has a growing debt load and risks concentrating large customers. Its case mirrors the story of the development of AI itself: investors first skyrocketed the quotations of companies related to it, and then began to wonder whether a giant bubble had burst in this sector.

$300 billion in debt and collapsing stock prices: what Oracle's bet on AI is costing it 

BYD Company Limited

Agricultural Bank of China Limited

ICBC

Geely Automobile Holdings Limited

Zhejiang Leapmotor Technology Co., Ltd.

The Chinese economy, which never tires of impressing with its achievements in a number of technological sectors, is actually standing on the edge of a dangerous precipice: it is slipping into a deflationary spiral. What is the danger?

China's deflationary trap: which companies and industries will fall into it? 

Exxon Mobil Corporation

The European Union, a global leader in pursuing the green agenda, is having to scale back some of its initiatives under pressure from major gas suppliers and its own politicians. But despite this political reversal, the technological transition to a greener economy is accelerating, and the stock market is showing that there is money to be made in sustainable development.

European energy corporations force EU regulators to change their approach to ESG environmental standards

NVIDIA Corporation

Having levied import duties against each other in April, the U.S. and China then twice postponed escalation in the trade war. After six months of negotiations, the two heads of state, Donald Trump and Xi Jinping, met on October 30 and announced a trade truce for another year. In the case of other countries, Trump managed to secure significant concessions. But Beijing took a tough stance and did not back down from it. It identified the weaknesses of its and the U.S. economies in advance and skillfully exploited them.

Seven long years of preparation: how China has built a defense in its trade war with the U.S. 

Bloom Energy Corporation

Goldwind Science&Technology Co., Ltd.

First Solar, Inc.

EDP Renovaveis, S.A.

U.S. President Donald Trump's crusade against renewable energy seemed like it should have brought the sector's shares down even further. But the opposite has happened - the sector has once again attracted investors' attention and has become one of the highest-yielding sectors in the world this year. That said, quotes are still at low levels. Most importantly, the clean energy sector no longer needs subsidies, analysts say.

The "glory days" are coming: how investor attitudes toward green energy have changed 

The silver market experienced a record shortage of the metal and prices soared to an all-time high in 1980. A similar jump to $50 an ounce 45 years ago was also the result of an unprecedented shortage caused by the billionaire Hunt brothers. Today, to make money, traders are flying bullion from New York to London by airplane, although back in January they were flying it in the opposite direction.

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