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Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories: a turbulent week across risk assets, sharper scrutiny of AI-driven spending and software valuations, and a few bright spots where resilience and strategy still matter.
‘Sell everything’ takes hold as tech, crypto, and metals all crack
Source: Original article | By: Huileng Tan | Date: February 6, 2026
Global markets slumped as weakness in mega-cap tech spread into crypto and commodities, with silver seeing particularly violent swings tied to technical pressures and China-driven selling. Analysts warned sentiment has flipped from rotation to broad risk-off, as investors question whether AI, crypto, and precious metals can sustain recent gains. Expect continued volatility as crowded trades unwind.
Bitcoin/crypto crash captures headlines as potentially more serious tech-driven debt retreat progresses
Source: Original article | By: Yves Smith | Date: February 6, 2026
The crypto selloff may be a symptom of a deeper issue: a repricing in private debt tied to software and tech, where leverage and maturing loans face tougher terms. With software loans a large slice of leveraged lending, rising required yields and tighter structures could chill AI/data center capex plans. The piece argues the risk is less about crypto’s direct spillovers and more about a broader credit reset hitting tech first.
Market Wrap: Sensex adds 266 pts, Nifty above 25,650; Indian rupee logs best week in over 3 years
Source: Original article | By: Veer Sharma | Date: February 6, 2026
India’s benchmarks finished higher as the RBI held its policy repo rate at 5.25% and the rupee posted its strongest week since early 2023. Cigarette makers rallied on price hikes, while global risk-off weighed on broader indices. Policy stability and a firmer currency helped cushion domestic sentiment against the global selloff.
Citi cuts Coinbase price target to $400 after stock’s 65% plunge from record high
Source: Original article | By: Will Canny, AI Boost | Edited by Stephen Alpher | Date: February 6, 2026
Citigroup lowered its Coinbase target to $400, citing weaker volumes, softer institutional activity, and delays in U.S. crypto market-structure legislation—while reiterating a buy/high risk rating. Analysts trimmed revenue and EPS forecasts and flagged a near-term GAAP loss, even as shares bounced in pre-market alongside bitcoin’s rebound. The takeaway: regulation timing and liquidity cycles remain the key levers for exchange earnings.
Weak earnings drag IREN, Amazon; bitcoin stocks rebound in pre-market
Source: Original article | By: James Van Straten | Date: February 6, 2026
IREN missed on revenue and EPS as it pivots from bitcoin mining to AI cloud, while Amazon beat revenue but missed EPS and outlined roughly $200 billion in 2026 capex focused on AI. Despite the earnings drag, crypto-exposed stocks bounced as bitcoin recovered from near $60,000 to around $66,000. Markets are weighing heavy AI spend against profitability and macro-sensitive crypto beta.
Recovering bitcoin still faces macro risks
Source: Original article | By: Omkar Godbole | Date: February 6, 2026
Bitcoin’s bounce to the mid-$60,000s looks like a classic oversold rally, but options positioning shows lingering downside fear. Potential U.S. funding frictions and elevated geopolitical risks could tighten financial conditions, while underwater holders may sell into strength. Translation: rallies may be capped until confidence rebuilds.
She saw the AI software collapse coming almost a year ago. Here’s what she expects next.
Source: Original article | By: Alistair Barr | Date: February 6, 2026
AlixPartners’ Michelle Miller says AI is compressing software growth assumptions and forcing changes to pricing, go-to-market, and governance, with mid-market vendors most exposed. She expects heightened consolidation as valuation premiums reset and only firms with data moats, platform entrenchment, or regulated vertical strength outperform. Bottom line: software economics are being redrawn in real time.
A high-net-worth money manager details a 2-part investing strategy that combines conservative stock investing with opportunistic dip-buying
Source: Original article | By: William Edwards | Date: February 6, 2026
Wealth manager Jeffrey Fratarcangeli blends dollar-cost averaging (about 60–70% of flows) with 30–40% kept in cash to deploy on 3–5% pullbacks and more aggressively at 10–20%. It’s a rules-based way to reduce emotion while preserving dry powder, with a tilt toward value sectors like industrials, materials, healthcare, and metals. A practical playbook for choppy markets.
‘Crypto winter’: Why is bitcoin crashing despite Trump’s support?
Source: Original article | By: Priyanka Shankar | Date: February 6, 2026
Al Jazeera traces bitcoin’s slump to ETF outflows, thinner liquidity, and a broader risk-off backdrop that also hit precious metals—factors policy support couldn’t offset. The piece places the drop in historical context with prior crypto winters and notes cycles typically resolve over time. Investor takeaway: macro and market structure still dominate day-to-day price action.
Taken together, these stories show a market rethinking risk: AI capex and software leverage under the microscope, crypto testing nerves, and selective resilience where policy anchors and strategy shine. Stay nimble, focus on quality balance sheets, and keep dry powder—volatility is creating both hazards and openings.
