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Bitcoin's post-peak reckoning

Money Moves

The world's largest asset manager, whose iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) dominates the spot Bitcoin ETF market with over $62 billion in cumulative inflows since launch. - IBIT records inflows amid broader ETF outflows; sole major gainer Feb 3

Bitcoin has now fallen over 50% from its October 2025 peak of $126,000, hitting fresh 15-month lows around $66,000-$67,000 by February 5 after plunging 11% in a single day—triggering over $1 billion in new liquidations and extending the longest losing streak since 2018's crypto winter.

Updated Feb 5

Trump accounts launch: America's first universal child investment program

Rule Changes

World's largest asset manager, announced $1,000 matching contributions to Trump Accounts for employees' children. - Matching $1,000 for employees' children

The United States has never offered universal investment accounts to children. Starting July 4, 2026, every American born between 2025 and 2028 will receive $1,000 from the Treasury Department deposited into a stock market index fund—accessible at age 18 for education, homebuying, or starting a business. Over 1 million families enrolled in the program's first week.

Updated Jan 31

US-China struggle for Panama Canal influence

Rule Changes

World's largest asset manager with over $10 trillion under management. - Attempted port acquisition blocked by China

A Hong Kong firm has operated the ports on either end of the Panama Canal since 1997. That ended on January 31, 2026, when Panama's Supreme Court voided CK Hutchison's concession as unconstitutional, and Denmark's Maersk assumed temporary control of the Balboa and Cristobal facilities.

Updated Jan 31

The great asset management consolidation

Money Moves

The $12.53 trillion giant setting the competitive bar forcing mid-size managers to consolidate or die. - World's largest asset manager, driving industry consolidation

MetLife just closed a $734.7 billion bet on survival. On December 30, 2025, the insurance giant completed its acquisition of PineBridge Investments from Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li's Pacific Century Group, catapulting MetLife Investment Management into the top tier of global asset managers. The deal grabbed one-third of its assets from Asia and over half from non-U.S. investors—a geographic expansion play wrapped in an existential necessity.

Updated Dec 31, 2025