Greatest Immediate Danger is Digital ID – Catherine Austin Fitts

By Greg Hunter’s USAWatchdog.com (Saturday Night Post)

The last time Catherine Austin Fitts (CAF) was on USAWatchdog.com, she warned that the real battle would be fought in the Trump Administration trenches between “Freedom & Deep State Control.” CAF contends that there is no bigger ongoing battel for lovers of freedom than the battle taking place over the freedom killing idea of digital ID. CAF warns, “The greatest immediate danger is digital ID. The Trump Administration is pushing digital ID. We are seeing new testimony in Congress saying the right kind of digital ID will save the federal government $1 trillion a year in expenses. There is one thing after another pushing the digital ID, and it is the last thing we ever want. Do everything you can not to get this. They tried to get the digital ID after 9/11, and they finally got the states to do ‘Real ID,’ and they are promoting it like crazy. . . . Do not accept Real ID. . . . They can’t make you get a Real ID.”

It looks like the CV19 bioweapon vax mandate is coming to an end along with the CV19 vax injections that caused so many deaths and injuries. Trump and his new HHS Secretary RFK Jr. are starting the process of stopping this madness. Fitts thinks the CV19 vax has both negative physical and spiritual implications. CAF says, “Does it mean our soul cannot pass over? Do we become earthbound dead?”

This Hated Company Is Primed to Soar in 2025

By Sean Michael Cummings

President Donald Trump's second term could turn the tide on American manufacturing...

The lead-up to the recent U.S. election threw every market sector into uncertainty. Solar stocks, oil and gas, financials, and cryptos all had a stake in the outcome.

But the future was especially cloudy for manufacturers...

Trump's 2017 tax policies were a windfall for American manufacturing. They reduced businesses' tax rates and made it easy for manufacturers to expense things like equipment and machinery.

But it was unclear if the tax bill would be renewed, especially if Kamala Harris won the presidency in 2024.

Manufacturers faced a huge overhang as the election approached. But now that Trump's tax cuts are sure to be continued, the wind is at their backs.

That's setting up a remarkable opportunity for one business in particular. It's a company that's deeply unpopular today... And that means in a manufacturing turnaround, it's poised for some of the biggest gains.

Used Car & Truck Prices Heading Higher on Tight Supply, Strong Demand, after U-Turn in mid-2024 from Historic Plunge. Used EV Prices Jump

Already putting pressure on CPI inflation. Now comes tax-refund season.

By Wolf Richter for WOLF STREET.

Inflation pressures are rebuilding in used vehicles. Prices of used vehicles sold at auctions where franchised and independent dealers replenish their inventories rose by 0.4% in January from December, seasonally adjusted (red line), and by 0.6% not seasonally adjusted (blue line), according to the Used Vehicle Value Index by Manheim, the largest auto auction house in the US. The index is adjusted for changes in mix and mileage.

Since the low point in June, prices have risen by 4.9%, seasonally adjusted, and are at the highest level since October 2023. “While it’s not yet spring, wholesale values increased more than we usually see in the month of January, with particular strength at the end of the month,” Manheim said.

Supply at these auctions comes from rental fleets that sell vehicles they pulled out of service, from finance companies that sell their off-lease vehicles and repos, from corporate and government fleets, other dealers, etc. These prices are the costs for dealers, and prices that consumers pay, as tracked by the used-vehicle CPI, follow with some lag.

Tokenized bond market may 30x by 2030 — fintech exec

By Vince Quill

According to data from RWA.xyz, tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) currently have a market capitalization of over $16.6 billion.

The tokenized bond market may surge to at least $300 billion by 2030, representing a 30x gain from current levels. Lamine Brahimi, co-founder of Taurus SA — an enterprise-grade digital asset company — told Cointelegraph these were base case figures.

Brahimi cited research from McKinsey, which said the $300-billion estimate was a base case that included government, municipal and corporate bonds.

According to the executive, tokenizing bonds allows for near-instant settlement times, reduces transaction costs, and can democratize the investment process through fractional ownership.

Tokenized real-world assets (RWAs), which include bonds, stocks, stablecoins and other real-world items, are projected to reach a $10-trillion market cap by 2030 as the world moves onchain.