This is not the post I originally intended to share today. I will save that for tomorrow as it is already written. Crypto is in the doldrums, my core saving strategy has collapsed thanks to the withdrawal from Coinbase staking on USDC, which means that while it means that I will maintain profitability it is no longer earning and I have been burnt too many times to move that core into something more volatile. My brain says dump it all into BitCoin or Ethereum (which is stakeable on Coinbase), but my heart says "no more losses" even though I accepted the basic tenet of "Don't invest what you aren't prepared to lose".

Geopolitically Putin is getting more aggressive by the day and who knows where that will lead and especially without the US clear leadership in what is happening in Ukraine. Putin must really have the goods on Trump as the rumours suggest because it is only with Putin that he is so blatantly sycophantic. Putin's ass must be absolutely soaked with Trump's saliva. Elsewhere Thailand is waging a war of aggression against a relatively harmless Cambodia, although there is currently a ceasefire, this issue is particularly close to my heart as a good friend of mine lives there. And behind it all who knows what China is up to and especially with regard to Taiwan. Personally, I do think the threat China possesses is overestimated as any aggression will have severe ramifications for their hegemony in trade - something I don't thin they will gamble with.

Domestically, paradise has darkened and MamaRah and I probably only have months, weeks or even days to run barring a miracle and in the middle of it all are our two small children. I do hope I am wrong and I am praying for a miracle. All I want is to make her happy, like I used to. 

So, all in all, 2026 is looking bleak, but I do hope that I am wrong on all counts.

As always stay safe and well my friends and Happy New Year (as far as it can be).