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Crypto Still In The Inflection Point

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Last week I was writing about the inflection point that Crypto had reached short term, and they are still in that same inflection point, with a decision really needed in the next day or two if Crypto are going down any further, so a couple of days more uncertainty will considerably increase the odds of a break up.

The overhead resistance is, mostly, at the daily middle bands. I say mostly because BTCUSD (Bitcoin) has already broken back above it on Monday and tested the 50dma, though it failed there and closed back below the daily middle band yesterday and so failed to confirm Monday’s break above.

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Lower Education

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Most colleges are essentially high schools (in terms of rigor and curriculum) except with an $80,000 tuition. As the preposterous inflation in the education sector has taken hold, folks are deciding it isn’t worth the opportunity cost and tuition (well over half a million dollars), particularly for anything other than a top-tier education. It’s no surprise that middling schools are dying off, one by one.