The Blockspace Pod: Understanding Thursday’s Market Meltdown

The Blockspace Pod: Understanding Thursday’s Market Meltdown

Markets across the board faced historic volatility yesterday, leaving many investors to ask: are we on the cusp of a crash? Subscribe to the Blockspace newsletter! Welcome back to The Blockspace Podcast! In lieu of a news roundup today, we recap Thursday’s market chaos, in which gold shed Bitcoin’s entire market cap in a single morning. We unpack Microsoft's historic 10% drop despite an earnings beat and contrast it with Meta's rally. Are we looking at a systemic liquidity shock or a one-off deleveraging event? We break down the charts, from credit spreads to the VIX, and examine the canaries in the coal mine that could point toward a rocky 2026. Subscribe to the newsletter! https://newsletter.blockspacemedia.com Notes: * Gold shed ~$1.7 trillion in one morning * Microsoft stock closed down 10%, worst daily move since 2000 * Meta stock rose 10% after earnings beat * Bitcoin pukes to $83,000 * VIX spiked 8% Timestamps: 00:00 Start 01:46 Market rips then dips, then rallies again 08:40 Bitcoin bear 11:43 Microsoft 20:31 Polymarket government shutdown odds 27:34 Why BTC go down? 👉CleanSpark, America's Bitcoin Miner! CleanSpark (Nasdaq: CLSK) is a market-leading data center developer with a proven track record of success. We own a portfolio of power, land, and data centers across the United States powered by globally competitive energy prices. Sitting at the intersection of Bitcoin, energy, operational excellence and capital stewardship, we optimize our infrastructure to deliver superior returns to our shareholders. Monetizing low-cost, high reliability energy by producing a global emerging critical resource – compute – positions us to prosper in an ever-changing world.

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