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🛸 CITIES OF THE FUTURE? MORE LIKE EMPTY GHOST TOWNS. Five years after Covid, America’s downtowns are still bleeding out — and the real estate wars are making it worse.
—> WHAT’S HAPPENING: In Chicago’s River North, a 1.7 million-square-foot mega-tower once owned by Blackstone is collapsing into quiet… stil… empty… aka: chaos. Private equity firms ditched the building. Lenders like Pimco and Oaktree have been locked in a brutal year-long battle for control. Tenants? Fleeing fast.
—> WHY IT MATTERS: Cities everywhere are stuck in a commercial real-estate doom loop — leaving once-bustling neighborhoods hollow, stalled, and bleeding value. Power struggles among bondholders mean recovery keeps getting pushed further into a bleak unknown.
🏙️ The future isn't neon skylines — it’s skyscrapers sitting empty.
Source: WSJ
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FUTURES
📈 STOCK FUTURES DIP AS MEGA-EARNINGS WEEK KICKS OFF: Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq futures all edged lower Sunday night as Wall Street braces for a monster earnings week: more than 180 S&P 500 companies are reporting, including Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft.
—> WHAT TO WATCH: Earnings have been decent (73% beat expectations) — but below the 5-year average. Wall Street is slashing forecasts for the rest of 2025.
—> THE WILD CARD: Trump’s sweeping new tariff plans have markets on edge, fueling volatility and making it harder for stocks to find a floor. April has been rough:
S&P 500: -1.5%
Dow: -4.5%
Nasdaq: +0.5%
🧠 LPL Financial says: Keep your eyes peeled — a risk-on rally could still surprise.
Source: CNBC.
CRYPTO
🚀 BITCOIN SMASHES RESISTANCE — BULLS TAKE THE WHEEL. Bitcoin has broken through key resistance at $94,274, igniting fresh bullish momentum and setting up a potential sprint toward $98,691, according to analysts.
—> WHAT’S HAPPENING:
Momentum indicators like RSI and MACD suggest the rally still has gas in the tank. Bitcoin's 50-day EMA (moving average) is acting like a trampoline, bouncing prices higher on every dip.
—> WHY IT MATTERS:
With bulls firmly in control, Bitcoin’s breakout strengthens its uptrend — and cracks open the door to new highs in the sessions ahead.
📈 Next stop: $98,691 — with a possible shot at $135,000 if the rally snowballs.
Source: Bitcoinist
SPACE
🚀 MISSION: BEYOND MARS — A 4-YEAR, 2-PLANET ODYSSEY. A new sci-fi–sounding plan could send humans not just to Mars — but all the way to Ceres in one epic deep space journey.
—> THE MISSION: Six astronauts. One ship. Four years. Two worlds.
The plan? Launch by 2035, land on Mars for exploration, then send half the crew even farther — to Ceres, the mysterious dwarf planet hiding in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
—> WHY CERES MATTERS: Ceres could be the real gamechanger. It's rich in ice, minerals, and possibly subsurface oceans — resources critical for building permanent off-world bases. If we can mine water there, it means fuel, life support, and stepping stones for pushing even deeper into the solar system.
Ceres isn't just a rock — it's a potential cosmic gas station and spaceport.
—> HOW IT WORKS:
Step 1: Crew reaches Mars after a 6-8 month trip.
Step 2: Three astronauts descend to Mars' surface for science and exploration, while the other three ride the spacecraft onward to Ceres.
Step 3: Rendezvous years later, and head back home together — in a total mission lasting over 4 years.
—> THE TECH: They'll need next-gen nuclear rockets, massive aerobraking maneuvers, and autonomous communication relays between Mars and Ceres to make it happen. It’s the most complex deep-space mission plan humans have ever put on the table.
—> WHY IT MATTERS: This isn’t just about flags and footprints. It's about building the highway system for humanity’s future beyond Earth — linking Mars, the asteroid belt, and eventually the outer solar system.
🌌 Mars was just the beginning. Ceres is the next frontier.
Source: Phys.org
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Kev
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