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Green SM changes its brand from Xanh SM to Green SM. The Green Smart Mobility and Intelligent Transport Joint Stock Company (GSM) announced the brand change from Xanh SM to Green SM. The change aims to unify brand identity across the entire system and marks the company's three-year operation. In…
Bitcoin's 21 million coin supply cap is hard-coded and effectively impossible to change. The largest cryptocurrency responds to inflation fears like a store of value nowadays, but it still responds to geopolitical crises like a high-risk asset. It sells off in crises partly because it's so liquid and trades 24/7, making it easy to dump for quick cash. Bitcoin was designed to replace physical gold in some respects. Here's the pitch for the "digital gold" idea in plain English: It's hard to make more Bitcoin. That's it. That's the whole store-of-value argument. Everything else is commentary. Bitcoin's receipts are always available. Gold works the same way, of course. You can't print more gold just because you feel like it. Grab a shovel and hit the gold fields, dear prospector. But gold has a trust issue: How much is actually sitting in those vaults? With Bitcoin, anyone can verify the total supply by running some software. The market seems to be buying this logic -- sometimes. When the latest CPI data came in cooler than expected, investors poured $1.1 billion into crypto-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in a single week. Bitcoin products grabbed $872 million of that. As of this writing on April 13, the leading iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF grew its assets under management by 15% since the start of March. That's classic inflation-hedge behavior in a period where S&P 500 trackers such as the SPDR S&P 500 Trust saw a 1% outflow instead. Bitcoin sells off when the world gets scary because it's so easy to sell. Crypto markets are open around the clock, Bitcoin's liquidity is deep, and when fund managers need to raise cash fast, they don't wait for the gold vault to open. It's a matter of convenience, not conviction. Liquidity is a feature, not a bug. Bitcoin isn't a perfect low-risk asset in 2026, not by a long shot. For example, the S&P 500 has traded sideways over the last six months amid geopolitical uncertainty. Meanwhile, gold prices rose by 20%, but Bitcoin plunged 37% lower. Bitcoin is earning its store-of-value stripes on the inflation side of the ledger. But when geopolitical chaos hits, it still trades like a volatile tech stock. So, Bitcoin protects against your currency getting slowly debased. It doesn't yet protect against broad economic crises. Gold still has that job until further notice. However, Bitcoin is moving into the "digital gold" role, step by step.
Premium gym chains are entering a “golden era” that is ending or already in decline, as rising operating costs collide with shifting consumer preferences toward more flexible, community-based ways to exercise. Long-term memberships are shrinking, margins are pressured by higher rents and facility expenses, and competition from smaller, more personalized…
