Bitcoin and IBIT: Blackrock’s 2025 Crown Jewels 💎

The feature marks a dramatic pivot from the world’s largest asset manager, treating bitcoin not as a rogue guest at the ball but as the host with the most. The “2025 investing wrapped” section pairs IBIT with short-term Treasurys (SGOV) and large-cap U.S. equities (TOPT), as if to say, “Yes, even the traditionalists have succumbed to the siren song of crypto.”

67 Years Ago Today, A Classic Sci-Fi Series That Inspired Stephen King & John Carpenter Debuted

Quatermass and the Pit originally aired on BBC television between December 1958 and January 1959. As with other stories featuring Professor Bernard Quatermass, it centers around a remarkable discovery: a buried spaceship linked to an ancient, evil alien race with powerful mental abilities. While not as well-known today, this series is considered a major influence on Stephen King’s novel, The Tommyknockers, and has also been cited as a source of inspiration for John Carpenter’s 1982 film, The Thing.