U.S. stocks are wary of high prices; the market capitalization of the virtual currency Solana surpasses XRP and ranks 5th | 21st Financial Tankan

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12/21 (Thursday) morning market trends (compared to the previous day)

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NY Dow: 37,082 -1.2%
Nasdaq: 14,777 -1.5%
Nikkei average: 33,675 +1.3%
USD/JPY: 143.4 -0.04%
Gold futures: 2,044 -0.3%
NVIDIA: $481 -3%
Apple: $194.8 -1%

Today’s rise in the NY Dow paused and it fell for the first time in 10 days. The NASDAQ and S&P 500 have also fallen, and profit-taking has accelerated. There didn’t seem to be anything particularly noteworthy on this day, but there are growing concerns about high prices.

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Today’s main market materials are as follows:.

US Consumer Confidence Index in December rises for the first time since March 2021: Concerns about economic recession recede
Number of used homes sold in November increased by 0.8% from the previous month due to lower mortgage interest rates
U.S. bond yields fall across the board, with growing expectations for next year’s interest rate cut

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Important economic indicators/events from this week onwards

12/21 (Thursday) 22:30 U.S. quarterly real gross domestic product (GDP, final value)
12/22 (Fri) 22:30 US November personal consumption expenditure (PCE deflator)
US stock market closed for Christmas on Monday, December 25th

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Virtual currency related stocks

Coinbase｜$161.8 (+0.4%)
MicroStrategy | $573 (+0.3%)
Marathon | $22.1 (+0.5%)

Cryptocurrency-related stocks briefly rose significantly as Bitcoin returned to the $44,000 level, but the gains have largely disappeared as the NY Dow declined.

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Virtual currency market Solana exceeds XRP market capitalization

Bitcoin: $43,599 +3.2%
Ethereum: $2,191 +0.7%
Solana: $81.5 +12.3%

Yesterday, the virtual currency Solana surpassed XRP and advanced to fifth place in the market capitalization ranking. Currently, it has a difference of about $5 billion from BNB, which is in fourth place.