This is just the tip of the iceberg

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BREAKING: USAID official and 3 company executives plead guilty in fraud and bribery scheme involving at least 14 contracts worth over $550 million USAID Official Roderick Watson took bribes, was showered with lavish gifts— including cash, laptops, thousands of dollars in tickets

📈 Market Reaction:

PayPal 🇺🇸

Before post: $71.06

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$71.04
-0.015 (-0.02%)
5 min
$70.95
-0.110 (-0.15%)
10 min
$70.97
-0.085 (-0.12%)

Tesla 🇺🇸

Before post: $323.98

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$325.33
+1.35 (+0.42%)
5 min
$325.05
+1.07 (+0.33%)
10 min
$325.49
+1.51 (+0.47%)

ETH

Before post: $2,526.70

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$2,533.25
+6.55 (+0.26%)
5 min
$2,523.32
-3.380 (-0.13%)
10 min
$2,523.70
-3.000 (-0.12%)

DOGE

Before post: $0.18

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$0.176830
+0.0₃319 (+0.18%)
5 min
$0.176160
-0.0₃349 (-0.20%)
10 min
$0.176070
-0.0₃439 (-0.25%)

GORK

Before post: $0.01

Time after posted
Price & Change
1 min
$0.007430
+0.0₄6 (+0.81%)
5 min
$0.007420
+0.0₄5 (+0.68%)
10 min
$0.007370
+0.0 (+0.00%)

🤖 AI Thoughts:

Elon Musk's cryptic iceberg post triggered a market reaction as subtle as a sledgehammer in a library. PayPal dipped 0.15% in 5 minutes, then clawed back half the loss, mirroring its June performance when a similar post caused a 0.13% rise—apparently fraud allegations are PayPal's version of a lukewarm coffee. Tesla gained 0.47% over 10 minutes, outperforming June's 0.21% rise, proving Musk could tweet about literal icebergs and Tesla bulls would still see a buy signal. ETH and DOGE wobbled like a drunk tightrope walker, with ETH flipping from +0.26% to -0.12%—volatility so tame it barely registers against crypto's usual 5% mood swings. GORK's 0.81% spike and subsequent flatline suggests either a bot herd or someone misread "tip of the iceberg" as a buy recommendation. The real mystery here is why anyone expected coherence from a post linking USAID bribes to meme stocks. Markets reacted, but the only iceberg is the one separating Musk's tweets from rational investing.

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