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[5 minutes to read] Plus: Inside Boston's budget shortfall
By Matthew Gutierrez and Shawn O’Malley
Folks, Bitcoin is on another heater. It’s hard to ignore an asset up 18% in 2024 after a ~160% gain last year. Now, it’s sitting back above the $50,000 per token mark.
🔥 The digital asset regained the $1 trillion market cap after a tumultuous 2022.
What does this year have in store?
— Matthew & Shawn
Here’s today’s rundown:
Today, we'll discuss the three biggest stories in markets:
The small endowment beating the Ivy League
Boston’s office problem
Investors opt for ex-China ETFs
All this, and more, in just 5 minutes to read.
POP QUIZ
Which university has the largest endowment in the world? (The answer is at the bottom of this newsletter!)