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So, $9B worth of Bitcoin just vanished into the ether (not the blockchain kind). Naturally, everyone’s first thought was, “Alien abduction?” But no, the real culprit might be the looming specter of quantum computing. Or maybe it was just a whale with a really bad case of FOMO.

Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency market, ever the fickle mistress, has succumbed to renewed selling pressure, a tempest born of futures liquidations and the murmurs of unease surrounding US corporate earnings. The stock market, too, has joined the chorus of despair, as tech stocks plunge and the “Magnificent Seven” are cast into the shadows. Experian, London Stock Exchange Group, and Thomson Reuters-once pillars of stability-now lie in ruins, their declines a harbinger of broader turmoil. Advanced Micro Devices, with its disappointing forecast, has added fuel to the fire, sending waves of panic across the software sector. A comedy of errors, indeed, played out on the grand stage of capitalism.