Wage Share of GDP (Orange Line): Shows a long-term decline. In the post-war era (1940s–1970s), wages typically accounted for 48% to 51% of the GDP. Since the early 2000s, this has dropped sharply, hitting lows around 42%.
Corporate Profit to GDP Ratio (Blue Line): Shows a long-term increase. While volatile, profits have trended upward from roughly 6–8% of GDP in the mid-20th century to peaks above 12% in recent years.
In 2025, the global economy was a rollercoaster – and normally Erratic tariffs, rising public debt, higher bond yields and a cost-of-living squeeze would unsettle markets but the truth is stock markets loved it. They surged to their highest ever levels. The most dangerous time in markets is when bad news stops mattering. In the US the S&P 500 index now pays 40 times cyclically adjusted earnings – a multiple very close to the dot com bubble. Another thing that is soaring – Gold all the uncertainty has people talking of $7,000, just a reminder gold can fall in value too. $BNB $BTC #Economics
What Is Espresso (ESP)? Key Takeaways Espresso is a base layer purpose-built to provide Layer 2 (L2) blockchains the fast finality and high-throughput data availability they need to operate and interoperate in real time.When chains lack fast finality, liquidity fragments and cross-chain interactions become slow and risky. Espresso solves this by providing integrated chains with cryptographically secure finality in seconds, making its finalized state immediately readable by any other chain, bridge, or application.The ESP token is used to secure the network (via staking) and will be used for protocol fees. Introduction Ethereum is one of the most popular places for crypto apps, but it can be slow and expensive at times. To fix this, developers created "Layer 2" blockchains (also known as rollups). These are like fast lanes built on top of Ethereum to handle heavy traffic. They handle execution, but still need a base layer to make their transactions final and irreversible. However, there is a new problem: these rollups don't easily talk to each other. If you have money on one Layer 2 (like Arbitrum), it is hard to use it on another (like Optimism). Also, most of these chains rely on a single computer (a centralized sequencer) to order transactions, which can be a security risk. The underlying cause of this fragmentation is Ethereum’s slow finality. When every rollup has to wait 15 minutes for Ethereum finality before other chains can trust its state, fragmentation becomes structural. This wasn’t Ethereum's fault; it was simply never designed to serve as a base layer for hundreds of other chains. Espresso was built to fill that gap. It is a base layer purpose-built for chains that need speed, security, and customizability, fully compatible with Ethereum and designed to give chains fast finality and high-throughput data availability. It also offers chains decentralized sequencing. What Is Espresso? Espresso Network is a decentralized base layer blockchain designed for a multichain world. Chains that integrate with Espresso can finally trust each other's state in real time. Instead of waiting 15 minutes for Ethereum finality, any chain, bridge, exchange, or application can read and act on another chain's confirmed transactions within seconds, without relying on a centralized intermediary to vouch for them.
Bitcoin traded above $82,000 during the previous business week, but it was violently rejected and dropped by over seven grand in the following days to a monthly low of $75,000 marked during the night. Trump Media, Cuban Sell Off CryptoPotato reported yesterday that one of the wallets linked to the Trump-family-operated Trump Media Group had sent over $200 million worth of the cryptocurrency to exchanges, with the likely intention to sell. They did something similar four months ago and are deep in the red on their BTC position, which was accumulated at prices near the all-time high. More sell-off uncertainty came after billionaire investor Mark Cuban said he had disposed of most of his BTC stash after he lost confidence in its role as a hedge against weakening fiat currencies and geopolitical instability. He believes bitcoin’s behavior during the recent war in Iran questioned one of the core reasons he owned the asset. Separately, Ali Martinez noted that other BTC investors have been sending units en masse to exchanges. Data he obtained from Santiment reads that roughly $745 million worth of bitcoin was transferred to trading platforms in just five days. Similar developments typically increase the immediate selling pressure since most investors transfer funds to exchanges only to sell. $BTC #Btc
Stablecoin Sector Draws a Loss of $90.01 Million in Net Outflows
As the broader crypto economy weathered a widespread pullback this week, the stablecoin sector recorded roughly $90.01 million in net outflows. As of Saturday, May 23, 2026, the market stands at $323.052 billion, with several of the top ten stablecoin contenders posting declines, defillama.com stats show. Tether ( USDT) registered a slight weekly decline of 0.12% over the past seven days.
🌍GLOBAL ECONOMY SHAKEN AS OIL, WAR & DEBT CRISIS HIT MARKETS 📉
Rising oil prices, global conflicts, weak trade growth, and mounting national debt are putting pressure on the world economy in 2026. Major economies including the United States, China, and Germany are facing slower growth, while inflation and high interest rates continue hurting businesses and consumers. Energy-importing nations are struggling with fuel costs as tensions around the Strait of Hormuz keep markets nervous. Investors are moving toward gold, oil, and safe assets as fears of a broader global slowdown increase.
$TST Test (TST) is a BEP‑20 meme token on the BNB Smart Chain that started as an educational “test” token in a tutorial video and unexpectedly went viral, gaining traction through community speculation and social media buzz. Its value and trading activity are driven purely by narrative and market sentiment rather than any underlying utility or official development
$CVC Civic is a decentralized identity ecosystem that allows for on-demand, secure and lower cost access to identity verification via the blockchain. Through a digital Identity platform, users to set up their own virtual identity and to store it along with their personally identifiable information on the device. This information will go through a verification process conducted by the identity validators on the platform and then ported into the blockchain where service providers can access it with the proper permission from the user.
CVC is an Ethereum-based token used by service providers that are looking to acquire information about a user. These can make a payment in CVC. The smart contract system employed will then see funds delivered to both the validator and the identity owner (user).
$SHIB SHIBA INU (SHIB) is an experiment in decentralized community building and another meme coin similar to Dogecoin.SHIB is the native token of SHIBA INU and will be the first token to be listed and used as an incentive for using ShibaSwap, a decentralized exchange.
$SLP Smooth Love Potion (SLP) is an ERC-20 token on the Axie Infinity platform that is used to breed new digital pets (Axies).
Axie Infinity is a Pokémon-inspired digital pet universe built on the Ethereum blockchain where anyone can earn token rewards through skilled gameplay and contributions to the ecosystem.
$ANIME Animecoin are ca scop transformarea industriei globale de anime într-o rețea creativă deținută de comunitate. Ca Moneda Culturală a industriei anime, Animecoin va alimenta o economie digitală unde un miliard de fani globali pot modela și deține viitorul anime.
$ICP The Internet Computer is a layer-1 protocol that is developed by the DFINITY Foundation and aims to become ‘a blockchain network that evolves the internet’. This ‘internet computer’ intends to ‘extend the functionality of the public internet so that it can host backend software’ on a smart-contract compatible, distributed network.
ICP is the native utility token of the Internet Computer, and is used in the following functions:
Governance: ICP token holders may stake ICP in the Network Nervous System (NNS) to create "Neurons" to vote on governance proposals and earn voting rewards.
Network transactions: ICP tokens can be dissolved and converted into cycles, which are used to run websites and applications on the network via canisters.