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The “Battle of Copper” of the US unleasies a historical collapse in the markets

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Julio was a month of vertigo in metal markets. The only threat of a 50% tariff to copper imports in the United States announced at the beginning of the month by Donald Trump, fired prices in New York and unleashed a counterreloj race of traders that filled ports and copper stores before the deadline of August 1. An unexpected turn. Hours before the term, the White House decided that the tax would not cover all copper, but only to pipes, cables and electrical components. As Financial Times has detailedkey products such as minerals, concentrated, cathodes and scrap metal were excluded. Besides, According to Reutersthe encumbrances would not accumulate with those already in force on cars. The result was immediate: a collapse of between 17% and 22% in copper futures in the Comex bag, As the Wall Street Journal has reported. It was the greatest daily fall since 1987. The blow is significant. As Financial Times explainedThe United States depends on imports for about half of its refined copper consumption and only has two foundations: Freeport-Mcmarran and Rio Tinto. Therefore, the measure protects manufacturers who use copper (electronics, plumbing, wiring), but does not stimulate the mining industry or domestic refining, historically limited. Besides, From Wall Street Journal They recalled that building new foundations costs more than 5,000 million dollars and has been in the current presidency for more than 5,000 million, which remains incentive to local investment. “A national security problem.” Thus I justify Donald Trump the measure. According to Reuters, The decision is framed in a wave of simultaneous tariff ads against India, Brazil and South Korea, as well as in the end of the exemption known as minimis for low value packages. According to analysts cited by The Guardianthe shock in the tariff policy of copper suggests that someone in the presidential environment convinced Trump that the US economy could not bear such a wide tariff. The market interpreted it as an “Epic Backflip”, that is, a political gesture that sought to show commercial firmness, without hitting American manufacturing. At the global level? In the short term, the most visible result will be an inventory overload in the US. Since Trump announced the possible tariff in July, the country received more than 550,000 tons of copper, According to Kpler firm data cited by Reuters. Only a fraction of these shipments managed to reach American soil before August 1. This opens the possibility that part of that copper is re -exported, although analysts such as Macquarie calculate that the market would need at least nine months of internal consumption to absorb it. For Goldman Sachs, the scenario of a possible refined copper rate in 2027 will avoid extreme differences between US prices and international. In parallel, Bloomberg He has highlighted that attempts to obtain exemptions from strategic partners such as the European Union, Chile or South Korea failed to stop the measure, which raises commercial tensions in the metal sector. The forecasts are not reassuring. The current tension is inserted in a much more complex background trend. According to the latest report by the International Energy Agencycopper could face a 30% supply deficit by 2035, due to the fall in the mineral law, the shortage of new deposits and long development terms (17 years on average for a new mine). The demand, on the other hand, continues to grow: 3% in 2024, driven by electrical networks, electric vehicles and data centers. IEA has pointed out that solutions go through accelerating permits, fostering recycling and exploring partial substitutes such as aluminum in non -critical applications. The immediate future of copper. As Tom Price, Analyst of Panmure Liberum, has sentenced, To The Guardian: “The markets are now resetting the price of refined copper after the epic Trump posture change.” The episode leaves a warning: copper, key mineral for energy and digital transition, has become a raw material as political as strategic. With an upward demand and an increasingly compromised supply, the decisions that today affect its trade will mark, to a large extent, the energy future of the planet. Image | Pexels Xataka | In full obsession with rare earths, a fairly common metal has jeopardized the green transition: Copper foul

The strongest Chinese companies in Chips and IA have created a historical alliance

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The future of Nvidia in China is increasingly uncertain. The suspicions of the administration of the Chibespace of China about The safety of your GPU H20 for artificial intelligence (AI) force this company to convince the Chinese government that their chips are reliable. However, this is not the only challenge that Nvidia faces in the country led by Xi Jinping. And it is that a good part of the most relevant Chinese companies in the semiconductor industries and AI have allied to encourage the adoption of chips for the Chinese. During the last fiscal year, which expired on January 26, 2025, China represented approximately 13% of total income of the company led by Jensen Huang with a figure of about 17,000 million dollars. In practice, this Asian country is the third best client of this company only behind the US and Taiwan. In fact, according to TrainingView At the beginning of 2025 Nvidia had a fee in the Chinese chip market for no less than 95%. However, during the last weeks it has dropped to 50%. This abrupt decrease is largely due to the export restrictions of chips for the The US government has imposedalthough it is also caused by the development of competition within China. And, to curl the curl, Stepfun, which belongs to Tencent Holdings; Infinigence ai; Siliconflow, from Huawei; Metax; Biren Technology; Focus me; Iluvatar Corex; Cambricon Technologies and Moore Threads, which are some of the strongest Chinese companies in the development of chips for AI, They have constituted an alliance who seeks to stop Nvidia. For Nvidia it is increasingly difficult to sustain its position in China The Chinese government is urging Chinese companies that are dedicated to the development of large models of the use in their servers integrated circuits of Chinese origin. The alliance for innovation in the model-chips ecosystem, which is what is called the organization that the Chinese companies that I have mentioned a few lines have constituted, represents an important step in this direction. Nvidia has in its favor the mass implementation of CUDA (Compute Unified Device Architecture) In the AI projects that are underway, but the panorama is already beginning to change. This technology brings together the compiler and development profits used by programmers to develop their software for NVIDIA GPUs, and replace it with another option in The projects that are already underway It is a problem. Huawei, who aspires to an important portion From this market in China, it has Cann (Compute Architecture for Neural Networks), which is its alternative to CUDA. However, this is not the only asset in the country governed by Xi Jinping. Nvidia has in its favor the massive implantation of CUDA, but the panorama is already beginning to change Moore Threads It is one of the Chinese companies that are dedicated to the production of hardware for which companies aligned with the interests of the US and its allies cannot sell software or advanced equipment. Although it is very young (it was founded in 2020) it has something very important in its favor: its founder is Zhang Jianzhong, former general manager of the Nvidia subsidiary in China, so it is evident that he knows well what he has in hand. Moore Threads has developed several GPU for AI applications that, on paper, rival some of the advanced solutions that have placed in the Nvidia, AMD or Huawei market. The cards MTT S4000 and MTT S3000 They are its most interesting proposals right now, although, curiously, in its porpholio the MTT S80 card also appears, a proposal for games and content creation that, according to Moore Threads itself, has a calculation capacity of 14.4 Tflops in single -precision floating coma operations. It doesn’t impress, but it’s not bad at all. However, this company has something else: a software package with which the domain of CUDA seeks to break. Muse calls itis compatible with the range of MTT cards that I have mentioned a few lines above and incorporates a compiler, execution libraries, specialized libraries and code purification tools. However, this is not all. On paper its most attractive capacity for China is that it allows to reuse the code written in CUDA, transferring it so that it can be executed on the cards for Moore Threads. It is difficult to predict what reception the hardware and software of this company will have in your country of origin, but there is no doubt that it is worth following the track. Image | Moore Threads More information | SCMP In Xataka | AI is the best thing that is happening to nuclear fusion. It is already accelerating the construction of Iter

We thought we were facing a “historical” oil harvest. Farmers now foresee a reality bath

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Olive oil is going through convulsive times. The drought lived some crops back put many crops against the strings and fired the prices of this cornerstone of our kitchen. Last year the arrival of the rains allowed some normalization, without moving from some modest results. And now, uncertainty does not disappear. Like the last, “in the best case.” The Olivar sector has issued a statement to lower expectations Regarding the following oil harvest. They did it after a meeting of members of the union of small farmers and ranchers (UPA) in which representatives of the olive grove of all the autonomous communities were able to discuss the situation of this harvest. Farmers estimate that oil production will give us between 1.2 and 1.4 million tons of the product. According to Indicates the UPAthese figures would imply a harvest similar to the last “at best.” According to Data from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Foodlast year there were 855,577 tons of olive oil, which would have to add 112,973 tons of olive pomace oil and 407,400 tons of table olive. According to The most recent estimates From the Ministry for this year, the expected production for this year would be at 1,415 million tons of pomace oil, plus 126,000 tons of olive pomace oil and 533.012 tons of table olive. Different communities, different impacts. In the eye of this hurricane are the Andalusian producers. “The current situation in the main autonomous producer community, Andalusia, leads us to think that the euphoria that reigned among the great market operators about a historical harvest is collapsing,” They point in a press release From the UPA. According to the estimates of the organization, the Andalusian harvest could give between 950,000 and 1,150,000 tons, while the Castilian-Manchega would be around 125,000 tons and in Extremadura the production would be about 80,000 tons. The rest of CC.AA. would contribute around 12,000 tons to this year’s harvest. Heat, pests and productive capacity. The data seem to validate the fears that A few weeks ago He highlighted the sector. As indicated then, there were several factors that invited to reduce optimism regarding the coming harvest. The first of them, the meteorology: the premature arrival of heat at the end of May implied a problem for the olive grove in full flowering. Meteorological conditions have affected different olive groves differently, but intense and advanced summer could be a determining factor in this year’s harvest. To the meteorology we must add the appearance of certain pests, such as prays (Prays Oleae), also the so -called olive moth; or that of milkweed (Euphyllura Olivina). To this must be added the olive grove, the fact that the plant tends to not be able to produce in full performance for two consecutive years. Waiting for September. It is still soon to know reliably the evolution of the harvest since There is still one of the key points that the olive groves throughout the year. The first of these stages occurs in spring and is the flowering of the olive tree, which usually occurs between April and May; The second, which we still have ahead, is the maturation of the fruit. To know how the olive grove this stage, we still have to wait until September. For now we do not know what the meteorology will hold for a month seen, although The predictions Aemet does not invite optimism. Medium-term predictions indicate a warmer and more dry August than normal, while quarterly forecasts also indicate a trimester August-October by pulling warm and dry. There will be so much to wait to see the evolution of the crop. In Xataka | More and more giants get into the Andalusian field and in the olive oil industry. The last: Pepsico Image | Royber99

Prepare for a summer of delays and historical cancellations

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Yes Summer holidays They were going to be very complicated for many Spaniards, or directly null because they find them impossible to materialize themfor which their bags can be made a perfect storm in the form of prediction. Europe warns: it is very possible that the typical summer air chaos is a thorough with what is to come. The perfect storm. Yes, the European Commission has warned that this summer the record of Delays and aerial cancellations due to one Critical combination of factors. Namely: the unprecedented demand after pandemic, the chronic shortage of air controllers, labor strikes and the impacts of climate change. The European air traffic control system operates to the limitmanaging near 37,000 daily flights In its most intense days, the maximum you can assume with the current template. Although traffic has increased by 5% compared to the same 2024 period, delays have also increased in equal proportion, predicting a repetition of chaos that marked the previous summer. The most affected areas: Key tourist destinations such as France, Germany, Greece and Spain, where “high” delays are anticipated due to the inability of the control centers to absorb the planned traffic flow. Strikes, obsolete systems and blackouts. One of the most critical foci is France, where The recent strikes of air controllers due to lack of personnel and aged equipment caused the 4,000 flight interruption In just two days. Europe Millionaire losses due to the operational collapse in Charles de Gaulle. The European Transportation Commissioner, Apostolos Tzitzikostas, has also indicated the reduction of airspace available in the continent as a direct consequence of the war in Ukrainewhich further overloads open routes. In this context, the call to the EU transport ministers It has been clear: States must ensure that aerial controllers comply with the promised capacity and are present where they are most needed. Climate change. To the technical and labor difficulties an increasing and unpredictable factor is added: Climate change. Forest fires have already forced to close temporarily Marseille airportwhile in Greece the high temperatures They forced the closure of tourist monuments such as acropolis. Community authorities fear that this type of extreme phenomena (Heat waves, storms, fires) become more frequent and dangerous for aviation. With airports “more busy than ever”, such as The Tzitzikostas Commissioner warnedthe risk of operating chaos is higher than ever. Slow formation. I pointed The Financial Times That another bottlenecks is structural: the formation of air controllers in Europe requires up to five yearswhich prevents an agile response to the growing demand. The commission collaborates with air security agencies to review these regulations, but immediate results are not expected. Meanwhile, associations such as IATA They accuse the managers of the European system of systematically breaking the capacity of capacity without consequences or sanctions, qualifying the situation of “unacceptable” and accusing a gap between the plans and the reality that “approaches the field of fantasy.” Fragmented sky. Air operators also insist that part of the problem It is political: The EU has not completed the initiative of the Unique European skywhich would allow to draw more direct routes between countries instead of the current fragmented system that forces aircraft to deviate through multiple intermediate points. This lack of coordination Increase costs operational, fuel consumption and flight times. As illustrated in the Times A high manager of a large tourism agency: “A London flight to Cyprus is not in a straight line, it crosses several unnecessary air points because Brussels has been exasperatingly slow.” The price to pay. If you want also, what is at stake is not only operational efficiency, but Trust of millions of passengers and The prestige of one of the dense and complex air spaces on the planet. Airlines already alert customer reaction: Anxiety, preventive cancellations and fear of summer collapse. With an air network to Edge of saturationwithout sufficient personnel reservations and with growing threats due to both natural and geopolitical causes, Europe faces the urgent challenge of reorganizing its air control system, modernizing its infrastructure and eliminating obstacles that prevent unified management. Otherwise, this summer aims to be, not only the worst in terms of delays and cancellations, but also the definitive notice that the sky of the old continent needs a revolution at several levels. Image | Bruno Sanchez In Xataka | Julio has become hell for the AVE of Andalusia. The latest: tunnels with leaks that delay trains In Xataka | Europe has discovered the Achilles heel capable of collapsing its air traffic. It has only needed a strike in France

The Samsung Galaxy Z fold6 has a new historical discount. We had never seen it so cheap

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Buying a folding mobile is not easy. Soon that we are looking for a model with good performance, the budget can be triggered up to more than 1,000 or 2,000 euros, as with the Samsung Galaxy Z fold. Fortunately, there are many stores that occasionally launch offers that we can take to buy much cheaper phones. For example, the Samsung Galaxy Z fold6 has received a few, being the current one we have seen to date: PowerPlanet has it for 1,299 euros. Samsung Galaxy Z fold6 (256 GB) * Some price may have changed from the last review A samsung galaxy z fold6 at demolition price He Samsung Galaxy Z fold6 It is a folding mobile that It was launched by the whopping of 2,009 eurosso we talk about a fairly large discount. Yes, we are at the gates of seeing the arrival of the Samsung Galaxy Z fold7which will be launched in a few days, but due to the price difference it is possible that we are more interested in staying in the previous generation. Samsung’s folding mobile we liked a lot when we did his analysis. It has excellent screens: a 6.3 -inch external and another 7.6 -inch folding internal. Both offers a good resolution and a 120 Hz soda rate. In addition, one of the most remarkable points is its adapted software for Samsung folding mobiles; It is a real delight to use it. Internal level we are faced with a good processor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 for Galaxytogether with 12 GB of RAM and 256 GB of internal storage. Its battery supports fast and wireless charging and its photographic section stands out for its rear cameras module, which is composed of a 50 MP main sensor, a great angle of 12 MP and a 10 MP telephoto. You may also be interested in Samsung accessories Samsung Galaxy Buds3 Pro + Loader – Wireless headphones, noise cancellation, Bluetooth, Audio 361, Hi -Fi sound, gray (Spanish version) * Some price may have changed from the last review Samsung Galaxy Watch7 Bluetooth + Correa – Smartwatch 44mm, health control, sports monitoring, green (Spanish version) * Some price may have changed from the last review Some of the links of this article are affiliated and can report a benefit to Xataka. In case of non -availability, offers may vary. Image | Ricardo AguilarSamsung In Xataka | Best folding mobiles in 2025. Which to buy in Spain and recommended models In Xataka | Best Samsung mobiles: which buy and recommended models based on budget, tastes and quality price

Bitcoin reaches a historical maximum exceeding $ 118,000. A bullish rally driven by the hug of institutions

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Bitcoin has marked A new historical record When reaching 118,661.10 dollars during this Friday. Cryptooptimism continues to rise in a changing political and economic context and with a look always present to Donald Trump’s tariff policy already Recent armed conflicts. However, this time the impulse has been led to Capital entry into quoted funds of Bitcoin and the growing adoption of companies and banks. What has triggered the price. As we have mentioned, the final impulse has come from the Bitcoin (ETF) quoted funds, which they have registered Its largest day of capital tickets of the year with 1,180 million dollars. The ETFs of Ethereum have also shone with 383.1 million dollars in tickets, their second best day since its launch. This massive institutional capital flow has acted as a catalyst for the last bullish wave. Image: Coinmarketcap The political context matters. Policies favorable to cryptocurrencies The Trump administration have created an environment conducive to digital assets. The president has announced plans to establish A Bitcoin strategic reserve in the United States, describing it as “a Virtual Fort Knox for digital gold.” This institutional legitimation is forcing other governments and companies to consider Bitcoin as part of their treasury strategies. Mass settlements that accelerate the rise. The rptop up has caused A waterfall of short positions. In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin has seen more than 650 million dollars in bearish settlements, while Ethereum has registered 215 million. THE SAFE REFUGE NARRATIVE. Analysts emphasize that Bitcoin is being perceived more and more An active refuge similar to goldespecially in a context of global commercial tensions and expansive monetary policies. Its offer limited to 21 million units and its recent relative stability in the range of $ 100,000-110,000 have reinforced this comparison. The domino effect on actions. Bitcoin’s climb It has dragged up the linked companies to the sector. Miners such as Mara Holdings and Riot Platforms have won 3% each in operations prior to market opening, while Microstrategy, known for their strategy of accumulating Bitcoin in their coffers, has also risen 3%. Trading platforms such as Coinbase have also registered similar advances. The risks are still there. Not all analysts share widespread optimism. Some experts warn that the current price could be artificially inflated For political support and maintain that Bitcoin remains fundamentally a speculative asset. After 16 years since their creation, they argue, still He has not managed to become a common means of payment As I initially promised. What do experts expect. A recent survey among cryptocurrency analysts places Bitcoin’s average objective price In 145,167 dollars By the end of 2025. The most optimistic project that it could reach $ 458,000 before the end of the decade, fed by growing institutional adoption and the search for traditional cash alternatives in a high inflation environment. For full week, Bitcoin accumulates A gain close to 10%while Ethereum exceeds 20%. Cover image | Erling Løken Andersen In Xataka | Nvidia reached 4 billion dollars of capitalization for one reason: its privileged position in the AI ​​boom

The subsoil of historical cities hides a great garbage vacuum. The problem is that you have to punch

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Tony Soprano, from the great series’The soprano‘He was dedicated to garbage management. It may seem an exaggeration designed for fiction, but as usually happens, fiction surpasses reality. Base management It is a problem for half the world (more now than China decided to stop being our landfill) and move so much money that there is mafias moving from one country to another. In the search for solutions, the definitive company came up with a Swedish company to stop seeing cubes and garbage trucks through the streets: move waste from pipes. It is something that has turned medieval cities into the technological pinnacle of garbage collection. But the day -to -day life of the neighbors is something else. Changing the approach. It all started by chance. At the end of the 1950s, the Sollefte hospital in Sweden was investigating the creation of a central aspiration system to catch dust. One of the participants in the table was OLOF H.Hallstrom, director of Centralsug, the current Waste Waste company, and the idea arose: instead of a giant vacuum For dust, a giant garbage vacuum could be created. So They tell On its website, where they point out that the system was inaugurated in the hospital in 1961 and that it continues to work with many of the original pieces installed more than 60 years ago. But of course, if it works so well in a building, why not expand the network to an entire city? That is no longer so easy. Sollefte basements with garbage collection tubes A giant vacuum. First of all, you have to see how it works. Known as’Pneumatic garbage collection‘O’ Automatic vacuum collection ‘, AVAC from now on, is a giant vacuum connected to a multitude of underground pneumatic tubes. On the surface there are a series of nozzles that are designed for organic or plastic waste (the glass could damage the system) in which the bag is deposited with the waste and, thanks to fans that generate suctions of more than 60 km/h, travel through the tubes to a collection center. Example of one of these nozzles They are classified and loaded into trucks to transport them to their final location. This system reduces the use of trucks and their corresponding pollution, as well as Cubes in the streets. The most current systems include doors that are automatically open and cards in possession of citizens to activate the system. Modernizing historical cities. And that reduction of cubes and trucks circulating is something ideal for any city, but it seems key in locations with two profiles: tourist or old helmets of medieval cities. A clear example is Bergen, a Norwegian city founded in 1070 that is the second most populated in the country and has a historic center full of colorful wooden houses. It has fired several times and the garbage itself can be a focus of fire, so by safety and improve the helmet, they decided to bet on an avac type system. It is one of the 200 cities in the world in which this system has been installed and, as we read in The Washington Postthe diesel emissions Since the garbage trucks stopped circulating along their narrow streets. Among others, Leganés, Barcelona, ​​Barakaldo, Torrent, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Stockholm, Doha or Seoul have neighborhoods in which a pneumatic collection system is used, and in new construction complexes of some cities are also betting on it. Complex. The problem is what you can imagine: the system itself is expensive, but it is also a headache. In new neighborhoods, it is as simple as to pass one more pipe in the streets where there are already other pipes, but in Historical cities Or neighborhoods already built, bet on something like avac implies lifting the streets and performing a considerable work. Bergen’s example is clear. As they point out on TWP, since they made the decision to start building the system in the historic center in 2007, they have invested about 100 million dollars. There are years to finish connecting the entire network and estimate that the cost will be 30 million dollars. Terje Strom, responsible for waste management in the city, says it is “almost impossible.” Contextualizing the figures? It is almost the entire annual budget of the Waste Department. Collection Central in Konza Technolopis, Africa Gamification and penalty. But, leaving cost aside, user experiences seem positive. It is a system that simplifies the garbage, which eliminates full cubes and the truck transit. In Spain we have containersbut in other cities they work with individual cubes that roll through the streets and share the stamp. Not everything is perfect, since although there are no trucks, they do operators who are dedicated to unblocking the mouths when someone introduces something that should not. And beyond not seeing garbage trucks, there are two incentives for citizens. One is the gamification by application That tells us how many kilos we have deposited in real time and compares with the previous month. It also tells us how average we are, since there is a limit. In Bergen, to open waste mouths, residents bring their electronic key, which allows you to register how much discard and collect a rate according to the amount of non -recycled garbage they send to the incinerator. This penalty is something that It has also been seen in South Koreawith positive results regarding the increase in recycling. Not everyone is happy. Beyond installation costs, it seems the perfect system to manage waste. However, looking at what happens in Spanish cities in which these systems have been installed, we see that not everything is so beautiful. There are more than thirty cities that use this pneumatic collection, and in some Failures are reported that cause the tubes to be full due to pipes that do not absorb well. Tubes in a kind of garbage rooms in Leganés. The main problem for users is the diameter of the mouth. Image | Xataka It is something that causes bad odors, as users of … Read more

Its price is in historical minimums

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Not only the market coffeehe cocoa or the Matcha It crosses turbulence. Analysts and authorities They check that there is another much less orthodox merchandise that is suffering a considerable pricing, at least in the wholesale channels, with the kilo collapsed from the More than 30,000 euros They got to pay only a few years ago at less than 20,000 or even 15,000. Which? Cocaine The price decrease is so pronounced that There are those already esteem that in Galicia the white dust has reached its historical minimum. The big question is … why? The kilo, getting cheaper. It is not easy to talk about prices and cargoes of cocaine because the merchandise (obviously) does not move in a regulated market, but a quick review of the newspaper library arrives to make a clear idea: a kilo costs less today less (quite) than just a decade ago. The voice of Galicia He published Sunday A chronicle that accounts for that collapse, especially in the Baixas estuaries. If in 2015 a kilo brick was paid between 27,000 and 29,000 eurosnow moves at 14,500, its historical minimum, according to the newspaper. In other parts of the country, such as Valencia, Barcelona or the great ports of Andalusia, the kilo would also be at least, charging about 17,000 euros, far from the more than 30,000 to those that were quoted ten years ago. A fact: 30,000 euros. It is not the only clue about the bassist drift of the price of wholesale coca, a trend that the authorities They would have been Noting. In 2023 the CEP police union already spoke of a reduction of the merchandise in the large channels. The figures are only references, but they are eloquent: of a maximum of up to 36,000 euros, the kilo had become quoted in a fork of Between 18,000 and 23,000. Last year the UDYCO He went further And he already spoke of between 21,000 and 22,000 euros, with even lower periods, of around 16,000. Price question and something else. The drift of prices coincides with greater activity on commercial routes and market saturation. And that is something that is confirmed with another equally relevant indicator: the police also hunt more vs. 2023 closed with a Seizure record of cocaine Transported by sea and an operation for memory, the interception of a historic stash in Spain: 11 tons from Ecuador distributed between Valencia and Vigo. “The kilo is between 18,000 and 20,000 euros, lower than ever. A year and a half ago it reached 25,000 or 26,000 euros. If you have more drugs you risk more, you send huge shipments,” explained in 2024 Police al ABCmonths before the authorities fell another stash of 13 tons camouflaged between bananas. In your latest report Insight Crime warns: “The record seizures became the norm worldwide, but it is likely that those confiscated tons only made a small dent in what has become one of the most lucrative and violent industries for crime in Latin America.” A relative cheaper. The most curious thing is that this price drop does not seem to have moved to the street. In wholesale channels perhaps the kilo of white dust costs now half That a few years ago, but the cheaper does not seem to have moved to the end of the chain. The gram of coca continues to pay between 50 either 60 euroswithout experiencing great variations in recent years. The phenomenon is not exclusive to Spain and extends to other parts of Europe. “In Belgium, 17,000 per kilo are being paid, but that contrasts with the price paid by the final consumer. It remains stable, in the order of 60 euros the gram. That greatest margin between one price and another could be the one that allows the entry of the greatest amount of links in the distribution chain. In addition, that decrease in the wholesaler could be the cause that organizations make larger shipments to maintain the benefit,” Explain Customs a The voice of Galicia. And what is the reason? The million dollar question. And it does not have a single answer. Those who have tried to explain the fall in the price of coca point to the effects of the signing of the peace agreement between the Colombian State and the guerrillas In 2016what would have released hectares of jungle that have taken advantage of for cultivation, or The effect which has had the veto of toxic herbicides in the plantations. The reason? The Colombian authorities find it very difficult to eradicate the hidden plantations in the jungle acting from the ground, where they meet former guerrillas and mines, so for years they resorted to air fumigation with glyphosate, an effective resource to end illegal crops. The problem is that this herbicide is carcinogenic and polluting, so the authorities They stopped using it in his fight against cocaine. Now, in a scenario of Overproduction which explains the fall in prices, the country already He is thinking If you must recover it. Are there more factors at stake? Yes. Although There are analysts that suggest that everything is a Overproduction issue In countries of origin, others also point out the influence of pandemic. “Farmers continued to produce as always, about three crops a year, and the warehouses of the most powerful organizations were filled with cocaine at such a level that we are still receiving that surplus,” explained In 2024 a UDYCO inspector to The reason. “That is why two of the three largest apprehensions in Spain have been in 2023. We also see that ships bring a lot more than they brought,” adds the inspector. In summary: a simple matter of supply, demand and exit of an accumulated stock at low prices to get rid of the material. New actors at stake. Recently The confidential He slipped One more key: an attempt by the Albanian clans that operate from South America to flood the market, a strategy that would go through “bombarding” with shipments of cargo … Read more

Enroll an old car as a historical to circulate in Madrid or Barcelona seems like a great idea. He does not always work

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If you are thinking of entering Madrid with a vehicle without sticker, we have bad news: Since January 1, 2024 You can’t move through the capital unless you are a neighbor. And, it remains to be seen, if you can do next year because the intention was to prevent it this year but the City Council ended back. Nor can you do it in Barcelona at any time. Specifically, a vehicle without environmental label cannot circulate through the Metropolitan Area of ​​Barcelona (AMB) Monday to Friday from 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. In order to do so, you must ask for an authorization with, at least 24 hours in advance and may not do so more than 24 days a year. Although there are more low -emission areas in Spain (ZBE) and, in fact, we should have restrictions on all municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants. The truth is that only Madrid and Barcelona apply Hard restrictions. The rest of Spanish cities barely restrict access to a small part of them. In parallel, a door was opened to those who have a car without sticker. “What if I do historical?” The reason must be sought in the new Historical Vehicle Regulation, which allows these vehicles circulating through the ZBE … although there are important nuances to take into account. A historical vehicle for my zbe … more or less When the new one was taken a few months ago Historical Vehicle Regulations It was specified that there would be no City Council or any other institution that could prevent the movement of these cars. In fact, the following was specified: “The new regulation urges the municipalities to, in the exercise of their powers for the regulation of urban roads and for the restriction of circulation to certain vehicles in these roads for environmental reasons, establish formulas in their municipal ordinances that allow circulation to those owners who make a sporadic or non -common use of their historical vehicles.” However, aware of the implications that this could have, the following was also specified: “The use of historical vehicles will be occasional and in no case as a means of daily transport to minimize their environmental impact, and the use of historical vehicles to make public transport of travelers or merchandise and for agricultural activities or works and services is generally prohibited.” For the government, that “occasional use” has a number: 96 days a year. But with this figure an obvious question also arises: how are you controlled these 96 days a year? No one knows it and the regulation itself does not collect it. Thus, there are those who have had an idea. If I can use the historical car 96 days a year It means that I can circulate eight days every month with the vehicle. It is possible that, if we do not go to the city center every day because, for example, we telework, those eight days a month are more than enough to cover our tickets to Madrid or Barcelona. In fact, if we discount the month of vacation, we almost added one more day to each month. Taking into account that, right now, cars without label They add up to 25 years in the case of gasoline, you don’t have to go much further back to have a historical vehicle. Of course, you must meet the following requirement, as specified in Motorpasion: “To have been manufactured or enrolled for the first time 30 years ago, having stopped producing its specific type and being in its original state, without having undergone any fundamental change in its main characteristics or components. As a novelty, it is also required that they are in a correct state of maintenance and conservation.” That is, whoever wants to access the city center can be made with a car that has been enrolled before 1995. A second generation Seat Ibiza, for example, but it cannot have been subjected to fundamental changes or replace its main components. That said, can we circulate with him through the great Spanish Zbe? Well, in Madrid, technically, we can because the Municipal Mobility Ordinance that includes all the information related to Madrid 360 invites us to circulate with such a vehicle. Of course, you have to take some things into account: We cannot park in regulated parking areas since no label without label can do it. If we access more than 96 times a year (access controls it) we can be playing a fine since when it comes to registering it as a historical one, a responsible statement in which we promise not to move the car more than 96 days a year. The fine for not complying is 200 euros (100 euros with soon payment) which is reflected in the Traffic law, motor vehicle circulation and road safetyin its article 76 Z3. In Barcelona, ​​the matter is more confusing. At the moment, nothing has been approved that allows the entry of historical vehicles in the ZBE of the Metropolitan Area of ​​Barcelona in the restricted schedule only to cars without stickers. It is known that has been working on it But nothing has been completed. The problem is that, as with the obligation to have a ZBE in all municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants, the new regulation urges the municipalities to specify in their mobility ordinances the passage to these vehicles through their restricted areas but does not establish a term or punishment If this is not carried out. When lifting Zbe’s own we have already lived what happens when this happens. A good part of the municipalities of more than 50,000 inhabitants have not carried out these changes and an important part has barely restricted access to a few streets or, like Seville, to areas of very little affectation by traffic. Photo | In Xataka | DGT tags: what sticker corresponds to me and what advantages or restrictions I will find

Bitcoin has just achieved a new historical maximum of $ 110,000 because banking and companies have gone from hating him to love him

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Bitcoin broke the $ 111,000 barrier this Thursday and marked a new record. The difference is that while in other records the reasons had to do with external events, here the growth is mainly due to one thing: the interest of some institutions that for years reneged of this type of investment. 111,878 dollars. A few hours ago, as indicated in Coindesk, a Bitcoin worth 111,878 dollars, a figure never seen before and that seems to confirm that renewed optimism that investors have recovered for this cryptocurrency. A singular recovery. The tariffs announced by Trump affected not only the world bags, but also the cryptocurrencies, which fell significantly. It also happened with Bitcoin, but since they were announced Pauses and exemptionsBitcoin’s growth has been clear. On April 9, it was at $ 76,000, but since then its value has been increased more than 45%. Institutional love. The demand for this cryptocurrency not only comes from cryptoactive funds or traditional sale markets (exchanges): companies and institutions are now becoming large sources of investment and begin to treat BTC as a value reserve. And business. There are several companies that are betting hard on Bitcoin. In fact, some are turning cryptocurrencies into their true focus. The most extreme case is Strategy (formerly Microstrategy), which already has 576.230 bitcoins In his possession (about 63.8 billion dollars), more than 2.5% of all those in circulation. An absolute “whale” of this segment. The ETF work. The approval of the funds quoted in the stock market (ETF) based on Bitcoin has certainly changed the panorama in the United States. These mechanisms open the door for many more investors to enter this financial segment now that it is more “standard”. Analysts such as Jeff Mei, from the BTSE sale market, indicated that growth “will probably continue, especially as more companies go to public markets and ETFs.” JP Morgan will allow Bitcoin to buy. If there has been a denial of Bitcoin, that has been Jamie Dimon. The JPMorgan CEO has renegated for years and other cryptocurrencies, but this week announced that it would allow its customers to buy Bitcoin to the clients of the entity. Of course, he did it by reiterating his skepticism about these assets. In Spain the same is happening. Traditional banking was also reluctant to offer this type of investment, but little by little the entities are offering this possibility. The BBVA has been the last great exampleand the same goes for CaixaBank, which allows it although not proactively. And this may lead to another momenty moment. This striking growth of Bitcoin could have a renewed interest on the part of investors who do not want to lose the train. The Fomo effect (Fear of Missing Out, the “fear of lost it”) is powerful in the financial field, and analysts raise new increases by that upward trend. The evolution of other cryptocurrencies with great market capitalization (billion dollars) has been similar to that of Bitcoin. Even greater, in fact. Data: Coinmarketcap. The rest of the market accompanies. Bitcoin’s evolution is solid in recent weeks, but so is the recovery of other cryptocurrencies that had also fallen remarkably and now have recovered part of the lost. The difference here is Bitcoin is marking historical maximums, but others such as ETH, XRP, Solana or Dogecoin are still far from the values ​​they reached in the past. ETH, for example, reached $ 4,900: it is currently 2,645. In Xataka | A British did not let his album search with Bitcoins in the trash for years: now he considers buying the landfill

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