With the S&P dithering in no man's land, we speculate on the implications of ChatGPT and its inevitable imitators. Needless to say it will trivialize the entire profession of data science. But will it become the greatest business-to-business software service in the history of capitalism?

Next we discuss the re-emergence of short-dated options, and the potential consequences for market volatility.

Lastly we wonder whether or not the zombie corpse of Bitcoin and Crypto assets writ large are breaking correlations with the Nasdaq. And if they are, does it imply institutional interest? And is that interest a hedge against the very collapse of the sovereign debt bubble?