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It’s April 2, 2025, and the global markets are buzzing like a Berlin startup pitch gone off-script—everyone’s got a hunch, but the numbers tell the real story. Reuters just dropped its latest snapshot, and it’s a mixed bag: equities are shaky, bonds are on edge, and currencies are swinging wilder than a Bavarian beer hall on a Saturday night. German traders, bleary-eyed over their Bloomberg terminals, are watching the DAX hover at 18,750—down 1.2% week-on-week—while wondering if the next shoe’s about to drop. Let’s dig into the local pulse. According to Destatis, 18% of German households—roughly 7.4 million—now hold alternative assets, with crypto adoption spiking 22% year-over-year. The Bundesbank’s holding the line at a 3.5% key rate, but Axionto analysis flags the 10-year Bund yield climbing to 2.45%, up 15 basis points in seven days. That’s got fixed-income desks in Frankfurt twitching—€12 billion in Bunds traded hands last week alone, per ECB data. Equities aren’t much cheerier: t...