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That has added to declines as Bitcoin has lost more than a third of its value since late-2025 highs comfortably above $100,000.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

Ordinarily, I would not recommend taking money from your investment accounts as you’re paying tax on the withdrawals and getting hit by the lost opportunity cost of future returns.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

That set a record for a candidate’s contribution in a state race at the time, but Whitman lost to Jerry Brown by nearly 13 percentage points.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 6, 2026

“If you don’t have some ethical and moral framework — it doesn’t have to be from a religion — you will be lost and swept away by this. People need some type of grounding.”

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The land has flattened into long hills like ocean swells and the wind has died down and the team runs well through the night while I stand on the back lost in hallucinations again.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen