SDA, SCURGE, THERIANS, 101, 344mn, BUDDHAROID, CHEESE, EXPERIENCE

Market Indicators

USD/ZAR15.92🔽
EUR/ZAR18.78🔽
AUD/ZAR11.31🔽
GBP/ZAR21.54🔽
Brent Crude USD 69.90 / ZAR 1,112.81🔽
Gold (Au) USD 5,170.50 / ZAR 82,314.36🔼
BTCUSD 68,153.76 / ZAR 1,085,007.86🔼

ZAR remains resilient at R15.90 against the Greenback, bolstered by a STRONG gold market, even as a VOLATILE night on Wall Street saw tech stocks falter. There is a significant silver lining for OFFSHORE investors: the latest budget, receiving thumbs UP by many, speech confirmed that the Single Discretionary Allowance (SDA) has doubled to ZAR 2 M.

Microplastics SCURGE

https://resource.co/article/microplastics-detected-majority-freshwater-bird-nests-across-europe

THERIANS…what the heck!??

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2g3vmde0eo

Tapei 101 – REAL time CLIMB

https://www.netflix.com/tudum/articles/how-to-watch-alex-honnold-skyscraper-climb-live-netflix#:~:text=The%20legendary%20climber%20completed%20a,Jan.

UAE’s USD 344mn profit on BTC.

https://www.coindesk.com/markets/2026/02/19/uae-sits-on-usd344-million-unrealized-profit-from-its-bitcoin-mining-operations

BUDDHAROID

https://english.kyodonews.net/articles/-/71123

INTEREST: OLDEST cheese SEQUENCED.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/the-worlds-oldest-cheese-was-buried-in-a-chinese-tomb-3600-years-ago-now-scientists-have-sequenced-its-dna-180985152

We are not human beings having a SPIRITUAL experience. We are spiritual beings having a HUMAN experience. Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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