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As the sun set on that Friday, the markets closed with deep scars. It was a stark reminder of how fragile the "new normal" really was. Elias poured himself a glass of wine, the red liquid matching the candles on his screen.

News of a heavily mutated COVID-19 variant emerging from South Africa had hit the wires overnight. For a world trying to crawl out of the shadow of 2020, it was the ultimate "ghost of Christmas past." Viernes Negro (2021)

"Everything is on sale," he mused, "if you have the stomach for it." As the sun set on that Friday, the

"It’s happening again," Elias whispered to his empty room. News of a heavily mutated COVID-19 variant emerging

On his left screen, the was plummeting—it would eventually close down nearly 5%, its worst day in over a year. On his center screen, Bitcoin—the digital gold that was supposed to be a hedge against chaos—was proving to be anything but. It had shed thousands of dollars in hours, dragging the entire crypto market down with it.