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The tips end up slightly negative relative to the base.
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Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
The rally in Strategy had stretched the premium the company’s shares enjoyed relative to its Bitcoin holdings, something the legendary investor saw as unsustainable.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
The most important is lost seigniorage — the implicit revenue the government earns by issuing fiat money — because higher-value notes are cheaper to store and move relative to their face value.
—William T. Alpert, Boston Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
Layoffs remain low relative to the size of the workforce – though this isn’t uncommon – and more importantly, wage growth continues to hold up.
—Brian Blank, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
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Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
The rally in Strategy had stretched the premium the company’s shares enjoyed relative to its Bitcoin holdings, something the legendary investor saw as unsustainable.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 29 Dec. 2025
The most important is lost seigniorage — the implicit revenue the government earns by issuing fiat money — because higher-value notes are cheaper to store and move relative to their face value.
—William T. Alpert, Boston Herald, 29 Dec. 2025
Layoffs remain low relative to the size of the workforce – though this isn’t uncommon – and more importantly, wage growth continues to hold up.
—Brian Blank, The Conversation, 29 Dec. 2025
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“Relative to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/relative%20to. Accessed 1 Jan. 2026.
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