📊 BTC traded $80,300 to $82,305, its highest since January. Total market cap ~$2.81T. Fear and Greed flipped from 26 to 46 in one week. BTC ETFs logged nearly $1B in inflows for a fifth straight week.
📉 U.S. April CPI hit 3.8% YoY, driven by the Iran war’s energy shock. Trump called the ceasefire “on massive life support.” BTC battles key resistance at its 200-day MA near $82,500.
🏛️ The U.S. Senate Banking Committee dropped a 309-page Clarity Act draft on May 12, with a markup vote set for May 14. A HarrisX poll shows 52% of Americans support it. July 4 is the White House target for passage.
🏦 Strategy holds 818,334 BTC and may sell some to fund dividends. BNY Mellon ($59.4T in custody) launches BTC and ETH custody in Abu Dhabi. a16z raises $2.2B Crypto Fund 5. Circle posts $77B USDC in circulation, on-chain volume up 263% YoY.
🔗 Ondo, J.P. Morgan, Mastercard and Ripple settled tokenized U.S. Treasuries in real time on the XRP Ledger. Google and PayPal confirm AI agents need crypto rails to function at scale.
🤣 Roaring Kitty’s hacked X account promoted a Solana memecoin ($RKC) that hit $12M in 20 minutes before collapsing. GameStop spiked 13% in the chaos. Insiders walked away with ~$900K. Even a hacked legend moves markets. 🐱💸
Not investment advice. 🔗 NordFX — nordfx.com
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