🇯🇵🤔 MetaPlanet (3350.T) CEO Simon Gerovich stated that their preferred stock upon listing would be only the seventh in the market and the first perpetual preferred. He added that while Japanese companies typically pay dividends 1-2 times a year, MetaPlanet is planning monthly payouts.

🗣 Kevin Warsh has been officially approved for the position of Chairman of the Federal Reserve. He will assume the role this Friday.

🙅‍♂ #ETH Consensys has postponed a possible IPO until the fall.

🇺🇸⚠️ Peter Schiff warns an 8% 30-year Treasury yield could trigger a major debt crisis, as U.S. national debt surpasses $39 trillion.

💵 250,000,000 $USDC (250,025,000 USD) minted at USDC Treasury

🕵️ 348,000,000 $USDC (347,968,054 USD) transferred from Coinbase Institutional to Coinbase

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1. US Producer Price Index (PPI) rises sharply in April. →
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2. 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF ($THYP) successful debut with $1.8 million volume. →
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3. Whale Loracle.hl makes profitable crypto trades. →
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4. BlackRock moves $172.74 million worth of BTC and ETH to Coinbase Prime. →
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5. Charles Schwab launches spot crypto trading for US retail. →
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🕵️ Michael Saylor's strategy is now estimated to have bought over 4,708 #BTC today via STRC.

That's over 10.5 times the supply of daily mined #BTC.

🧑‍💻 Top Real World Assets by development since last month. $LINK $HBAR $XLM #RWA

📉 Jane Street sharply reduced its Bitcoin-related exposure in Q1 2026 while increasing holdings in Ether ETFs and select crypto equities, according to its latest 13F filing. The firm cut its positions in BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC, while also trimming holdings in Strategy and several Bitcoin mining firms. At the same time, Jane Street increased exposure to BlackRock and Fidelity Ether ETFs and added to positions in Riot Platforms, Coinbase, and Galaxy Digital. #etf

🇯🇵🧑‍💻 Metaplanet to launch first Bitcoin perpetual preferred shares in Japan.

🇺🇸🗣 $7 trillion asset manager Fidelity announces support for the crypto Clarity Act and says it will "ensure the US remains a global leader in digital assets."

🗽 Vitalik: High Fees Stifled the First Wave of Crypto Payment Adoption

Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin recalled his trip to Argentina, noting that locals widely relied on free and instant internal Binance transfers. He argued that high fees hindered the early exploration of decentralized payments.

With Ethereum L2 fees dropping below one cent and Optimism and Arbitrum reaching the Stage 1 security milestone, scaling solutions are finally becoming affordable. Buterin also pointed out that the original rollup-centric scaling approach is being revised. As L1 accelerates its scaling, the future lies in the synergistic development of L1 and L2, requiring L2s to provide differentiated value such as privacy or application-specific features.

🕵️ An Ethereum ICO participant has moved 790 $ETH worth $1.78M after being dormant for over 10.8 years.

The participant invested only $246, making 7,243x in return.

🐳 A whale deposited $2M $USDC into HyperLiquid and increased its $SP500 (7x) short position valued at $37.67M.

Currently, the whale has a floating loss of over $2.19M with a liquidation price of $8,104.85.

💰 #BTC Michael Saylor: Bitcoin Is the Highest Form of Capital Ever Discovered

In a May 1 interview with Peter McCormack, Strategy founder Michael Saylor stated that Bitcoin is the "highest form of capital" humanity has ever discovered, representing digital capital and economic scarcity.

Saylor emphasized that without the ability to store capital, society cannot make long-term investments or plan for the future. He noted that while gold was once the highest form of portable capital, it is now too slow for high-frequency global trade. Bitcoin, akin to digital gold, can efficiently and reliably move large amounts of capital.

📊 World’s Largest Listed Solana Treasury Firm Sits on Nearly $1B Paper Loss

Forward Industries (NASDAQ: FWDI), a Solana-focused treasury company, holds 6,979,967.46 SOL as of January 15, 2026, with a 6.73% gross staking APY. The company reported a net loss of $585.65 million for the quarter ended December 31, 2025, including a $560.21 million loss on digital assets, while staking rewards were $17.38 million. Its mark-to-market unrealized loss is approaching $1 billion due to SOL trading far below its previous purchase cost of about $232.08 per SOL.

🇨🇳👀 President Trump meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing to discuss trade.

📊 US & China begin trade talks in Beijing.

🗽 CFTC Issues No-Action Relief for Event Contracts

CFTC issued no-action relief for fully collateralized event contracts, exempting DCMs, DCOs, and market participants from certain swap recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

The agency also introduced a streamlined process for future applicants related to event contracts. #regulation