🇨🇦 Election Day in Canada, Kalshi has Mark Carney at 81%.

🚨US Treasury expects to borrow $514 billion in second quarter -PR [=$500bn more USDT, USDC to be printed]

US dollar to face growing competition for stablecoin dominance -Tether co-founder Reeve Collins

Reeve Collins: Stablecoins help maintain the dollar's dominance in crypto, but new backing options are emerging

US Bitcoin spot ETF experienced a net inflow of $591.29 million on 28 Apr 2025

US Ethereum spot ETF experienced a net inflow of $64.12 million on 28 Apr 2025

Julius Baer: China's economic growth is expected to face challenges in the coming quarters due to escalating trade tensions making it difficult to sustain the current growth rate. Stronger policy support is expected to partially offset the negative impact of external shocks [Xi is ready to fire more money cannons to prove the haters wrong]

🚨Stablecoins hit new ATH, market cap at 239.9bn

ETF investors start shedding gold [flows confirming rotation into crypto ETFs has started]

S&P Global Inc: Expects to execute additional accelerated share repurchases totaling $650 million in coming weeks

India prepared to offer US 'forward most-favoured-nation' clause as sweetener in trade talks -source

HSBC cuts S&P 500 index's 2025 year-end target to 5,600 from 6,700

🚨In the past few minutes, heavy armed clashes have been reported between Pakistani and Indian forces across the Line of Control (LoC) in the disputed Kashmir region.

WH: Amazon's plan to show the extra cost of goods due to tariffs is a "hostile act". Amazon has partnered with a Chinese propaganda arm. This is another reason Americans should buy American.

Citi CEO Jane Fraser: the world is on the cusp of "deep structural change" [she means stablecoin fueled shift toward hyperdollarization]

China waives tariffs on US ethane imports -sources

Consumer Confidence from the Conference Board has nosedived in Q1. It tends to correlate well with the unemployent rate

48.5% of consumers now expect stocks to fall over the next 12 months. The most pessimistic since October 2011

WH: Trump administration plans to ease the impact of automotive tariffs. While the 25% tariffs on imported vehicles will remain, new measures will prevent additional tariffs, such as on steel and aluminum, from accumulating. President Trump will sign an executive order later in the day

Year ahead median inflation expectations continue to soar, at 6% in April