Trump: Would love to be able to work a deal with China.

North Carolina drafts "Digital Asset Freedom Act," recognizes digital assets as valid means of exchange

🚨Trump: higher tariffs would go back in place if trade deals are not made

Monthly Budget Deficit ($161B) vs. ($130B) expected.

Retail traders, who kept buying shares even when benchmark indexes tumbled and institutional investors fled, notched a 17% gain on Wednesday. That helped them nearly break even for the year.

Uncertainty index literally off the charts, no further comments necessary. [BTFD!]

🚨NEW HAMPSHIRE HOUSE PASSES BITCOIN RESERVE BILL

Fed's Goolsbee: The solid 10-year treasury auction reduced my worry about the market. Long-term treasuries still appear to be the safest asset in the world. I won’t speculate on how the Fed would respond to a market stress event. Current tariffs are higher than most scenarios, even with Trump's pause.

As result of tariffs, Moody’s has cut India's GDP growth forecast to 6.1% from its previous 6.4% projection for 2025.

Shein wins FCA approval for London IPO, awaits China’s green light

China's Xi, on meeting with Spain's Prime Minister: Views ties with Spain are essential to enhance the well-being of the two peoples and add impetus to China-EU relations -Xinhua

According to Arkham, FTX/Alameda Staking (Bankruptcy): H4yiPh…Z6agFZ unstaked 186.3k SOL (~$21.56 million) from the Stake Account today at 12:41 UTC+8, with no further actions taken as of now. Currently, FTX/Alameda Staking (Bankruptcy): H4yiPh…Z6agFZ still has 5.36 million SOL (~$619 million) in a staked, pending-unlock state. -source

China's foreign ministry on US 145% tariffs on Chinese goods: tariff or trade war benefits no one.

Hundreds reportedly fired from Android, Pixel and Google Chrome Teams. Google offered voluntary buyouts to employees in the same unit in January 2025, as part of its internal restructuring efforts.

Eurogroup's President Donohoe: We need to de-escalate the relationship with the US. We have to assess trade elsewhere and see opportunities.

Retail keeps buying despite being hugely bearish

The Iran Wildcard -HFI Research

German Finance Minister Kukies: If there's no US deal, the EU will set countermeasures.

German Finance Minister Kukies: Trump wants to reduce the US deficit but studies show that tariffs do not reach that goal.

Xi: There is no winner in a tariff war - Xinhua