🇺🇸 CFTC announced the launch of the "Crypto Sprint" initiative to implement the recommendations of Trump's working group on digital assets. theblock

🏴‍☠️ SlowMist: the CrediX platform has been hacked.

👍 #ETH BitMine now owns ETH totaling >$3 billion. x

💰 #BTC Strategy acquired 21021 BTC last week.

💰 #ETH GameSquare bought another $10 million worth of ETH

🙋‍♂️ #TON Verb Technology Co. (NASDAQ: VERB) announced a private placement of approximately $558 million with Kingsway Capital to form TON's first publicly traded financial strategy company.

💰 #ETH The Ether Machine has acquired an additional $40M in ETH, bringing its total committed holdings to over 345,000 ETH as part of its aggressive onchain accumulation strategy.

📈🤔 #ETH open-interest saw exponential growth since 2024.

Sooner or later all this built-up volume will explode and send Ethereum to new highs.

🇯🇵 #BTC Japanese public company Convano acquired 21,000 BTC (~$2.4 billion).

💰 #SOL Development Corp. (#DFDV) announced the purchase of 110,466 SOL at an average price of $166.61.

🙋‍♂ #CFG #RWA Centrifuge has appointed a former Goldman Sachs executive as chief operating officer. coindesk

🤖💰 #AI AI startup OpenMind raises $20M led by Pantera Capital, with participation from Coinbase Ventures, Digital Currency Group and Ribbit. theblock

📊👀 #BTC CQ: In the late-stage bull cycle, investor risk appetite wanes. The chart shows the metric exceeded 1.9 in March and December 2024, but now forms a lower peak, with holders selling coins, increasing market pressure. Investors still take profits, though each price surge yields a smaller premium over cost basis.

With two expected Fed rate cuts this year, I anticipate two more rallies before selling pressure surpasses demand, triggering a correction.

🇺🇸🇪🇺 EU to suspend trade countermeasures against US for 6 months. #tradewars

💰 #ETH SharpLink acquired another 18,680 ETH ($66.6 million). SharpLink currently own 498,711 ETH ($1.81 billion).

📊📈 Yesterday, decentralized lending platform Fluid had 55% of the entire stablecoin volumes across Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, and Polygon. That's more than all other DEXes combined.

🎁👀 #PUMP Pumpfun is testing the "rewards" feature of its website; a trade volume incentive program will be launched soon.

🇺🇸🇮🇳 Trump said he will raise duties on India's shipments to the US. #tradewars

🇺🇸🗣 #BTC Senator Cynthia Lummis: Bitcoin is freedom money and will make life better for every American. Easier, faster, and cheaper transactions.

✋ Barry Silbert has returned to Grayscale as chairman of the board of directors.
Grayscale also added four senior executives from Bridgewater, Apollo, Goldman Sachs and Citadel to its leadership team.

🙋‍♂ #PARTI Particle unveiled a universal transaction layer for #RWA, stablecoin and digital assets, as well as partnered with Circle (#USDC) and said key technologies and partners will be announced over the next few weeks.