🇲🇾 TODAY: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with CZ to discuss Malaysia's potential as a leading hub for digital assets and blockchain innovation.

🇺🇸 NOW: President Trump was asked about Jerome Powell and responded with "I have no intention of firing him. I would like to see him be a little more active in terms of his idea to lower interest rates."

🇺🇸 NOW: New SEC Chair Paul Atkins claims “we will work to ensure that the US is the best and most secure place in the world to invest and do business."

🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!

🚨 Pro-crypto Paul Atkins has officially been sworn in as the 34th Chairman of the SEC.

📊 Kalshi users predict a 52% chance that Trump will create a National Bitcoin Reserve by Jan 1st 2026.

⚡️ There are 72 crypto ETFs now pending with the SEC. These ETFs include cryptos like $XRP, $LTC, $SOL $Doge, $PENGU, and $MELANIA.

🇺🇸 Latest filings from the FEC reveal crypto executives donated millions to Trump's $239M inauguration fund.

⚡️ Cathie Wood's Ark Invest adds staked Solana to two of its ETFs - ARKW and ARKF.

⚡️ Circle announces its new payment platform CPN.

🚨 WazirX confirms it's on track to restart operations following a May 13 court hearing on its restructuring proposal.

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 4,480 BTC were bought and 16,010 ETH were sold on Apr. 21.

🔥 Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick calls Bitcoin a hedge against system risks, with a $200K target for 2025 and $500K by 2028.

🇺🇸 Secretary Bessent claims the tariffs standoff with China is unsustainable and expects the situation to de-escalate, per Bloomberg.

🇺🇸 WHITE HOUSE: “The entire trade team [is] meeting with 34 countries this week alone.”

🇺🇸 The U.S. is close to reaching deals with Japan and India to avoid massive tariffs.

🔥 Blackrock scooped up $43 million worth of Bitcoin today.

🇲🇾 Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with CZ to discuss Malaysia's potential as a leading hub for digital assets and blockchain innovation.

🇺🇸 President Trump was asked about Jerome Powell and responded with "I have no intention of firing him. I would like to see him be a little more active in terms of his idea to lower interest rates."

🇺🇸 New SEC Chair Paul Atkins claims “we will work to ensure that the US is the best and most secure place in the world to invest and do business."

⚡️ LATEST: CNBC Anchor claims Bitcoin “has decoupled from the Nasdaq.”

🔥 NOW: Michael Saylor says, “SEC Chairman Paul Atkins will be good for Bitcoin.”

🚨 JUST IN: Cantor Fitzgerald teams up with SoftBank, Tether, and Bitfinex on a massive $3 billion Bitcoin acquisition fund, per FT.

Cantor’s CEO Brandon Lutnick aims to replicate MicroStrategy's successful crypto investment model.

🔥 JUST IN: US spot Bitcoin ETFs bought 10,430 $BTC worth $912.7M on Apr. 22, marking its largest daily inflows since Trump’s inauguration.

🔥 JUST IN: Bitcoin’s market cap has now surpassed Google for the first time, making it the 5th largest asset in the world by market cap.

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 10,430 BTC and 24,580 ETH were bought on Apr. 22.

BTC ETFs saw $912.7M in net inflows.

ETH ETFs saw $38.8M in net inflows.

🇺🇸 LATEST: Former SEC Chair Jay Clayton sworn in as interim US Attorney for Manhattan after Sen. Schumer blocked a vote on his confirmation.

He can serve 120 days without Senate confirmation before needing formal confirmation or court extension.

⚡️INSIGHT: 14 years ago today, Satoshi Nakamoto emailed Mike Hearn saying, "I've moved on to other things. It's [Bitcoin] in good hands with Gavin and everyone."

🚨 NEW: Elon Musk's Tesla reveals it still holds onto its 11,509 Bitcoin worth over $1.07 billion in Q1 2025.

🚨 ALERT: Gate has completed a brief upgrade to its futures services after high platform traffic, with all functions now fully restored and a compensation channel planned for affected users.

🇺🇸 LATEST: White House considering cutting China tariffs between 50% and 65% to ease trade tensions as Trump weighs final decision.

🇺🇸 JUST IN: The Top 220 $TRUMP holders will be able to register for a “$TRUMP Dinner” with the President.

🇺🇸 NOW: The Official $TRUMP token is up 30% after the “Trump Dinner” announcement.

🇺🇸 NOW: President Trump claims the U.S. is “actively” in talks with China and that “we're going to have a country that you can be proud of, not a laughingstock all over the world.”

🔥 JUST IN: PayPal will offer 3.7% annual rewards on $PYUSD stablecoin balances to boost adoption, as competition in the stablecoin market intensifies.

🇺🇸 JUST IN: Elon Musk will scale back his role at the White House’s DOGE office, saying the “major work” is done and he’ll now refocus on Tesla.

DOGE’s projected savings have dropped from $2 trillion to $150 billion, amid calculation errors and missed targets.

🚨 JUST IN: Alabama drops its case against Coinbase.

Alabama claims a “cease-and-desist order should not be issued against” Coinbase for their “cryptocurrency staking services.”