🇺🇸 JUST IN: President Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 36%, its lowest level since returning to office, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

🚨 JUST IN: OpenAI shuts down Sora video platform, refocusing on business and coding functions ahead of potential Q4 IPO.

🔥 HUGE: Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to file IPO prospectus this week or next, targeting June public listing, per The Information.

🇺🇸 BIG: The Federal Reserve is set to inject $8.07B in liquidity into the financial system today.

🚨 LATEST: Cathie Wood's Ark Invest bought $16M in Circle shares as stock tumbled 20% on impacting stablecoin business.

🔥 BIG: $HYPE treasury company Hyperliquid Strategies launches options trading on PURR common stock via Nasdaq Options Market.

🔥 TODAY: Pudgy Penguins launches Pengu Card on Visa in partnership with KAST, now available across 170+ countries and 150M+ merchants globally.

🇸🇬 JUST IN: Ripple joins Singapore's Monetary Authority BLOOM initiative, partnering with Unloq to pilot cross-border trade settlements using XRP Ledger and RLUSD stablecoin.

🚨 LATEST: US 5-year Treasury yields jump to 4.10%, marking a nine-month high.

🚨 JUST IN: BlackRock CEO Larry Fink warns oil at $150 per barrel could trigger a global recession, per BBC.

🚨 JUST IN: Bhutan reportedly selling $30M in Bitcoin per Arkham data.

🚨 HUGE: $14.16B in $BTC options set to expire Friday, nearly 40% of Deribit OI with max pain at $75K.

🚨 OPINION: Veteran investor Simon Dixon criticizes Michael Saylor's $BTC strategy, says it could increase Bitcoin centralization risk.

🔥 LATEST: Franklin Templeton launches tokenized ETFs tradable 24/7 via crypto wallets.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: A Trump-backed proposal to allow crypto and private equity in $12T 401k plans has cleared White House review, with a Labor Department rule expected soon.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: Donald Trump says his meeting with Xi Jinping has been rescheduled for May 14–15 in Beijing, with a reciprocal visit to Washington planned later this year.

🇺🇸 NEW: Donald Trump appoints tech leaders including Sergey Brin, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jensen Huang to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, co-chaired by David Sacks and Michael Kratsios.

🚨 JUST IN: Larry Fink says the AI era will increase demand for skilled trades like plumbers and electricians while reducing the need for some office jobs, calling for a shift in how careers are valued.

🇺🇸 UPDATE: Coinbase tells Senate offices it cannot support the latest stablecoin yield compromise due to significant concerns over the proposed language, per Punchbowl.

🔥 LATEST: Elon Musk's xAI to upgrade Grok Imagine video generator, "doubling down" on AI video after OpenAI discontinues Sora product.

🇺🇸 BIG: SEC Chair Paul Atkins says tokenization innovation exemption could arrive within the next few weeks.