🇺🇸 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.

🇺🇸 NEW: Lawmakers introduce bipartisan PREDICT Act to ban Congress members, president, and senior officials from trading on political prediction , per Politico.

🔥 HUGE: McLaren Racing joins Hedera Council to accelerate digital innovation, bringing one of motorsport's biggest brands into the ecosystem.

🇬🇧 NOW: UK bans all cryptocurrency political donations to protect democracy from untraceable funds until sufficient regulation is in place.

🚨 JUST IN: X twitter users reported experiencing a massive outage for a brief period.

🚨 LATEST: Nvidia faces class action lawsuit over alleged hidden crypto mining GPU sale revenue of over $1B.

🚨 UPDATE: MARA Holdings sold 15,133 Bitcoin worth $1.1B in March to repurchase convertible notes.

🇧🇷 LATEST: Brazilian President signs law to channel seized crypto into public security funding.

🇺🇸 JUST IN: Trump said the U.S. may take a short-term economic hit to fix structural issues, noting a gas tax is being considered as a potential revenue measure.

⚡️ JUST IN: Elon Musk is reportedly considering allocating up to 30% of SpaceX IPO shares to retail investors, far above the typical 5–10%, to boost demand and stabilize trading.