The POTUS spoke at a crypto and fintech conference in his golf club in Palm Beach yesterday and mentioned the highly anticipated CLARITY Act. Just hours before attending another event in the White House from which he had to be evacuated after multiple gunshots were heard, US President Donald Trump delivered a 45-minute keynote…
Michael Saylor has hinted at another Strategy Bitcoin purchase ahead of the company’s expected Monday update. Summary Saylor hinted at another Bitcoin purchase after Strategy raised holdings to 815,061 BTC last week. Analysts expect a smaller buy because MSTR share issuance paused while shares traded below par. Strategy still has ATM capacity, but funding conditions…
MicroStrategy has increased its Bitcoin holdings to 815,061 BTC, valued at $63.46 billion, while the Polymarket contract for Bitcoin reaching $200,000 by December 31, 2026 sits at 4.9% YES, unchanged from a week ago. Market reaction The April term structure for Bitcoin price predictions shows no significant movement, and traders are not pricing in a…
A White House-linked official has warned that failure to pass clear crypto rules in the United States could help China gain ground in digital assets. Summary Patrick Witt warned that failing to pass clear US crypto rules could benefit China’s digital asset ambitions. The CLARITY Act remains stalled as lawmakers debate stablecoin yield rules and…
The US military has revealed it is running a live Bitcoin node as part of national security testing. On Polymarket, odds of Bitcoin reaching $200,000 by December 31, 2026, sit at 4.9% YES. The Department of Defense’s deployment of a Bitcoin node marks a shift in how the US government treats the cryptocurrency, moving it…
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has been named the 2026 Business Leader of the Year by the Harvard Business School Association of Northern California. Summary Brad Garlinghouse received Harvard’s 2026 Business Leader of the Year award in San Francisco this week. Harvard praised Garlinghouse for scaling Ripple while keeping focus on the company’s long-term business vision….
The Ethereum Foundation unstaked 17,000 ETH, valued at $40 million, as it approached its 70,000 ETH staking milestone. The move has fed bearish sentiment around Ethereum reaching $4,000 in April due to potential liquidity needs, while the longer-dated market for ETH hitting $10,000 by December 31, 2026, sits at 4.0% YES. Market reaction The market…
XRP has remained essentially at the same level as it was last week. After ending March as the first red month since their inception, the spot XRP ETFs have started to regain investors’ attention, and they reached a major achievement at the end of the previous business week. In the meantime, the underlying asset…
JPMorgan says tokenization could change how the funds industry operates, including the exchange-traded fund market. Summary JPMorgan said tokenization could reshape ETFs and the wider funds industry over the coming years. Ciarán Fitzpatrick said strong ETF tokenization use cases may still be a few years away. Tokenized ETFs could support faster settlement, improved redemption, and…
Iranian lawmaker Fadahossein Maleki has suggested preemptive strikes against the US are possible. The Polymarket contract on the Iranian regime falling by June 30 has moved to 8.5% YES, up from 8% yesterday. The June 30 regime fall market is up from 6% a week ago to 8.5% YES. The April 30 market sits at…
