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BTC leads bounce, oil retreats, US allies to protect Hormuz

Crypto

• BTC: 70.6k (+1%) | BTC.D: 59% (+0.3%)

• ETH: 2140 (-1%) | BNB: 642 (0%) | SOL: 89 (0%) 

• Top Gainers: TAO, PI, QNT, SHIB, MORPHO

• BTC ETFs: -$90m | ETH ETFs: -$139m

• Bitcoin hits $71k in bounce, outperforms altcoins

• BTC long term holder selling slows: VanEck

• Morgan Stanley moves forward with BTC ETF

• DDC buys 200 BTC, Strive buys 317 BTC 

• Kentucky crypto bill could outlaw self custody

• Gemini hit with investor lawsuit over strategy shift

• Market cap of tokenized equities hit $1.5b

• Zenith links Canton, ETH through atomic swaps

• Amundi intros $100m tokenized fund on ETH

• S. Korea could scrap upcoming 22% crypto tax

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 22.1k (0%), Gold: 4670 (+1%)

• Oil spikes to $119 then retreats

• Iran charging fee for safe Hormuz passage

• Countries pledge to protect Strait of Hormuz

• Copper joins sell-off alongside gold

• Fuel shortage fears rattle airlines

• Pentagon asks Congress $200b for Iran war

• US M2 hits $22.5T, household net worth hits ATH

• Cuba barred from taking Russian oil

• ECB revises inflation outlook upwards

• SpaceX gets top role in NASA’s moon mission

• Bezos plans $100b AI manufacturing fund

• Nvidia may pay employees in AI tokens

• Tech execs charged with smuggling Nvidia chips

• Google launches new AI studio tools

Left Curve Corner

• Hot coins: BAN, ZBCN

• Kalshi raises $1b+ at $22b valuation

• Myriad raises seed round investment

• MLB taps Polymarket as exclusive partner

• Animoca invests in AVAX

• FBI warns of fake FBI tokens on Tron

• Celo floats one time 160m token grant to Opera

• KAST teases more Pudgy collab

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