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Crypto stable, S. Korea probes Bithumb, Dow hits ATH

Crypto

• BTC: 69k (+1%) | BTC.D: 59.3% (0%)

• ETH: 2015 (0%) | BNB: 630 (+2%) | SOL: 84 (+1%) 

• Top Gainers: RAIN, ASTER, QNT, ZEC, LEO

• BTC ETFs: +$146m | ETH ETFs: +$57m

• Crypto pushes for Fed payment access

• ETH shifting to verifying ZK proofs

• Vitalik wants ETH to lead AI development

• Strategy buys $90m BTC, BMNR buys $84m ETH

• S. Korea probes Bithumb over $43b false payment

• Hyperliquid perp business surpassing Coinbase

• ZachXBT warns about new Phantom Chat exploit 

• Xinbi remains active despite crackdown

• Dan Romero joins Tempo team

• FTX should never have been declared bankrupt: SBF

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 23.2k (+1%), Gold: 5077 (0%)

• Futures edge lower after Dow hits ATH

• US plans big tech carve out from next chip tariffs

• HFs add record shorts on US stocks in rout

• Memory chip crunch increases dispersion in tech

• S&P 500 market breadth is surging

• Fed should use balance sheet in crisis: Miran

• Ban on investors in housing hits wall in Congress

• Chinese holdings of US treasuries lowest since GFC

• US reviews performance of defence contractors

• Japan 2yr yield hits 30 year high

• Starmer defies calls to quit as UK PM

• Russian casualties in Ukraine surge

• OpenAI begins showing ads in ChatGPT in US

Left Curve Corner

• Hot coins: SUBWAY, Pippin

• Hot NFTs: Azuki, Milady

• Backpack in talks for funding at $1b valuation

• Backpack tokenomics to prevent ‘dumping on retail’

• Polymarket sues Massachusetts in federal court

• Jump Trading to gain stakes in Polymarket, Kalshi

• DEATHSTR from Cyberkongz launches

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