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BTC hits $81k, CLARITY inches closer, new crypto funds launch

Crypto

• BTC: 81,500 (+1%) | BTC.D: 60.7% (+0.5%)

• ETH: 2,390 (0%) | BNB: 630 (-1%) | SOL: 86 (-1%)

• Fear & Greed: 50 | 24h Liq: $378m

• BTC ETFs: +$532M | ETH ETFs: +$61M

• Top Gainers: BILL, TON, CRCLX, PRL, AIOZ

• BTC reclaims 80K, hits $81K intraday

• $80K now must flip to BTC support

• Crypto stocks rally; Circle up nearly 20%

• TON rises 35% as Durov takes over

• Pomp: most of crypto is dead

• Aave files motion to unfreeze $71M ETH

• Western Union's USDP stablecoin live on SOL

• Stablecoin reward fix moves CLARITY Act

• Banks: Senate stablecoin fix 'falls short'

• Kraken cleared for US crypto derivatives

• Coinbase set to cut 14% of staff

• DTCC pilots tokenised securities

• Ondo joins DTCC tokenisation group

• Ripple Custody pilots Korean bond deal

• CME launches SUI and AVAX futures

• Morgan Stanley: BTC will be on bank books soon

• US voters rank crypto last before midterms

• a16z crypto raises $2.5B fund

• Haun Ventures raises $1B crypto-AI fund

• Kalshi sees first institutional block trade

Macro

• NASDAQ: $25,070 (-0.2%) | Gold: $4,550 (+0.4%)

• Stock lower on Iran war fears

• UAE moves all schools online amid Iran strikes

• UAE shoots down 15 missiles, 4 Iran drones

• Israel Iron Dome shot Iran missiles in UAE

• US 30Y yield spike sparks liquidation talk

• Australia hikes rates again to 2024 high

• Palantir shows 85% revenue growth

• Analysts doubt GameStop-eBay takeover

• Dell approves move to Texas from Delaware

• BYD's EV sales drop for 8th month

• Offshore USD deposits hit record high

• Regis to buy Vault, $7.67B gold miner

• Trump: Powell is 'a disaster for America'

• Trump's Project Vault to buy China rare earths

• Russia declares Ukraine ceasefire May 8-9

• Trump asks S. Korea to 'join Hormuz mission'

• Iran war threatens China's 4.5% growth

AI & Tech

• Micron continues to lead soaring memory stocks

• Anthropic launches $1.5B consulting arm

• Trump weighs new AI safety review process

• Musk settles SEC Twitter buyout lawsuit

• Meta raising $13B SPV for Texas DC

• Cerebras heads for blockbuster IPO

• Fervo Energy targets up to $1.3B IPO

• OpenAI mulled spinning out robotics, HW

• Brockman defends $30B OpenAI stake

• Novo's GLP-1 pill beats Lilly to market

• US warns of severe Linux 'CopyFail' bug

• Valve imports 50 tons of consoles in 2 days

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