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BTC nears $75k, US stocks erase war losses, HYPE hits $45

Crypto

• BTC: 74,460 (+5%) | BTC.D: 59% (+0.4%)

• ETH: 2,387 (+9%) | BNB: 618 (+3%) | SOL: 86 (+5%)

• Fear & Greed: 22 | 24h Liq: $545m

• BTC ETFs: -$291M | ETH ETFs: +$10M

• Top Gainers: MEZO, GENIUS, LDO, FARTCOIN, TIBBIR

• $439M in crypto shorts wiped in 24 hours

• BTC up 17% since US-Iran war, beats stock

• BTC breaks above 6-month daily downtrend

• STRC raises $1.15b, ex-dividend date tomorrow

• HYPE hits $45, captures record 6.9% of perp OI

• Revised bill proposes stablecoins tax-free

• BTC halving 50% done: 105K blocks remaining

• X Money launches with 6% APY and P2P payments

• BNB Chain sees $518M stablecoin inflow in 24h

• Y Combinator closes first USDC-funded round

• Deutsche Borse takes $200M stake in Kraken

• Ripple CEO: Clarity Act expected by late May

• Tillis close to stablecoin yield fix in Clarity Act

• ABA: yield stablecoins risk $6.6T deposit flight

• Tokenized stock volume on Solana hits ATH

• BelieveApp founder faces fraud case in NY

• DOJ opens $40M payout for OneCoin victims

• Web3 hacks cost $464M in Q1, phishing tops

• Ex-CFTC Chair Giancarlo pivots to crypto advisory

• ECB backs tokenized EU markets with guardrails

Macro

• NASDAQ: $25,380 (+1.1%) | Gold: $4,800 (+0.6%)

• US stocks erase losses since Iran war began

• Hedge funds cover shorts at decade-fast pace

• Earnings season begins in US

• Xi: world order is 'crumbling into disarray'

• US-Iran talks set to resume in Islamabad

• Israel and Lebanon to meet face-to-face in US

• Russia warns Israel over Iran Bushehr strikes

• Gap between paper & physical oil prices at record

• Iran demands $270b compensation from Gulf states

• US-Philippines drills: 17K troops, largest ever

• Italy suspends military cooperation with Israel

• China exports up 2.5% in March, vs 8.6% forecast

• Germany wholesale prices +4.1% YoY, 3-yr high

• Australia flags stagflation risk from Iran war

AI & Tech

• Leaked OpenAI memo says to target Anthropic

• Man charged with plot to kill Altman

• OpenAI memo says Microsoft capped business

• Microsoft plots Copilot features from OpenClaw

• Handshake & Mercor boom on AI training demand

• RL training startup hits $750M on AI data demand

• SpaceX numbers show heavy reliance on Starlink

• Tesla drivers can use Grok hands-free

• Uber and Nuro launch premium robotaxi in SF

• Unitree R1 humanoid robot on sale for $4,370

• Dell, HP shares drop as Nvidia denies takeover

• Oracle extends Bloom Energy deal after $400M stake

• OpenAI acquires AI personal finance startup Hiro

• Anthropic hiring 454 roles at $320K-$405K

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