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Crypto mixed, HYPE leads alts, tech earnings begin

Crypto

• BTC: 87.8k (-2%) | BTC.D: 59.7% (0%)

• ETH: 2920 (+1%) | BNB: 880 (+1%) | SOL: 123 (+1%) 

• Top Gainers: HYPE, PUMP, HASH, ZEC, ASTER

• BTC ETFs: +$7m | ETH ETFs: +$117m

• Crypto mixed as metals continue to take limelight

• HYPE up 25% as HIP-3 hits ATH $790m OI

• Senate committee delays bill hearing to Thursday

• Strategy buys $264m BTC, BMNR $117m ETH

• Whale moves $397m ETH to Gemini this week

• SOL validator count down 65% vs 2023

• Tether launches USAT in US

• US banks block or delay 40% of crypto payments

• VanEck launches first AAVE ETF

• Bitwise debuts onchain vault via morpho

• Match Meta sees $16.8m drain in SwapNet incident

• Kraken rolls out ‘DeFi Earn’ in US, EU, Canada

• Republic offers indirect stake in Kraken to retail

• Russia effectively bans WhiteBIT exchange

Macro & General

• NASDAQ: 23.6k (0%), Gold: 5092 (0%)

• Futures higher ahead of big tech earnings

• Gold & silver hit ATH then pull back in wild swings

• Microsoft unveils latest AI chip

• BoJ may have intervened in FX market on Yen

• Trump increases tariffs on S Korea

• Big tech debt spree raises AI risks in bond market

• US natural gas prices parabolic on harsh winter

• US long-term employment hits 4-year high

• US links guarantees to Ukraine conceding Donbas

• EU, India agree ‘landmark’ trade deal

• EU cannot defend itself without US: Rutte

• EU opens formal probe into xAI

• 149m passwords exposed in massive data leak

• Anthropic to raise $10b on $350b valuation

Left Curve Corner

• Hot coins: WhiteWhale, CopperInu, BFS, CLAWD

• Hot NFTs: Infinex Patrons

• Meme daily active addresses 2x over past few weeks

• CopperInu hits $15m after Cobie post

• CLAWD drops 90% as bot changes its name

• Polymarket signs exclusive licensing deal with MLS

• Kalshi bolsters US lobbying efforts with DC office

• Rekt Drinks & X games collab sells out in 1 minute

• Wolf Game announces next chapter

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