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Oil pops, Aave leads DeFi rescue, GPT-5.5 launches

Crypto

• BTC: 77,700 (-0.6%) | BTC.D: 58.1% (0%)

• ETH: 2,314 | BNB: 637 | SOL: 85 (-1%)

• Fear & Greed: 39 | 24h Liq: $186m

• BTC ETFs: +$223M | ETH ETFs: -$76M

• Top Gainers: SKR, BSB, STABLE, SKYAI, LUNC

• BTC nears best monthly close since Q4

• Aave leads $101M rsETH rescue effort

• Saylor: 'Winter is over'

• Tether freezes $344M USDT on Tron

• Tether mints $3B USDT in past week

• Trump speaks at crypto conference Sat

• Robinhood lists ZEC

• Coinbase activates XRP futures May 1

• Strive raises $20M to buy BTC

• Metaplanet raises $50m to buy BTC

• Durov: Toncoin fees to drop 6x

• MoonPay launches Virtual Accounts in NY

• USDC transaction volume tops $80T

• Morgan Stanley launches stablecoin fund

• Hayes: ETH may fall out of top 3 by 2030

• Eric Trump ABTC adds 11,298 ASIC miners

• Chainlink earns Deloitte top security rating

• Belarus legalises crypto banks, 26 coins

• Jane Street seeks to toss Terra suit

• Trump: world has become a casino

• DOJ arrests soldier over Maduro Polymarket bet

• ASTEROID falls amid PvP fight

Macro

• NASDAQ: $24,400 (-0.8%) | Gold: $4,690 (-1%)

• US nears $100 again as talks stall

• Iran plants more mines in Hormuz

• Trump: won't use nuke vs Iran

• US burning through munitions vs Iran

• Hezbollah fires rockets on N. Israel

• Israel-Lebanon ceasefire extended 3 wks

• Panama Canal fees spike on Hormuz crisis

• Italy ready to deploy ships to clear Hormuz

• Trump to invite Putin to G-20 in Miami

• EU's €90B loan for Ukraine passes

• Only 1 person approved for $1M Gold Card

• Ken Griffin re-evaluating NYC investment

• Spirit stock surges on Trump rescue

• FICO plunges on alt credit score move

• Nike to cut 1,400 jobs, mostly in tech

• Trump Media CEO exits after 90% drop

AI & Tech

• OpenAI ships GPT-5.5 for agentic work

• GPT-5.5 tops Opus 4.7 on benchmarks

• Meta laying off 10% of workforce

• Meta: AI to write 4x humans code output

• Intel surges 15% on Q1 earnings beat

• TSMC shares jump to record high

• DeepSeek V4 Preview goes live

• Alibaba Qwen AI coming to cars

• Tesla to deploy $50B across 6 factories

• DJI shrinks 1-kWh power station

• Bob Iger rejoins Thrive Capital

• 88% chance Elon is a trillionaire by 2027

• Fed nominee Warsh: AI to boost growth

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