⚡️🇺🇸 #macro US:
- Michigan Consumer Sentiment (Apr-prev) = 50.8 (already 54 / previously 57)
- 1-year consumer inflation expectations (Apr-prev) = +6.7% (previously +5%)
- 5-year consumer inflation expectations (Apr-prev) = +4.4% (previously +4.1%)

🇺🇸👀 #macro Fed's Musallam: There is a high degree of uncertainty about the impact and timing of tariffs and other new policies. There is also a "distinct possibility" that inflation will accelerate again even if the labor market weakens.

🐶🐳 Whales bought over 80 million #DOGE in the last 24 hours

💰 The L2 OpenZK Network project received $6 million in funding with Animoca Brands and others.

🔝 Top Chains By Stablecoin Transfer Volume In Last 30d

Over the past 30 days, Ethereum processed $1.18T in stablecoin transfers, marking the highest volume ever recorded on the network.

For comparison, in October 2024, stablecoin transfers on Ethereum totaled $556B, which is half the current volume.

🇺🇸🗣 #macro Williams of the Fed: Tariffs will raise inflation and curb economic growth.
The Fed's monetary policy stance "is in the best position to manage these risks as best it can."

🇺🇸🕹 FOX: Senators have introduced a bill that would ban cryptocustodians from pooling customer funds and require them to conduct monthly reserve checks.

📈👀 #Fartcoin sees explosive growth as it decouples from altcoin market. theblock

🇺🇸👀 Crypto #ETF Flows Today:
#BTC-ETFs:
NetFlow: -2,359 BTC ($193.26M) 🔴
Fidelity outflows 938 BTC ($76.89M) and currently holds 196,041 BTC ($16.06B);
#ETH-ETFs:
NetFlow: -22,749 ETH ($35.42M) 🔴
Fidelity outflows 23,733 ETH ($36.95M) and currently holds 370,520 ETH ($576.9M).

🇺🇸🥳 #macro Pro-crypto Paul Atkins has been confirmed as the new SEC chair.

🔎 #BABY Babylon Overview:

Key Metrics:
• TVL: $4B
• Market Cap: $250M
• FDV: $1.09B
• Price: $0.109
• VC Avg. Unrealized Profit: 3.47x
• VC & Backer Ownership: 30.5%
• Notable Backers: Paradigm, Polychain, HashKey Group, Galaxy, Hack VC, YZilabs and others.

🐳 CQ: Whales continue to accumulate #BTC

🍟🙅‍♂ McDonald's not interested in buying #BTC as a backup asset.

🇺🇸👀 #macro FT: The Fed is ready to help stabilize the market if needed, a senior official said.

🕵️ Over 453,000 #ETH have been withdrawn from exchanges in the past 5 days.

🔝 Top 15 Cross-Chain Bridges by Volume in the Last 30 Days. #ZRO #STG #HYPE

A crosschain bridge is a type of decentralized application that enables the transfer of assets from one blockchain to another.

🔮📊 Recent Price Predictions by Industry Leaders:

▪️Donald Trump: This is a great time to buy.
▪️Francis Hunt: #BTC rise might be short-term; deeper crisis ahead.
▪️Michaël van de Poppe: BTC trend remains upward.
▪️Charles Hoskinson: BTC could reach $250K by year-end or 2026.
▪️Peter Schiff: BTC is in a major bear market; lost 30% in gold terms.
▪️Geoffrey Kendrick: #XRP may hit $12.50 before Trump leaves office.

🇺🇸🕹 Acting SEC Chairman Mark Uyeda:
- A conditional exemption structure for registered and unregistered persons may allow for more innovation with blockchain technology in the U.S. in the near future;
- National stock exchanges can only list registered securities, and most tokenized securities in the market today are unregistered;
- Blockchains can be used to manage and mobilize collateral in tokenized form to improve capital efficiency and liquidity, and decentralized finance software protocols allow users to transact 24/7 through smart contracts.

🇺🇸⚖ #BNB FOX: The SEC and Binance have jointly asked the court to stay the case against the exchange for another 60 days.

😱 Jim Cramer predicts a market surge!

Historically, his calls have been a contrarian signal for crypto—when Cramer’s bullish, markets often dip.