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🇺🇸 BIG: President Trump signed two executive orders on fintech and financial security. The first streamlines regulations for fintech firms and promote financial innovation, while the second tightens customer identifica…

🇺🇸 JUST IN: President Trump called on AI companies to build, bring, or buy 100% of the energy needed for their data centers as part of his “Ratepayer Protection Pledge.” News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 INSIGHT: Citi says a 1970s-style oil shock would likely require the Strait of Hormuz to remain closed into early 2027. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 LATEST: Hot U.S. inflation data sparked a crypto selloff, with BTC down 5.7%, ETH down 10.2%, and $1B leaving Bitcoin ETFs as markets began pricing in a possible Fed hike. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 JUST IN: Polymarket launched prediction markets tied to private companies using Nasdaq Private Market data. News | Markets | YouTube

🍕 HISTORY: 16 years ago, 10,000 $BTC bought two pizzas. Laszlo Hanyecz’s Bitcointalk post became one of Bitcoin’s first real-world transactions. Today, that 10,000 BTC would be worth over $767M. News | Markets | YouTube

📊 INSIGHT: Bitcoin HODL Waves data suggests this cycle’s bottom could form between $65.9K–$70.5K, per CryptoQuant analyst Sunny Mom. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BIG: 10% of Americans used or invested in crypto in 2025, the highest level since 2022, according to a new Federal Reserve report. News | Markets | YouTube

⚡️ JENSEN HUANG: “Everybody will have to use AI because if you don’t use AI, you’re gonna lose your job to somebody who does.” News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 NEW: Kevin Warsh is set to be sworn in as the new Fed Chair on Friday, replacing Jerome Powell. News | Markets | YouTube

🔥 BULLISH: Bitwise announces it will hold $HYPE on its balance sheet, allocating 10% of its Hyperliquid ETF (BHYP) management fee directly toward the token. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 JUST IN: Meta plans to cut 20% of its global workforce and shift 7,000 employees to AI initiatives as part of a major restructuring set for May 20, per Reuters. News | Markets | YouTube

🇺🇸 LATEST: The SEC rescinds its decades-old "gag rule," allowing companies and individuals to no longer remain silent after reaching an enforcement settlement. News | Markets | YouTube

🚨 TODAY: Elon Musk says he will file an appeal with the Ninth Circuit after a court dismissed his case against OpenAI. News | Markets | YouTube