Happy Friday all! If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:
🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨
- Citi Bank announces launch of infrastructure integrating Bitcoin into traditional finance later this year.
- Indiana lawmakers approve bill allowing public retirement and savings plans to invest in Bitcoin and Bitcoin ETFs, now awaiting the governor's signature.
- Eric Trump showcases American Bitcoin mining facility, reporting a 58% quarter-over-quarter increase in Bitcoin holdings.
- Traders on Kalshi give a 37% chance that Bitcoin crosses $100,000 again this year.
- UBS reiterates ‘Buy’ rating on Nvidia with a $245 price target, citing expected growth reacceleration.
- JP Morgan states gold would reach $9,300 per ounce if U.S. holdings backed all dollars in circulation.
- Over 60% of institutions offering lending products in Saudi Arabia and UAE still operate on legacy technology stacks.
- Apple Pay set to launch in India by mid 2026.
- Sudan reports discovery of 1,500 tons of gold reserves and over 30 billion tons of iron ore.
- U.S. demands Iran dismantle three key nuclear sites and hand over all remaining enriched uranium.
- U.S. now has 44% more home sellers than buyers, marking one of the largest gaps in history.
- Senator Elizabeth Warren calls for passing a bill banning insider trading and prohibiting Congress from owning stocks.
- Binance surpasses $70 billion in commodity trading volume after launching gold and silver futures.
- MetaMask and Mastercard officially launch crypto card in the United States.
- In 2026 year-to-date, international stocks outperform U.S. stocks, small and mid caps outperform large caps, value stocks outperform growth stocks, and the Magnificent 7 are in the red.
- Average 30-year mortgage rate in the U.S. is now 5.98%, the lowest since September 2022.
- Block surges 25% after slashing workforce by over 40% and raising profit outlook.
📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊
- U.S. federal banking regulator proposes rule to restrict stablecoin rewards.
- TRON DAO expands TRON Academy to Dartmouth College, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, and Princeton University to develop talent in AI, blockchain, and decentralized systems.
- Trader pepe1stbuyer.eth buys 2.13 million $EDEL for 8.92 ETH.
- $MACRO launches macrostrategyfund.sol, an on-chain fund where creator fees trigger automatic token buys when Michael Saylor tweets.
- Magic Eden to shutter Bitcoin and EVM marketplaces and sunset multi-chain wallet.
- Axiom Exchange reports employee abused internal tools to look up user wallets; access to tools removed and investigation ongoing.
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Credit to the following X accounts for key insights & updates: @whaleinsider @bitcoinmagazine @watcherguru
@degeneratenews @charliebilello @economyapp @earnings_time
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Written by Timothy Assi, an Elite Popular Investor on eToro.
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