Happy Monday all! If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:
🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨
- Bitcoin briefly fell below $74,000 after Iran rejected a second round of peace talks with the U.S. It now trades around $74,500.
- Michael Saylor hinted at buying more Bitcoin with the message "Think even bigger."
- A whale boosted its 30x leveraged Bitcoin short position on Hyperliquid to 700 BTC.
- Zero oil tankers passed through the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, marking the first complete shutdown in its history.
- President Trump described Iran's actions as a serious violation of the ceasefire.
- Fertilizer prices reached their highest levels since May 2022, rising 53% year-over-year.
- The S&P 500's CAPE ratio climbed to 40, the highest since 2000 and above 99% of all historical valuations.
- The S&P 500 achieved an all-time high as consumer sentiment hit an all-time low.
- The S&P 500 delivered an 11.9% gain over the past three weeks, the 13th largest such rally since 1950 and unique for occurring outside a bear market.
- Russia's largest bank Sberbank is preparing to roll out crypto trading.
- This week marks a busy earnings season with reports from companies including Tesla, IBM, Intel, and UnitedHealth.
📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊
- XRP surpassed BNB in market capitalization, securing the third position at $87.1 billion.
- XRP ETFs saw $55.39 million in net inflows last week, the strongest performance of 2026.
- Kalshi traders forecast Solana could reach $93.50 this month.
- A whale deposited $5.99 million USDC into Hyperliquid to open a 3x leveraged long on Brent oil while holding a large Solana short position.
- RAVE cryptocurrency plummeted 98% to $0.50, erasing $6.7 billion from its market cap over two days.
- Aave's TVL plunged over $7 billion after bad debt from a $290 million RSETH exploit on KelpDAO, contributing to a nearly $10 billion drop in overall DeFi TVL.
- Aave stated that RSETH on Ethereum mainnet remains fully backed but has frozen the asset across its platforms out of caution.
- A new token BOB, inspired by Bob the Builder, is launching on Base with a focus on AI agents for ecosystem activity.
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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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