Happy Thursday all! If you missed the past 24 hours in crypto and stocks, here's your full recap:
🚨 Major Headlines & Market Moves 🚨
- BlackRock clients bought 246.86 million dollars worth of Bitcoin.
- The U.S. military is running a Bitcoin node for national security and operational tests, as confirmed by Admiral Samuel Paparo and Congressman Lance Gooden.
- Tesla did not sell any of its Bitcoin holdings during the first quarter of 2026.
- Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called for Bitcoin and crypto market structure legislation so the U.S. can maintain global leadership.
- Bitcoin surged briefly above 79,000 dollars. Now trades around 78,000 dollars.
- Russia passed the first reading of legislation classifying Bitcoin and crypto as property while allowing its use in foreign trade.
- The S&P 500 closed at a new all-time high, marking its eighth record this year.
- U.S. retail sales reached another all-time high while consumer sentiment fell to its lowest level in history.
- Tesla posted first-quarter revenue of 22.3 billion dollars, up 16 percent year-over-year, with non-GAAP earnings per share of 0.41 dollars beating estimates.
- Tesla full self-driving subscriptions rose 51 percent to 1.28 million in the first quarter.
- Over 350 million dollars in crypto shorts were liquidated across the past 24 hours.
- The X platform added support for Bitcoin and crypto-specific content in user timelines.
- Tesla converted a 2 billion dollar xAI investment into SpaceX equity.
- ServiceNow ($NOW) reported first-quarter 2026 results with subscription revenue of 3.671 billion dollars, up 19 percent year-over-year in constant currency and above the high end of guidance. The company raised full-year 2026 subscription revenue guidance, yet the stock dropped sharply after hours on margin pressure from the Armis acquisition and AI-related concerns.
- Salesforce ($CRM) delivered record first-quarter fiscal 2026 revenue of 9.83 billion dollars, up 8 percent year-over-year, beating estimates with strong subscription growth and raised full-year guidance, but the stock traded lower due to continued AI-related concerns.
📊 Altcoin Market Updates 📊
- A new exchange-traded fund launched on Solana surged more than 400 percent in a single day.
- Astrodoge on Ethereum rallied 290 percent over the past 24 hours.
- The Final Brett token jumped more than 500 percent shortly after launch and quickly became the top trending pair on Dexscreener.
- If FTX had not liquidated its post-collapse investments, the portfolio would now be worth an estimated 114 billion dollars thanks to massive gains in Solana and other holdings.
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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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