🟥Things I’m looking at today🟥 Powered by @yeet US to blockade Hormuz, DOT gets exploited, WLFI drama Crypto * BTC: 70,750 (-1%) | BTC.D: 58.7% (-0.4%) * ETH: 2,189 (-1%) | BNB: 598 (+1%) | SOL: 82 (0%) * Fear & Greed: 13 | 24h Liq: $184m * BTC ETFs: +$257M | ETH ETFs: +$65M * Top Gainers: RAVE, STABLE, JTO, VVV, AAVE * Crypto sheds $83B in a day on Hormuz blockade * Hackers mint 1B DOT on ETH, sell for $237K * Hyperbridge DOT exploit caused by AI hack * Justin Sun calls out being blacklisted by WLFI * CLARITY Act sees ‘nervous optimism’ * Lummis: Clarity Act is last chance until 2030 * 26 AI LLM routers found injecting malicious calls * BTC, ETH, XRP weekly ETF inflows; SOL outflows * Strategy signals more BTC buys via STRC * Onchain flows showed huge selling above $70k * Hyperliquid TVL approaches $5B * Ethereum new users surge 82% QoQ in Q1 * Farage-backed Stack BTC buys 2M GBP of BTC * Aave DAO greenlights $25M grant to Aave Labs * Starkware cuts staff after revenue plunge * Alameda moves $16M SOL to creditor address * Debanked commodities giants turning to stables * Bitwise files updated S-1 for Hyperliquid ETF * Grayscale eyes 30+ funds incl. TON, HYPE, TRX * EU banks selecting stablecoin partners * Bank of Korea floats crypto ‘circuit breakers’ * HK issues first stablecoin licenses to HSBC group Macro * NASDAQ: $22,900 (+0.4%) | Gold: $4,740 (-1%) * Key events: home sales, PPI, CPI this week * Trump confirms US Hormuz blockade to begin * Oil climbs above $100, futures fall * Hormuz traffic plummets, tankers head to US * Iran: no Gulf port safe if own ports threatened * Iran having issues clearing mines it laid * Iran oil ships begin to anchor off India * Britain will not join Hormuz blockade * Trump threatens 50% tariffs on China over Iran * US, AUS, PH hold joint drills in S. China Sea * Saudi restores pipeline to 7M bpd post-attack * Mediators rush to revive US-Iran talk: Axios * Only 3k jobs now needed for stable unemployment * Magyar wins Hungarian election, Orban out * Indonesia rupiah falls to lowest ever vs USD * Japan 10Y yield hits 2.48%, highest since 1997 * China Q1 GDP rebound expected, dim outlook * 2028 seen as key maturity wall for private credit * ’Fraud alone’ could balance the federal budget * Costa Rica gets first US-deported migrants * UK shelves Chagos Islands sovereignty transfer * Uganda general demands $1B and bride from Turkey * Kamala Harris considering 2028 presidential run AI & Tech * Artemis II crew returns to Earth from the Moon * TSMC set for 4th record profit on AI demand * Suspect arrested over Molotov attack on Altman * Altman reportedly targeted in second attack * Trump officials push banks to test Mythos * Claude to get app builder layer, targets Google * Claude also targets Cursor with new coding tools * Meta AI overtakes ChatGPT in Apple App Store * New study shows AI will rapidly take jobs * CoreWeave signs multi-year deal with Anthropic * Only a fraction of AI capex is revenue-backed * US social mood turning negative on AI * 10-16% of Claude Code context gone at start * 26 Claude shortcut hacks for faster prompts * Apple set to launch AI glasses in 2027 * Japan adds $4B in subsidies for domestic chips * CIA let AI write first intelligence report * Netherlands first EU country to approve Tesla FSD * X reducing payments to clickbait accounts * Rockstar says recent hack has no impact * Durov calls WhatsApp E2E encryption fraud @YEET: Crypto's Casino About to hit $2B in lifetime volume! gm
