🗞 Catch up on the news over the last 24 hours!

🚨 Pro-crypto Paul Atkins has officially been sworn in as the 34th Chairman of the SEC.

📊 Kalshi users predict a 52% chance that Trump will create a National Bitcoin Reserve by Jan 1st 2026.

⚡️ There are 72 crypto ETFs now pending with the SEC. These ETFs include cryptos like $XRP, $LTC, $SOL $Doge, $PENGU, and $MELANIA.

🇺🇸 Latest filings from the FEC reveal crypto executives donated millions to Trump's $239M inauguration fund.

⚡️ Cathie Wood's Ark Invest adds staked Solana to two of its ETFs - ARKW and ARKF.

⚡️ Circle announces its new payment platform CPN.

🚨 WazirX confirms it's on track to restart operations following a May 13 court hearing on its restructuring proposal.

🇺🇸 ETF FLOWS: Around 4,480 BTC were bought and 16,010 ETH were sold on Apr. 21.

🔥 Standard Chartered’s Geoffrey Kendrick calls Bitcoin a hedge against system risks, with a $200K target for 2025 and $500K by 2028.

🇺🇸 Secretary Bessent claims the tariffs standoff with China is unsustainable and expects the situation to de-escalate, per Bloomberg.

🇺🇸 WHITE HOUSE: “The entire trade team [is] meeting with 34 countries this week alone.”

🇺🇸 The U.S. is close to reaching deals with Japan and India to avoid massive tariffs.

🔥 Blackrock scooped up $43 million worth of Bitcoin today.

🇲🇾 Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim met with CZ to discuss Malaysia's potential as a leading hub for digital assets and blockchain innovation.

🇺🇸 President Trump was asked about Jerome Powell and responded with "I have no intention of firing him. I would like to see him be a little more active in terms of his idea to lower interest rates."

🇺🇸 New SEC Chair Paul Atkins claims “we will work to ensure that the US is the best and most secure place in the world to invest and do business."