🟥 Things I’m looking at today 🟥

Circle pumps, Trump waiting on Iran action, Fed to wait & see

Crypto

* BTC: 104.9k (0%), ETH: 2530 (0%), SOL: 146 (-1%)

* Top Gainers: OKB, SEI, UNI, KAIA, INJ

* BTC ETFs: +$388mn, ETH ETFs: +$19mn

* Crypto volatile as Israel-Iran strikes continue

* Circle stock pumps on GENIUS Act passing

* Crypto is future, and we’ll own it: Trump

* Trump urges House to pass GENIUS Act

* Ohio exempts BTC payments under $200 from taxes

* Stablecoin market cap exceeds $250bn

* CryptoCom, Deribit to accept BUIDL as collateral

* Coinbase to allow USDC to be used as collateral

* ‘Coinbase Payments’ launched, stock pops

* SOL Strategies to go public in the US

* Lion Group raises $600m for HYPE treasury

* Jump Trading plans reentry into crypto

* Brokerage FalconX in talks for IPO

* Crypto lenders now hold $60b in assets

* First spot XRP ETF launches in Canada

Macro & General

* NASDAQ: 19.5k (0%), Gold: 3385 (-1%)

* Fed leaves rates unchanged

* Fed expects lower growth, higher inflation

* Trump continues pressuring Powell to cut rates

* Trump approved Iran actions but still waiting

* I don’t want to get involved with Iran: Trump

* UK to follow US if it enters Israel-Iran war

* House tax bill set to raise deficit $2.8T

* BoJ shrinking balance sheet at record pace

* Foreign holdings of US debt still near record high

* SNB cuts rates to zero to stop Franc inflows

* Dollar on track for worst H1 in 40 years

* Apple will buy lot of Trump Gold Cards: Trump

* Platinum hits decade high

* SpaceX Starship 36 explodes during test

Left Curve Corner

* Hot coins: AURA, BID, FUN

* Hot NFTs: Gristle buddeez, Bad Buunz

* Myriad launches S2 with rev share, 0% sell fee

* Blockworks announce token transparency framework

* Ink Foundation to launch Ink token

* Fetch foundation to buy back $50m FET

@YEET: Crypto’s Casino

Just passed $175m in lifetime volume!

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