🟥 Things I’m looking at today 🟥

Coinbase user data hacked, FTX repayments coming, bond yields soar

Crypto

* BTC: 103.5k (+1%), ETH: 2590 (+1%), SOL: 171 (-1%)

* Top Gainers: IP, EOS, BGB, HYPE, KCS

* BTC ETFs: +$115mn, ETH ETFs: -$40mn

* Hackers demand $20m after Coinbase data hacked

* SEC probes Coinbase on inflating user numbers

* FTX to begin $5b distribution on May 30

* Wisconsin Investment Board exits BTC ETF

* China’s DDC Enterprise to adopt BTC reserves

* China’s Addentax to buy 8k BTC

* Brazil’s Meliuz buys $28.4m BTC for reserve

* BTC to $1m, altcoins with products will win: Hayes

* BTC has more upside potential than gold: JPM

* SEC releases FAQs on broker-dealer transfer rules

* BlackRock integrates BUIDL with Euler

* Sonic Labs to liquidate Multichain Foundation

* Nasdaq grants extension on 21Shares DOT ETF

* ADA ETF approval 55% likely this year

* Tether’s freeze mechanism has loophole: AMLBot

* US DoJ indicts 12 for $263m crypto theft

* US DoJ to charge Tornado Cash’s Roman

* CoinMarketCap launches Pre-TGE project launchpad

Macro & General

* NASDAQ: 19.1k (0%), Gold: 3210 (0%)

* Global bond yields continue to trend higher

* Futures stable post 4-day S&P 500 rally

* 72% of S&P 500 stocks above 50 DMA

* PPI lower than expected

* Powell warns of high rates for longer due to tariffs

* Trade talks with US good: China

* US CDS spread near 2023 highs

* First time homebuyers in US at record low

* Student loan delinquencies skyrocket

* Trump raises $2.5T capital for US on Gulf trip

* UAE to invest $1.4T in US over next 10 years

* EU readies new trade proposal for the US

* Dimon continues to warn of US recession

* Belgium abandons phasing out nuclear power

Left Curve Corner

* Hot coins: USELESS, GORK, STARTUP, PECULE, XBT

* Hot NFTs: Pudgys, DX Terminal, Biome Lumina

* USELESS $35m, meme linked to Bonk launchpad

* Infinex announces Kaito rewards program

* Maplestory launches at $3b FDV

* Drifter Shoots arrested at gallery

* Frank DeGods sees wallet hacked, DeGods sold

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