Spencer Ventures Daily Newsletter April 26th, 27th, & 28th

• Crypto Majors Chop As S&P 500 Records 5th Straight Green Day

  Bitcoin ranges at $95K while the S&P marks longest streak of daily gains all year

• Spain & Portugal Experience Country-Wide Power Outages

  Major blackouts have hit Europe as several countries struggle to find any power

• U.S. Manufacturing Sees Sharp Decline

  U.S. shows recession-like conditions as Manufacturer Business Index falls again

• U.S. Senator Introduces “Pelosi Act” To Ban Stock Trading In Congress

  A bill has been reintroduced that looks to ban U.S. congress from trading stocks

• China Denies Recent Negotiation Claims From Trump

  China responds & denies Trump’s claims saying President Xi Jinping called him

• Israel & India Looks To Finalize Trade Deals With The U.S.

  Countries remains in talks with the U.S. with several close to new trade deals

• Trump Claims Tariff Revenue Could Eliminate Income Taxes For Many

  Trump says tariff revenue could end income tax for those making under $200K

• U.S. Stocks Show Worst Performance Against The World in 32 Years

  U.S. economy starts 2025 with worst global stock performance since 1993

• Chinese Retailers Add Import Charges To Counter Tariffs

  Companies like Temu have begun adding fees up to 150% to counter U.S. tariffs

• Warren Buffet Claims 4.6% of All U.S. Treasuries

  Buffet’s Treasury holdings sit at over $300B with nearly 5% of the entire market

• Arizona Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bill Reaches Governor’s Desk

  Arizona becomes first U.S. state to have Bitcoin bill pass the House & Senate

• Crypto User Reportedly Gets Scammed For $330M

  Wallet loses 3,520 $BTC as scammer attempts to launder funds through $XRM

• Coinbase To Launch Institutional Bitcoin Fund With Yield

  Coinbase looks to offer 4-8% annual yield in BTC via their new institutional fund

• Strategy Acquires 15,355 $BTC For $1.42B

  Saylor & Strategy have announced a $1.42B Bitcoin purchase at $92,737/coin

• Nike Gets Sued Over RTFKT NFTs

  Nike is facing a $5M class-action lawsuit over the shutting down of RTFKT NFTs

• Bitcoin ETFs Mark Second Largest Weekly Inflows Ever

  BTC ETFs saw over $3B in net inflows last week with ETH ETFs hitting $157M

• Pudgy Penguins Extend Gains With NFTs & $PENGU

  Pudgy remains hot as $PENGU reclaims $750M & NFTs jump 20% on the week

• Tether Acquires 7.7 Tons of Gold For Tokenized Product

  Tether buys 7.7 tons of gold to back each $XAUT token 1:1 by an ounce of gold

• Several XRP ETFs Get Set To Launch Wednesday

  ProShares launches three XRP futures ETFs this week as spot listings still wait

• Mastercard Announces Plan To Fully Integrate Stablecoin Payments

  Mastercard’s end-to-end capabilities will soon allow users to pay via stablecoins

• Standard Chartered Predicts Bitcoin All-Time High in Coming Months

  Global banking giant says Bitcoin could reach up to $120,000 by Q2 of this year

• MetaMask Introduces Metal Card To Enable Tap-To-Pay For Crypto

  MetaMask partners with CompoSecure & Baanx to release the Metal Card in Q2

• World Liberty Financial Announces Partnership With Pakistan

  The two sides will now work together to expand crypto adoption & innovation

• Solana Continues To See Strength in Memecoins

  PENGU, TRUMP, & BONK lead the way as HOUSECOIN & TROLL gain traction

• BONK Team Introduces Native Token Launchpad

  LetsBONK goes live as team will use a portion of fees for buybacks & burns

• Trump Faces “Pay To Play” Backlash Over $TRUMP Dinner

  Elizabeth Warren & more call for an ethics probe over Trump’s memecoin dinner

• Ledger Live Enables Stablecoin Yield Through Self-Custody

  Ledger partners with Kiln to offer stablecoin yield on tokens like USDC & USDT

• DOGE Mining Company Announces Plans To Go Public

  Z Squared merges with Coeptis to become top public company mining DOGE

• Nexo Returns To U.S. Amid Shift in Crypto Regulations

  Nexo will offer financial services including high-yield crypto savings accounts

• OKX Releases Latest Proof of Reserves

  One of the top crypto exchanges shows reserves with 133K $BTC in user assets

• Solana DeFi Protocol Experiences $5.8M Exploit

  Lending protocol on Solana gets exploited two weeks after launch for $5.8M

• Ethereum Foundation Shares New Updates & Roadmap

  Ethereum Foundation makes several changes with new focus on scaling ETH L1

• $MELANIA Team DCAs Out of $1.5M Tokens

  The team behind Melania Trump’s memecoin has set new orders to sell $1.5M

• Leading Protocol on Blast Announces Plans To Shut Down

  Top DEX on Blast, Thruster, shuts down as investors get 30% of investments

• U.S. To Release Several Major Economic Datapoints This Week

  U.S. will see new data this week including Q1 GDP, payrolls, & PCE inflation

• Ledger & Pudgy Penguins Release Limited-Edition Ledger Flex

  The Pudgy Penguins x Ledger Flex bundle is now available online for $299.00

• Vibes Announces Full Set Frenzy Until May 5th

  Vibes TCG players can now play with any card of their choosing until Monday

• $300M of Token Unlocks Set To Hit Market This Week

  Major unlocks are coming this week led by $203.93M from the Sui Foundation

• Meebits Reveal Upcoming Snapshot For 4th Anniversary

  Meebits celebrate anniversary with snapshot of holders Friday at 10:00am EST

• The Plooshies Give Mint Access To All Abstract Giga Chads

  Anyone with the Giga Chad role in Abstract discord will gain GTD WL spots

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