Spencer Ventures Daily Newsletter February 8th, 9th, & 10th

Daily Market Movers

News & Current Events

• Crypto Markets Stay Slightly Green Amid More World Tariffs

  BTC bounces off $96K as Trump puts 25% tariffs on steel & aluminum imports

• Central African Republic Launches Memecoin

  $CAR peaks over $800M FDV as South African country creates their own token

• Dave Portnoy Continues To Pump & Dump Memecoins

  $JAILSTOOL falls as Barstool founder promotes $FARTNOY & $PEACHES

• Japan Financial Services To Revise Policy on Crypto

  Japan’s FSA to now consider tax cuts on crypto & ending a ban on Bitcoin ETFs

• Grayscale Files For Cardano ETF With NYSE

  Cardano is the latest crypto to get an ETF filing as Grayscale files with NYSE

• U.S. Treasury Ordered To Halt Production of New Pennies

  Trump orders U.S. Treasury to stop making pennies in order to cut costs

• Michael Saylor & Strategy Buy $742M Worth of Bitcoin

  Strategy has purchased an additional 7,633 $BTC at an average of $97,255

• North Carolina Introduces Bill For Strategic Bitcoin Reserve

  Another U.S. state has proposed legislation to add Bitcoin as a strategic reserve

• Vibes TCG Ships Update For Three New Languages

  Vibes Online can now be played in Japanese, Chinese, & Russian

• Solana Stablecoins Surpass Total Memecoin Market Cap

  Stablecoins on Solana reach $12.2B as total memecoin MC sits near $11.3B

• Bloomberg ETF Analysts Provide Approval Odds For Current Filings

  Analysts give Litecoin a 90% chance with DOGE at 75% & Solana at 70%

• University of Austin Plans To Buy $5M Bitcoin

  The CIO of the university fund says “We don’t want to be left behind”

• Coinbase Announces Another Questionable Listing

  $B3 on Base will be added to Coinbase listings as top 7 wallets own 99%

• Metaplanet Announces Plans To Buy $2B Worth of Bitcoin

  The publicly traded company revealed their plan to buy $2B of $BTC by 2026

• Coinbase CEO Pushes To Put Government Spending Onchain

  Brian Armstrong says government would be easier to audit if it were onchain

• Video Surfaces of Arrest Involving Kidnapped Crypto Trader

  Arrests were made after 3 men kidnap a crypto trader & demand 30K EUR

Mints, Claims, Upcoming Events, & More

• Details Circulate Regarding OpenSea Airdrop Details

  OpenSea CEO denies rumors of airdrop requiring KYC, no VPNs, & being 18+

• Pumpfun Rumored To Launch Token With Dutch Auction

  Pumpfun dismisses rumors after Wu Blockchain breaks story of planned token

• $PAIN Provides Update As Token Hits Pre-Markets

  $PAIN will be airdropped to eligible wallets as token hits $350M on pre-markets

• Goblintown Previews Upcoming Driving Game

  Really Hard Driving Game can now be saved on Steam & Epic Games wishlists

• Animecoin Opens Claims For Kaito Community

  Kaito Genesis NFT holders & the top 1,000 ANIME yappers are eligible to claim

• Portal Pay To Add $PENGU As Cross-Chain Payment Option

  Wallets will soon be able to use $PENGU for select titles of integrates payments

• Abstract Reveals Builder’s Event For NFT Paris

  The Maker’s Mixer will take place in Paris on February 14 for Abstract builders

• ARC Teases New Token Launchpad

  AI token on Solana, $ARC, says “a new token launch mechanism approaches”

• Solana To Hold India Developers Tour

  In-person workshops take place across India from February 13th to March 28th