Spencer Ventures Daily Newsletter May 3rd, 4th, & 5th

• Crypto Pulls Back Over The Weekend As Bitcoin Falls Under $95K

  Stocks get first red day in over a week as crypto continues minor retrace

• Gold Surges To Reclaim Last Week’s Levels

  Spot gold sees strong reversal and jumps $100 on the day to over $3,330

• Warren Buffet Announces Plans To Step Down As CEO

  Buffet will leave Berkshire Hathaway by end of year as company holds $348B

• Stock Market’s Fear & Greed Index Hits Yearly High

  The stock market has now returned to ‘Greed’ level for the first time in 2025

• eToro Files For IPO At $4B Valuation

  eToro mentions crypto 630 times in new IPO filing seeking to raise $500M

• Trump Administration Begins Collecting on Defaulted Student Loans

  Trump goes after overdue student loans with threats on wages, taxes, & more

• India Offers 0% Tariffs on U.S. Pharmaceuticals, Auto Parts, & Steel

  India has offered the U.S. a zero-for-zero tariff, hoping for the U.S. to match

• Taiwan Dollar Sees Best Performance Against U.S. Dollar in 40 Years

  TWD rapidly appreciates against U.S. dollar with implications of new trade deal

• U.S. Oil Prices Plummet Following Increased Production From OPEC+

  Crude oil falls 2% as group led by Saudi Arabia & Russia increase production

• Ford Suspends 2025 Projections Amid $2.5B in Tariff Costs

  Ford will stop providing 2025 financial projections due to tariff uncertainty

• U.S. Negotiations With China Seem To Make Little Progress

  Trump says he has no plans to speak with China as they’re “ripping us off”

• Trump Announces 100% Tariffs on Movies Made Outside The U.S.

  Trump looks to grow U.S. movie industry with tariffs on foreign-made movies

• Canada & Europe Strengthen Relationship Over Trader Talks

  More countries strike deals with each other as U.S. tariffs continue to unfold

• U.S. Government Releases Draft For Updated Crypto Market Structure

  U.S. crypto gets newly drafted guidelines with several improvements from FIT21

• Tether Announces Tether.ai Coming Soon

  Tether CEO reveals tech to enable USDT & Bitcoin payments using AI Agents

• Arizona Governor Vetoes Bitcoin Reserve Bill

  Arizona’s Bitcoin bill falls short on final approval due to “untested investment”

• Solana Foundation Discloses Recent Fix on Major Bug

  Solana quietly fixed a zero-day exploit tied to letting users mint unlimited tokens

• Ripple Plans To Invest $25M Into U.S. Education

  Ripple ($XRP) looks to support U.S. classrooms & teachers with $25M pledge

• Bybit To Bring Traditional Financial Markets Onchain By End of June

  Bybit CEO says stocks, indexes, gold, & oil will soon be available on exchange

• Saylor & Strategy Announce New $180M Bitcoin Purchase

  Strategy grows their Bitcoin stockpile with another 1,895 $BTC worth $180.3M

• Boop Regains Steam Following Binance Alpha Listing

  $BOOP retouches $400M following $PORK launch & listing on Binance Alpha

• Doodles Preview DreamNet Agent Launchpad

  DreamNet gets introduced on X as upcoming AI Launchpad from Doodles

• Maldives Announces $9B Plan For Global Blockchain Hub

  A Dubai family office will invest $8.8B to further crypto adoption in the Maldives

• Wrapped Bitcoin Now Available on Solana

  $WBTC is now on Solana as users can gain Bitcoin exposure on more chains

• DeFi Development Cop Reveals Latest Solana Acquisition

  “Strategy of Solana” has acquired a Solana validator with 500K $SOL staked

• Coinbase Promotes New Bitcoin Commercial

  Coinbase continues to grow crypto adoption with new commercial on Bitcoin

• Bitcoin Miner Sells $39M Worth of Bitcoin in April

  Riot reveals new sales as company mined 463 BTC in April and sold 475 BTC

• Binance Founder Seemingly Calls Out Recent Executive

  CZ has appeared to call out ‘Dingaling’ for falsely claiming to be Binance CRO

• SEC Commissioner Says Tokenization Could Transform Markets

  Hester Pierce highlights tokenization ahead of SEC Roundtable on May 12th

• Trump Makes New Statement Around Crypto in Latest Interview

  U.S. President talks crypto race with China & mentions strength against stocks

• Binance Partners With Kyrgyzstan For Crypto Adoption

  Kyrgyzstan will plan to offer crypto payments along with blockchain education

• Major Economic Releases Planned For This Week

  U.S. gets ready for big week with interest rates, jobs data, & earnings reports

• Coinbase Adds PAX Gold To Listings Roadmap

  Coinbase users can now gain exposure to tokenized gold by buying $PAXG

• SOL Domain Holders May Soon Be Rewarded

  Solana Name Service (SNS) teases upcoming token claim for domain holders

• Ethereum Pectra Update Scheduled For May 7th

  The latest Ethereum network upgrade will take place May 7th at 6:05am EST

• Abstract Games Kicks Off Day One

  Game One will last 24 hours as Abstract Games opens community contests

• Chainlink Incentivizes Network Participation With Token Airdrops

  $LINK stakers & ecosystem users will be rewarded with new project tokens

• Berachain Prepares To Unlock Boyco $BERA Rewards

  Pre-launch vaults wind down as users can now check their $BERA allocations

• Doodles Provide $DOOD Allocations For Several Partner Communities

  Top users from BONKbot, DRiP, Vector, & more will all receive $DOOD tokens

• Myriad Markets Partner With $AIMI 

  Prediction market on Abstract teams up with AIMI with more news on May 6th

• Boost Previews Affiliate Program Ahead of TGE

  Boost & Alphabot introduce future affiliate program for ecosystem expansion

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