Spencer Ventures Daily Newsletter Thursday, May 1st

• Markets Rally As Bitcoin Breaks $97,000

  Stocks & crypto both extend gains while gold prices fall 8% off all-time highs

• Fear Slowly Leaves Markets As S&P 500 Marks 8th Straight Green Day

  Fear & Greed Index hits Neutral for first time since February as SPX stays green

• U.S. Places Sanctions on Oil From Iran

  Oil prices see strong reversal after Trump threatens anyone buying oil from Iran

• Microsoft Becomes Most Valuable Company By Market Cap

  Microsoft has passed Apple to claim the highest market cap among companies

• Europe Nears Trade Deal With The U.S.

  Europe is now offering to increase U.S. purchases by €50B to offset new tariffs

• U.S. Jobless Claims Shower Increasing Unemployment

  Weekly first-time unemployment filings come in above expectations at 241,000

• Apple Increases U.S. Production & Says Tariffs Will Be Costly

  Apple to make 19B device chips in the U.S. as tariffs cost them $900M in Q1

• Trump Gives Another Misleading Statement on Trade Negotiations

  Trump says 200 countries are negotiating, but only 195 countries currently exist

• Tesla Stock Fluctuates Amid False Rumors of Potential New CEO

  Tesla & Musk respond after the WSJ said the company is looking for a new CEO

• Total Crypto Market Cap Returns To $3T

  Crypto reclaims $3T as market cap grows closer to Apple, Microsoft, & Nvidia

• Morgan Stanley Plans To Offer Crypto Trading

  The $1.3T asset manager will enable their clients to trade crypto using E-Trade

• Boopdontfun Takes Over Timeline With Polarizing Launchpad

  KOLs see $200K airdrops as $BOOP runs to $500M amid new token frenzy

• Michael Saylor & Strategy To Raise $84B For Bitcoin Purchases

  Strategy is offering more preferred stock in order to fund $84B in Bitcoin buys

• North Carolina’s Bitcoin Reserve Bill Passes The Senate

  North Carolina inches closer to Bitcoin Reserve as bill passes House & Senate

• Charles Schwab Says Crypto Trading Is Coming Within 12 Months

  CEO of $7T asset manager says crypto trading will soon be offered to clients

• 21Shares Files For Spot Sui ETF

  Sui looks for SEC approval as 21Shares submits latest S-1 for spot $SUI ETF

• Two Prime Pivots Away From Ethereum To Focus on Bitcoin

  The second largest global lender of BTC & ETH will now focus only on Bitcoin

• The Blockchain Group Looks To Start Europe’s First Bitcoin Treasury

  Blockchain Group plans to acquire 260,000 Bitcoin ($24B) by the year 2033

• Freight Technologies Announces $20M Raise To Build $TRUMP Treasury

  Freight becomes first public company to add $TRUMP to their asset treasury

• Anthony Pompliano Looks To Raise $200M For Digital Asset SPAC

  The popular investor will now target high-growth companies in fintech & crypto

• Ethena Partners With TON To Offer A Globally Accessible Dollar

  Ethena brings USDe to Telegram & TON allowing users to send, save, & pay

• Tether Reports Over $1B In Q1 Profits

  $USDT provider, Tether, shows Q1 earnings with Treasury holdings near $120B

• Solana Leads All Blockchain in Q1 Revenue

  Solana continues to dominate crypto revenue as Q1 data tops all other chains

• Galaxy Digital Looks To Get Listed on Nasdaq

  Galaxy plans to begin trading on May 16th pending approval from shareholders

• Kraken Exposes Alleged North Korean Spy

  Kraken Exchange shares story on how a job interview led to catching a NK spy

• Axiom Gains Traction As Latest Trading Platform

  Axiom hits $10M in weekly revenue as trading platform continues to grow

• Solana Memecoins Continue To See Strong Demand

  AI tokens surge with Virtuals & AIXBT while GORK becomes hottest meme

• MapleStory Plans For Launch on AVAX This Month

  Popular RPG franchise will now launch their blockchain game on Avalanche

• Vibes TCG Updates ELO Ranking System

  Vibes Online adds a minimum for points per win to encourage active players

• Binance Alpha Launches DEX on Sonic Network

  Binance Alpha reveals Shadow, a decentralized exchange on Sonic blockchain

• Boopdotfun Announces Airdrop Claims For Users

  Users can claim their $BOOP airdrops by launching a token & waiting 30 days

• New Pudgy Penguins Associated X Account Pops Up

  An X account called Pengu Clash hints at new game for the Pudgy ecosystem

• Doodles Reminds Community $DOOD Is Coming

  Doodles artist & CEO says $DOOD will be tied to everything the company does

• Coinbase Suspend Trading on Movement $MOVE

  $MOVE will be delisted from Coinbase starting May 15th after a recent review

• Abstract Announces Latest Flash Badge

  The new badge is now available for Gigaverse users who consumed Giga Juice

• YGG Bridges $10M Tokens To Abstract

  $YGG joins Abstract as tokens get bridged over ahead of new game release

• Crypto Undeads Comes Back To Reward Day 1 Collectors

  Solana NFT collection from the past reveals limited-edition tags for collectors

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