📢Macro

⚫️The NASDAQ index is down 2% at 17.6k, while gold prices remain stable at 2535.

⚫️The Bank of Japan has confirmed that interest rate hikes are being considered.

⚫️Russia and China are conducting 90% of their trade without using the U.S. dollar.

⚫️The second largest diamond ever has been discovered in Botswana.

⚫️Debris from a recent asteroid collision is predicted to reach Earth.

⚫️The first vaccine for lung cancer has been administered to a patient.

💰 Crypto

⚫️Bitcoin's price remains steady at 61k, Ethereum has increased by 2% to 2665, and Solana is up 1% at 145.

⚫️The cryptocurrencies with the most significant gains are AVAX, CORE, TAO, FTM, SEI, and GALA.

⚫️Cryptocurrencies have remained stable in price ahead of a speech by Jerome Powell.

⚫️Russia is planning to introduce stablecoins for the BRICS countries.

⚫️El Salvador has continued its daily purchases of Bitcoin, adding 162 BTC.

⚫️Tron has removed 12,000 BTC from its reserves backing the USDD stablecoin.

⚫️Tether has cancelled its plans to develop its own blockchain.

⚫️A Sony-backed Layer 2 blockchain is set to launch in the coming weeks.

⚫️#Babylon has introduced Bitcoin staking options.

⚫️Changpeng Zhao (CZ) has been moved from prison to a halfway house.

⚫️#PayPal has partnered with Anchorage to offer cryptocurrency rewards through banks.

⚫️Bitfarms has acquired Stronghold in a move described as a 'strategic defence.'

🌟 Web3 & NFT

⚫️Popular cryptocurrencies in niche markets include CAT, POPCAT, FRED, NEIRO, and PUCCA.

⚫️The NFT collections drawing significant attention are NodeMonkes, Bored Ape Yacht Club (#BAYC ), Puppets, and y00ts.

⚫️#POPCAT has become a leading meme coin following its listing on Binance.

⚫️Solana's mid-cap meme coins have seen a price increase of 10-30%.

⚫️Magic Eden is preparing to launch its own token, the ME token.

⚫️The Pump fun platform now supports multi-streaming capabilities.