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The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.
1/ Meet @WheresBroox (Broox Bauer), one of the multiple @AxiomExchange employees allegedly abusing the lack of access controls for internal tools to lookup sensitive user details to insider trade by tracking private wallet activity since early 2025.
The block gas limit has officially increased: 45M โก๏ธ 60M
Over 50% of validators signaled support to push this through.
The Impact:
More transactions per block.
Higher network throughput.
Better scalability for the ecosystem.
The network just got a major capacity boost.
Grayscale officially launches $GDOG.
Fee: 0.35% (Waived for first $1B / 3 months).
Next Up: Bitwise ($BWOW) launches Wednesday.
The institutional meme era has begun.
(h/t @EricBalchunas)
#Dogecoin#DOGE#ETF#Crypto#Grayscale#GDOG
๐ MORGAN STANLEY: BUY THE DIP
Michael Wilson says the current market pressure is a "tactical correction," not a fundamental breakdown.
The View: The pullback is likely nearing its end.
The Outlook: Fed rate cuts + 17% EPS growth in 2026.
The Play: Use this weakness to accumulate.
** Sectors to Overweight:** Small Caps, Consumer Discretionary, Healthcare, Industrials, & Financials.
#MorganStanley #StockMarket #BuyTheDip #Investing #2026 #Finance
Liquidity is showing signs of life.
Hayes notes two key bullish signals:
Fed QT likely ends Dec 1.
US Bank lending increased in November.
The BTC Outlook:Expect chop below $90k and a potential wick into the low $80ks. However, Hayes believes the $80,000 floor will hold.
#Bitcoin #ArthurHayes #Crypto #Liquidity #Fed #Markets
โ๏ธ CHINA BITCOIN MINING IS BACK
Reuters reports a massive resurgence in Chinese Bitcoin mining, quietly defying the 2021 ban.
The Data:
Official Rank: 3rd Worldwide ๐ฅ
Global Hashrate Share: ~14%
CryptoQuant Estimate: Real figures could be as high as 15%โ20%.
What's Happening:Miners are re-emerging in energy-surplus regions like Xinjiang and Sichuan, leveraging low-cost power to build new facilities under the radar.
The Takeaway:You can ban the miners, but you can't ban the incentives. The network finds the cheapest energy, regardless of borders or regulations.
#Bitcoin #China #Mining #Crypto #Hashrate #Reuters
The odds of a December rate cut just spiked to 75.5%.
The market is now overwhelmingly pricing in a cut. The "Higher for Longer" narrative is crumbling fast.
๐ WHALE REKT: $6.5M LIQUIDATION
As $ETH broke below $2,900, the leverage flush began.
A massive whale (0x3ee3...42a6) just got liquidated for $6.52M on a long $wstETH position (borrowing USDC).
The Takeaway:This is the danger of high leverage in choppy markets. When support breaks, the cascade follows.
#ETH #Ethereum #Liquidation #CryptoWhale #DeFi
BTC has broken support and is trading under $86,000.
Short-term volatility is shaking out leverage. All eyes are on the next support zoneโbuyers need to step in quickly to reclaim momentum.
Healthy correction or deeper pullback?
#Bitcoin#BTC#Crypto#MarketUpdate#PriceAction
๐ UGLY REVERSAL
The S&P 500 gapped up +1.4% at the open today, only to surrender all gains and close RED.
This massive intraday fade has only happened 2 other times in history:
April 7, 2020 (Post-COVID crash)
April 8, 2025 (Post-Liberation Day crash)
Sellers are using strength to exit. This is classic bear market volatility, not a healthy rally.
Market odds for a 25 basis point (BP) rate cut next month just saw a major spike, jumping from 27.8% to 39.5%.
This is the market reaction to recent weak labor data (like the jump in unemployment). Bad economic news is feeding the "Fed will cut" narrative.
The higher the odds climb, the more aggressive the market will price risk assets.
Nasdaq 100 futures jump +2% after the September Jobs Report hits the tape.
The key signal the market is cheering: Unemployment is at its highest since October 2021.
A weakening labor market confirms the disinflationary trend and increases the probability of the Fed pausing (or cutting) rates sooner. Tech and growth stocks LOVE lower rates.
#Nasdaq #TechStocks #FedWatch #JobsReport #MarketReaction
๐๏ธ ON THIS DAY IN TECH HISTORY
November 20, 1985: Microsoft launches Windows 1.0.
It wasn't an overnight hit (critics called it clunky & slow), but it was the start of everything.
The shift from MS-DOS command lines to the Graphical User Interface (GUI).
The introduction of the mouse to the masses (they even included the game Reversi just to teach people how to click!).
Included basic apps like Calculator, Paint, and Notepad.
The foundation of the world's most popular operating system was laid 40 years ago today.
#Windows1 #TechHistory #Microsoft #RetroTech #GUI