Norman Patrick

Financial Analysts/consultant

[CoinDesk @CoinDesk]

DATA: @CMEGroup's $XRP futures suite hits $62.87B in notional volume in its first year, with average daily volume of $238M and over 1.3 million contracts traded since launch.

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NEW: @Binance launches @SpaceX pre-IPO perpetual futures, letting retail traders speculate on the company's valuation ahead of its expected Nasdaq debut.

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LATEST: The Federal Reserve proposes a revised framework for limited master accounts, opening a 60-day comment period.

A move that could give crypto firms access to Fed payment rails without full master account status.

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DATA: 10% of American adults owned crypto at end of 2025, up from 7% in 2024, with spot $BTC and $ETH ETFs cited as a key driver of retail adoption, per a new Federal Reserve survey.

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JUST IN: Newly unsealed court filings allege Jane Street used a private Telegram channel called "Bryce's Secret" to obtain insider information from Terraform Labs before dumping $192M of $UST near par, then made $134M shorting the token as Terra's $40B ecosystem collapsed.

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NEW: @Ripple Prime integrates with @Markets_EDX, giving institutional clients access to EDX's spot and perpetual futures liquidity within Ripple Prime's prime brokerage framework, with $RLUSD planned as a future settlement and collateral asset.

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LATEST: Nvidia reported first-quarter revenue of $81.62 billion, up 85 percent from a year earlier and above Wall Street expectations, as AI infrastructure demand continued to surge.

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JUST IN: @SpaceX files for an IPO and discloses holdings of 18,712 BTC acquired at an average cost basis of roughly $35,000, per filing.

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Donald Trump signs a sweeping crypto executive order, questions grow around leadership changes at the Ethereum Foundation, and Jane Street is accused of dumping $192M worth of UST before Terra’s collapse.

@Jennsanasie has what you need to know.

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LATEST: 13 of the top 15 institutional shareholders of @Strategy $MSTR added to their positions in Q1 2026, with combined holdings increasing 27%, per company data.

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LATEST: @SenMcCormickPA says he believes the CLARITY Act is on track to be signed into law this summer, calling it a major step for U.S. innovation and crypto leadership.

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UPDATE: Senator Lummis writes on X "Every single day, digital asset companies are moving offshore because Congress hasn’t done its job."

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ELECTIONS: Crypto super PAC Fairshake spent more than $20 million backing candidates across Southern primaries in Kentucky, Alabama, and Georgia, claiming a “6-0 sweep” in Tuesday’s races.

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MARKETS: $HYPE is up 111%+ year-to-date, outperforming $BTC, $ETH, $XRP, $SOL, $BNB and $DOGE

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NEW: Goldman Sachs fully exits all $XRP and $SOL ETF holdings in Q1 while initiating a new position in Hyperliquid Strategies, per its 13F filing.

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INSIGHT: Despite President Trump's public opposition, a U.S. CBDC is inevitable and being explored behind closed doors, former CFTC Chair says.

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JUST IN: Bank of England Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden says the BoE will publish draft stablecoin rules next month and finalize them by year-end, as it pushes toward a multi-money retail payment system featuring tokenized deposits, stablecoins and retail CBDC.

[Bitrue @BitrueOfficial]

🚀 #Bitrue is launching 2 new perpetual futures pairs!
$JUV @juventusfc | $PSG @PSG_inside

✅ Up to 20x leverage
✅ Trading starts: 10:00 UTC, May 14

👉 Details: https://t.co/eqFDv3wUoF

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