The Morning Minute (5.2) ⏰Top News: -BTC continues to grind up, reaches $97,000 -Saylor announces plans for $21B equity offering to buy more BTC -Tether reports $1B in Q1 profits, down from $4B last year -Visa & Mastercard give AI agents access to credit cards -Boop debuts at $350M, several new memes pump 🌎 Macro Crypto and Memes -Crypto majors are mixed this morning with BTC leading; BTC +1% at $96,900, ETH -1% at $1,830, XRP -1% at 2.2, SOL -1% at $151 -IMX (+12%), QNT (+8%) and EOS (+8%) led alts -Tether reported over $1B in profit for Q1 2025, driven largely by yield from its vast U.S. Treasury holdings -Saylor announced plans to raise another $21B in equity to buy more BTC -Dao5 raised $222M for its 2nd fund to foster institutional crypto adoption -The Blockchain Group, Europe's first company focused on holding Bitcoin as a treasury asset, plans to accumulate $24B worth of BTC by 2033 -The CIA Deputy Director described Bitcoin as a valuable tool in countering China's influence, highlighting its growing geopolitical significance -North Carolina passed its Bitcoin Strategic Reserve bill through both the House and Senate -21Shares filed for a spot SUI ETF -ETH developers are set to overhaul Ethereum’s UX with new ERC-7930 and ERC-7828 standards to simplify Ethereum transactions and improve user experience -Co-founder of Movement Labs Rushi Manche suspended amidst ongoing investigation -Coinbase announced it will suspend trading of the MOVE token due to concerns over market manipulation and internal investigations -Plasma announced a partnership with Uranium Digital to bring uranium trading onchain In Memes -Memecoin leaders were mostly red; DOGE +2%, Shiba -1%, PEPE -4%, TRUMP -5%, BONK -5% & FARTCOIN -3% -Boop stole all the memecoin attention on the day, with Boopa the top performer running 10000% to $6M 💰 Token, Airdrop & Protocol Tracker -BOOP launched its new memecoin platform, with its native token opening up around $400M after a volatile first day of trading -Phantom announced gasless swaps, allowing users to use whatever token they’re trading for gas -Ellipsis Labs claimed responsibility for creating SolFi, a decentralized exchange that has rapidly gained market share on Solana -Ethena has partnered with TON, becoming the only dollar-based asset available in the Telegram wallet alongside USDT -Gaming startup Playtron announced it will launch a Sui-native stablecoin called Game Dollar, tailored for in-game purchases, subscriptions, and rewards across its GameOS ecosystem, including its upcoming handheld the SuiPlay0X1 🤖 AI x Crypto -Overall market cap held steady at $9.4B, leaders were mostly green -FARTCOIN (-3%), VIRTUAL (+3%), ai16z (+3%), AIXBT (+7%), and ALCH (+10%) -AIMONICA (+48%), SOLARIS (+42%) and BNKR (+22%) led notable movers -Fartcoin led mindshare with an 15% share; Virtual & AIXBT are next -Visa and Mastercard are working on projects to give AI agents access to credit cards 🚚 What is happening in NFTs? -ETH NFT leaders are slighty red; Punks -1% at 43.5 ETH, Pudgy -3% at 11.4, BAYC +1% at 13.8 ETH -Beeple Genesis (+18% to 65 ETH) was the notable mover -BTC NFT leaders were mixed with Taproot Wizards even at 0.145 BTC, Bitcoin Puppets +2%, NodeMonkes -4%, OMB even, Quantum Cats -2% -Abstract NFTs were mixed, led by Gigaverse ROMs (+21%) and Plooshy Houses (+42%) -Meebits partnered with PlayerZero to bring their characters into the game -The Grant Yun SPACES auctions closed with 254 ETH in sales ($471,000)