Latest / Panic Drop Podcast / Mo 7/9 | Daily Crypto & Macro News
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- 0:05SPEAKER_00: Happy Monday, everybody.
- 0:06SPEAKER_00: Let's get into what's been happening over the past 24 hours
- 0:09SPEAKER_00: because we've got some significant developments to cover.
- 0:12SPEAKER_00: Even though US markets are closed today for Labor Day,
- 0:15SPEAKER_00: Bitcoin closed above the 50-week moving average for the first time
- 0:19SPEAKER_00: since November 2025.
- 0:21SPEAKER_00: Which is a meaningful technical milestone that bulls have been waiting for.
- 0:25SPEAKER_00: Polymarket now prices a 72% chance that Bitcoin finishes September above $82,500
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: and Calshi traders see less than
- 0:36SPEAKER_00: There's a 16% chance Bitcoin hits 50,000 before 100,000,
- 0:41SPEAKER_00: so the market is clearly leaning bullish on where we go from here.
- 0:45SPEAKER_00: Bitcoin now represents 1% of global money according to River,
- 0:50SPEAKER_00: which really puts the adoption story into perspective.
- 0:54SPEAKER_00: US Bitcoin ETFs took in $986.8 million this week
- 0:57SPEAKER_00: and Strategy bought another 4,603 Bitcoin for $369 million.
- 0:59SPEAKER_00: So institutional and corporate demand remains strong.
- 1:13SPEAKER_00: Unfortunately,
- 1:14SPEAKER_00: not all news was positive as hackers stole about 4,000 Bitcoin worth $320 million
- 1:20SPEAKER_00: from the Liquid Network,
- 1:22SPEAKER_00: though the attackers claimed they are white hats and told holders
- 1:25SPEAKER_00: to contact them on-chain.
- 1:28SPEAKER_00: So we'll see how that situation develops.
- 1:30SPEAKER_00: On the macro side,
- 1:31SPEAKER_00: the Fed plans to buy up to $2.122 billion in Treasury bills next week as part of
- 1:38SPEAKER_00: about $17 billion in reinvestment purchases.
- 1:42SPEAKER_00: The number of 401k millionaires hit a new all-time high of 769,000,
- 1:49SPEAKER_00: which shows retirement accounts are benefiting from the market rally.
- 1:53SPEAKER_00: President Trump said he made hundreds of billions of dollars from stocks for the U.S.
- 1:58SPEAKER_00: Adding it was not himself.
- 2:00SPEAKER_00: The 10-year yield sits near 4.78% and oil edged higher on fresh US-Iran tensions
- 2:08SPEAKER_00: after attacks on ships in the Gulf, with Brent near $96 and WTI near $92.
- 2:16SPEAKER_00: Oracle and Adobe report later this week and Friday's CPI print is
- 2:21SPEAKER_00: the next major data test for Fed expectations.
- 2:25SPEAKER_00: On the regulatory front,
- 2:27SPEAKER_00: SEC Chair Paul Atkins said he expects
- 2:30SPEAKER_00: the crypto clarity Russia's new cryptocurrency law also took effect,
- 2:33SPEAKER_00: adding another major economy
- 2:46SPEAKER_00: On the altcoin side, altcoins have flipped bitcoin in open interest.
- 3:02SPEAKER_00: Signaling growing appetite for risk further out on the curve.
- 3:06SPEAKER_00: Robinhood chain led major networks in weekly fees at $16.8 million
- 3:12SPEAKER_00: with combined assets on the chain closing in on a $2 billion market cap.
- 3:17SPEAKER_00: Hype printed a new all-time high and traded at $88.888, continuing its remarkable run.
- 3:25SPEAKER_00: Pons and FOMO flipped Hyperliquid in 24-hour revenue,
- 3:30SPEAKER_00: showing how competitive the trading platform space has become.
- 3:34SPEAKER_00: Solana co-founder Tully said Solana added 10 Robinhood's worth
- 3:38SPEAKER_00: of capacity this year,
- 3:39SPEAKER_00: and that spreads and fees on Arbitrum and Robinhood look worse right now.
- 3:45SPEAKER_00: BlackRock clients bought $57.79 million of Ethereum
- 3:49SPEAKER_00: and BitMine bought 53,501 Ethereum for $131 million.
- 3:55SPEAKER_00: So there's serious accumulation happening on the Ethereum side as well.
- 4:00SPEAKER_00: That's your crypto and finance wrap for today.
- 4:02SPEAKER_00: Make sure to follow along and I'll catch you tomorrow with another update.
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