Latest / Panic Drop Podcast / Fr 11/9 | Daily Crypto & Macro News
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- 0:06SPEAKER_00: Happy Friday, everybody.
- 0:07SPEAKER_00: Let's get into what's been happening over the past 24 hours because Bitcoin dropped
- 0:11SPEAKER_00: towards $77,000 as macro pressures continue to mount.
- 0:17SPEAKER_00: US PPI rose to 5.4% above expectations.
- 0:21SPEAKER_00: The
- 0:27SPEAKER_00: bond market has completely flipped from pricing two cuts at the start of
- 0:31SPEAKER_00: the year to now pricing two hikes,
- 0:33SPEAKER_00: which really shows how dramatically sentiment happens.
- 0:36SPEAKER_00: The ECB hiked rates by 25 basis points to 2.5%,
- 0:42SPEAKER_00: its second increase this year,
- 0:44SPEAKER_00: citing inflation remaining well above target as oil prices climb.
- 0:49SPEAKER_00: Brent crude surged about 5% to $108,
- 0:53SPEAKER_00: the highest level since May,
- 0:55SPEAKER_00: and Saudi Arabia oil production fell to its lowest level in 36 years,
- 1:00SPEAKER_00: so the supply picture remains tight.
- 1:03SPEAKER_00: The 30-year US mortgage rate sits at 6.76%,
- 1:08SPEAKER_00: the highest since June 2025,
- 1:11SPEAKER_00: making home ownership increasingly difficult for many Americans.
- 1:15SPEAKER_00: President Trump said he does not need congressional approval
- 1:18SPEAKER_00: to issue $5,000 dividend checks to adult Americans,
- 1:22SPEAKER_00: though the idea would cost roughly $1.2 trillion and add to the deficit
- 1:27SPEAKER_00: unless offset by cuts or new revenue.
- 1:31SPEAKER_00: Treasury Secretary Besant said the US will sanction a large bank next week,
- 1:35SPEAKER_00: so that's definitely something to watch.
- 1:37SPEAKER_00: On the crypto regulatory front,
- 1:40SPEAKER_00: Senate Republicans released an updated draft of the Crypto Clarity Act ahead of
- 1:44SPEAKER_00: a possible floor Next week,
- 1:47SPEAKER_00: Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said the bill is right on the finish line.
- 1:51SPEAKER_00: Senator Cynthia Lummis said Democrats helped write it and now need to vote for it.
- 1:56SPEAKER_00: And a White House official said progress has been made on outstanding concerns.
- 2:00SPEAKER_00: So there's cautious optimism building.
- 2:03SPEAKER_00: Nasdaq invested in Kraken parent Paywood at a $21 billion valuation,
- 2:09SPEAKER_00: showing continued institutional interest in crypto infrastructure.
- 2:13SPEAKER_00: In earnings news,
- 2:15SPEAKER_00: Oracle reported It entered a strong quarter with revenue of $19.3 to $19.4 billion,
- 2:18SPEAKER_00: up 30% year over year, with cloud revenue up 62% and OCY up 121%.
- 2:20SPEAKER_00: Adobe also beat and raised its full year guide with AI first ARR up 150% year over year.
- 2:39SPEAKER_00: Sam Bankman-Fried asked the Supreme Court to overturn his fraud conviction so
- 2:44SPEAKER_00: that saga continues.
- 2:46SPEAKER_00: OpenAI launched ChatGPT for financial services to help research markets and build models.
- 2:52SPEAKER_00: US lawmakers And Anthropik
- 2:59SPEAKER_00: said China and Russia attempted to use Claude
- 3:03SPEAKER_00: for cyber attacks,
- 3:04SPEAKER_00: weapons design,
- 3:05SPEAKER_00: propaganda and mass surveillance,
- 3:07SPEAKER_00: which highlights the geo- On the altcoin side,
- 3:12SPEAKER_00: Bitwise is shutting down its Dogecoin ETF less than a year after launch.
- 3:18SPEAKER_00: Metamask expanded Tron connectivity,
- 3:21SPEAKER_00: giving users easier access to Exitron's DeFi ecosystem and a large pool
- 3:26SPEAKER_00: of circulating USDT.
- 3:28SPEAKER_00: Robinhood chain DEX liquidity surpassed $100 million,
- 3:33SPEAKER_00: EX added support for Robinhood crypto chain tickers,
- 3:36SPEAKER_00: and Kermit rallied after becoming the first project on the chain to integrate Grok.
- 3:42SPEAKER_00: Nu, one of the world's largest digital financial platforms with more
- 3:46SPEAKER_00: than 140 million customers,
- 3:49SPEAKER_00: is integrating Circle stablecoins into a new multi-currency digital account.
- 3:54SPEAKER_00: Hong Kong-listed Boya Interactive Charles Schwab's fund family disclosed $4.8
- 3:58SPEAKER_00: million in XRP ETF shares used as collateral
- 4:14SPEAKER_00: The Pump.fun app was reported missing from the US App Store and
- 4:18SPEAKER_00: the Base app was rebranded back to Coinbase Wallet.
- 4:22SPEAKER_00: That's your crypto and finance wrap for today.
- 4:24SPEAKER_00: Make sure to follow along and I'll catch you next week with another update.
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