Memes Flex, Saylor’s BTC Bonfire, BlackRock and the suits bet on SOL.

TL;DR

Memes surge $11B, altcoins outpace BTC—Saylor’s selling $711M shares to buy more, plans to burn 17K BTC keys at death. BlackRock hits SOL, Fidelity files ETF, states and firms stack reserves. Tesla lifts NASDAQ, Trump tweaks tariffs, copper peaks—degens ride PumpFun and Taproot to the moon.

Main Crypto News

Crypto’s riding a wave today, with memes flexing and altcoins waking up. Bitcoin’s up 1% to $88,200, clawing past $88K after a steady climb—investors are piling in, drawn by a Fear & Greed Index nudging “Neutral” after weeks of jitters.

Ethereum’s flat at $2,070, but Solana’s up 2% to $145, no doubt that’s fueled by BlackRock’s big move: they’re expanding their money market fund onto SOL’s chain, betting on its speed and scale. That’s not all—Fidelity’s filed for a SOL ETF with CBOE and is prepping their own stablecoin, signaling SOL’s about to get institutional legs.

Meanwhile, MicroStrategy’s Saylor is doubling down—selling $711M in preferred shares to stack more BTC, and he’s vowed to burn keys to 17,000 BTC on his death, locking it away forever. GameStop’s jumping in too, setting up a BTC reserve, while North Carolina mulls a 5% fund allocation to crypto, and KULR’s dropped $5M on BTC—hodling’s the new corporate flex. Coinbase premium’s at a one-month high, hinting at U.S. buying heat, and BTC ETFs snagged $27M while ETH ETFs shed $3M. XRP’s waving a white flag, dropping its SEC appeal for a fine—sets up the SEC’s next act: four crypto roundtables from April 11 to June 6. LINK’s working with the government on a stablecoin bill, CME and Google Cloud are launching a tokenization service, and the U.S. Treasury’s modernizing payments—crypto’s threading deeper into the system.

The Real World of Business, Stocks & Politics

The broader game’s holding steady after a hot streak—NASDAQ’s flat at 18,300, gold’s unmoved at $3,025, and futures are calm following three days of wins. But under the hood, U.S. consumer confidence is scraping a four-year low—folks are spooked. Pension funds might counter that, ready to scoop up $41B+ in stocks this week—could juice the market. Tesla’s up 25% since a viral Walz video, driving tech vibes, though hedge funds have cut Mag 7 exposure to a two-year low, and Nvidia’s back to June 2024 levels—big tech’s recalibrating. Copper’s hit an all-time high, and the U.S. is mulling tariffs—supply chains might feel that pinch. Insiders are buying company stock at a clip, Trump’s assembling a space exploration crew, and he’s tweaking tariffs with “limited exceptions”—73% odds he’s cooking up an External Revenue Service. Across the pond, the UK’s bracing for deep budget cuts—tough times looming. AI’s buzzing too—DeepSeek’s V3 model dropped, Open AI’s got a new image generator, and Google’s rolled out its latest AI—tech’s not slowing down.

Chad-Fi

Memes are the real winners today—up $11B in four days, back to a $60B market cap, with top dogs like SHIB, PEPE, and DOGE jumping 10-20%. Hot coins—PWEASE, MEW, FARTCOIN—lead the pack, and PumpFun’s outpacing HYPE revenue, proving SOL’s degen engine’s still roaring. Taproot Wizards NFTs minted out, raising $30M—wizards are the new kings, and Punks, Azuki, and Memes by 6529 are riding the wave. Rekt Drinks is teasing a collab with Abstract—booze meets blockchain—and the SEC’s cleared Immutable, closing its probe. Polymarket’s results got gamed by an UMA whale—degens play dirty—while Bitboy’s been nabbed in Florida for harassing a judge—messy. Napster’s back, bought for $207M in a music metaverse bet—nostalgia’s got a pulse. The left curve’s wild—stack or get left.