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CRYPTO AND WEB3 IPOs COULD REACH 1 TRILLION
Jefferies forecasts crypto and blockchain IPOs could become a $1 TRILLION public market within five years.
Of note, tokenized real-world assets have surged from $1.5B in early 2023 to over $29B by April 2026.
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🚨BREAKING: 🇺🇸U.S. PCE DATA IS OUT!
YoY PCE: 3.8%
Forecast: 3.8% | Previous: 3.5%
YoY Core PCE: 3.3%
Forecast: 3.3% | Previous: 3.2%

⚠️ALERT: Scammers have stolen atleast $400K+ by running fake Uniswap ads on Google Search.
Attackers are buying sponsored results to rank phishing sites ABOVE real protocol links, as flagged by onchain analyst b-block and Stacy Muur.
Google Search phishing campaigns have risen sharply since March, turning Search results into a phishing minefield.

🚨JUST IN: Brent crude plunges 5% below $100 as US and Iran deal delays to reopen Strait of Hormuz and end war.

🔥PRIVACY TOKENS ARE ON ABSOLUTE FIRE RIGHT NOW
Railgun’s RAIL has surged more than 150% in just 7 days, while Near Protocol has jumped another 50% over the same period.
The privacy trade is rapidly roaring back into focus after Zcash’s explosive rally earlier this year.

$BTC weekly
Looking at the weekly chart we can see that we have been in a range between 85k and 59k
My plan for the next coming weeks would be scalp long at the midrange (68k) then later swing long at the low sweep between 59k - 54k
Short possibilities around 85k area with invalidation if we break and hold above 88k
Long trigger: weekly close above 88k

AI IS EATING 80% OF GLOBAL VC FUNDING.
But here's what nobody's talking about:
Anthropic spends $3 for every $1 in revenue.
Microsoft dumped $300B in capex. AI revenue: $18 Billion
OpenAI and Anthropic make up 43-54% of Microsoft, Google, Amazon and Oracle's ENTIRE revenue backlogs.
Enterprises are burning through annual AI budgets in 4 months with zero measurable ROI.
This isn't a bubble. It's a faith-based initiative funded by your SaaS subscriptions.
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🛢️ALERT: OIL DROPS NEARLY 5% IN AN HOUR
Brent and WTI extended losses, falling nearly 5% per barrel after reports of a draft U.S.-Iran deal eased fears of Middle East supply disruptions.
The market reacted fast, just like Trump expected. 🔥

🚨 BREAKING
🇨🇳 CHINA HAS DUMPED $623 BILLION IN U.S. BONDS.
THEY NOW HOLDS ONLY $652 BILLION, THE LOWEST LEVEL SINCE 2008.
MEANWHILE, CHINA'S GOLD RESERVES HAVE PUMPED FOR 17 MONTHS IN A ROW TO $343 BILLION, A NEW ALL TIME HIGH.
THEY'RE EXITING THE SYSTEM...
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$ is showing early signs of a macro structure shift.
A clean breakout above the long term downtrend suggests momentum is gradually turning bullish after extended accumulation.
Holding above key support will be crucial for continuation toward higher resistance zones.

This is a historic collapse in AI sentiment.
Axios just published numbers the AI industry is not ready for:
- 70% of Americans say AI is moving too fast, as per Economist
- Only 18% of Gen Z feel hopeful about it
- Record number of data centers were canceled in Q1 2026
The risks are now being flagged at the highest levels.
Morgan Stanley analysts warned: "Public pushback is emerging as a binding constraint, particularly around data center buildout."
While the world leans in, the US is becoming the global outlier on AI sentiment.
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🟠STRATEGY BUYS ANOTHER $2 BILLION IN BITCOIN
Strategy acquired 24,869 BTC for $2.01B at an average price of $80,985 per $BTC.
As of May 17, 2026, the company holds 843,738 BTC, bought for about $63.87B.
$BTC

🚨NEW: Iran has launched “Hormuz Safe,” a state-backed maritime insurance platform for vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz that allows settlement in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies instead of traditional banking rails or even stablecoins.
The platform is designed to bypass SWIFT and Western financial intermediaries following recent enforcement actions that froze hundreds of millions in Iranian-linked USDT.
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$BTC
Still range-bound between ~76k support and ~82.8k resistance.
Price is drifting toward the lower range, so a short-term bounce is possible, but failure to hold 76k could trigger another sweep to new lows before any sustained upside.

🚨BREAKING: TRUMP ACCEPTS TEMPORARY LIFTING OF IRAN OIL SANCTIONS
Tasnim reports the U.S. has accepted a temporary OFAC waiver on Iran’s oil sanctions during the negotiation period.

🔥BULLISH: MONEY IS FLOWING BACK INTO CRYPTO
In May, $BTC , $ETH , $SOL and $BNB have all outpaced the S&P 500 as liquidity returns.
Monthly flows are turning positive too: ETFs added $1.51B, stablecoins added $2.49B, and CEX holdings rose by $3.29B.
Stablecoins alone saw $3.6B in inflows over the past week.

CORPORATE ETH RESERVES JUST HIT $16 BILLION
CoinGlass data shows companies with strategic Ethereum reserves now hold 7.33 million ETH, worth nearly $16 billion.
That’s roughly 6% of the entire ETH supply now sitting on corporate balance sheets.

🚨BREAKING: Russia's Vladimir Putin is set to visit China on May 19 and 20 days after Trump-Xi talks in Beijing.
Xi is suddenly hosting both sides of the new global power equation.
What is Xi brokering? 🤔

🚨UAE TO DOUBLE OIL PIPELINE CAPACITY BYPASSING STRAIT OF HORMUZ
UAE is building a second oil pipeline to Fujairah, doubling its capacity to 3–3.6 million barrels per day and giving Abu Dhabi a bigger export route that bypasses the Strait of Hormuz.
The project is expected to become operational in 2027 per Reuters.

📈 STABLECOINS ON TRACK TO BECOME THE WORLD’S LARGEST PAYMENT RAIL
Binance Research shows stablecoin volume is now nearing $8 TRILLION, already surpassing Visa and putting it on track to overtake ACH, the network used for U.S. payroll, bills, direct deposits, and bank transfers.