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Bitcoin, that cheeky rascal, surged ahead with a 12.1% leap, leaving its crypto cousins in the dust. Spot ETF demand and corporate hoarders were to blame-or should we say, to thank?-for this daring escapade. Meanwhile, stablecoins puffed out their chests, reaching a whopping $320 billion, with USDT strutting its stuff at a record $189.6 billion. Capital inflows, they said. More like a flood of greedy geese waddling into the pond!

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde, that unyielding stickler for order, has declared that Europe should not be swayed by the siren song of privately issued euro-pegged stablecoins. After all, why have a stablecoin when you can have a central bank, which is, in essence, a stablecoin with a PhD and a penchant for bureaucracy?

So, SoftBank had this grand plan to raise $10 billion using its OpenAI shares as collateral. But the lenders, bless their risk-averse hearts, balked at the structure and the whole “private valuation” business. According to Bloomberg, via Reuters and others, the target is now “as low as $6 billion”-a 40% haircut, which is quite the trim for a financial coiffeur.

Each coin has cleared a critical resistance level over the past week. Supporting voices on X point to extended legs higher if current consolidations resolve in favor of buyers.

Fun Fact: $DOGE has over 8x the entire NFT market cap 🐶

Beneath the snow-capped peaks of Switzerland, a grand plan to stuff the Swiss National Bank’s vaults with Bitcoin-alongside gold and foreign currency-crashed and burned like a puffed-up peacock attempting to blend in with a flock of pigeons. The audacious idea, which demanded the central bank juggle Bitcoin alongside its traditional treasures, collapsed under the weight of insufficient signatures. Campaigners missed the 18-month deadline, proving that even the most ambitious schemes can’t outpace a ticking clock.

Coinbase’s (COIN) weak first-quarter earnings report sparked another divide on Wall Street over whether the crypto platform is building a more durable business or remains tied to crypto’s boom-and-bust cycles. One might think the market was a madcap dance of dollars and doubloons, where even the most seasoned analysts shuffle their feet in confusion, tripping over their own forecasts like drunken sailors.

And yet, one cannot help but admire the audacity of their endeavor. To imagine a nation’s reserves tethered to the whims of a digital marketplace-what a spectacle it would have been! But the Swiss, ever practical, have chosen to remain anchored to the tangible, leaving these crypto romantics to nurse their wounded pride. Perhaps, in time, they will find solace in the knowledge that even the most absurd dreams have their place in the grand tapestry of human ambition. Until then, let us raise a glass of fine Swiss wine to their quixotic quest, and quietly thank the heavens that not all fantasies are destined to become reality.

On Friday, May 8, the crypto analytics platform CryptoQuant, that venerable oracle of market whims, unveiled data so dire it might have been scribbled in a dusty ledger by a disgruntled monk. The disparity between Bitcoin and Ethereum was as stark as a nun’s hem in a brothel.

Nikita Bier, X’s head of product (and probably a secret comedian), unveiled this madness with a $TSLA chart that’s more interactive than a slapstick routine. Who needs a broker when you’ve got Bier?