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Welcome to daily issue of the Boba Brief Newsletter. This is last 24hrs in crypto, macro, ai & tech world

CRYPTO Brief

  • Solana memecoin CATWIF operators arrested by South Korean authorities, as the country’s first rug pull case registered.

  • Base MCP launched by Coinbase’s Base; lets AI agents like ChatGPT and Claude manage crypto wallets and DeFi apps via chat.

  • STRIVE by Vivek Ramaswamy, acquired 1109 BTC which brings its total BTC to 16,500. This makes them the 7th largest publicly traded corporate Bitcoin holder.

  • DTCC partners with Stellar organization to bring tokenized DTC custodied securities on Stellar Network.

  • Customers on Robinhood can now direct AI agents to trade equity and make purchases with $HOOD on their behalf with their agentic trading accounts. Features available only for equities trading currently; crypto, options and futures will follow in the coming weeks.

  • Bitcoin holders on Kraken can now earn yield through DeFi protocols like Aave and Morpho.

  • AVAX and SUI futures launched on CME Group which gives traders regulated exposure to two of crypto’s largest layer 1 networks.

  • Hyperliquid ETF $THYP now up 50% since launch 2 weeks ago.

  • Circle and NIUM has partnered to bring USDC settlement with real time payouts across 190+ countries.

REAL WORLD Brief

  • Rumble shares jumps 7% after CEO Chris Pavlovski said that the company plans to compete with AI hyperscalers.

  • Qualcomm strikes an AI chip deal with TikTok owner, read more.

  • Uber’s COO just said that their Ai spending is harder and harder to justify with no clear payoff.

  • OpenAI offered cybersecurity tools to the firms that build US voting machines to protect elections from hackers, per coinvo.

  • NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang said that they plan to invest $150B a year in Taiwan. Meanwhile Taiwan stock market ripping with nearly $5T mcap, overtaking India’s $4.92T and becoming the 5th largest stock market in the world.

TOP COINS in last 24hrs

Bonk, Stellar, Near Protocol, Pudgy Penguin, Hyperliquid, Solstice, Venice Token and more

COINS I am watching

HYPE $60 (only going higher)

NEAR $2.61 (bullish on its volume as market accumulates)

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