Crypto Chaos: Billion-Dollar Gambles, Tesla’s Bitcoin Cling & Trump’s Crypto Shuffle

Ah, the first 90 days of the American dream under President Trump—a veritable tempest for our dear Bitcoin (BTC) and its digital kin. Like a nightingale caught in a gale, the crypto realm, despite its parade of hopeful regulatory meetings—chief among them, a historic crypto summit at the White House on a hopeful March 7—was pummeled by the twin hurricanes of trade wars and recession fears. 🎭

Yet lo and behold, the sentiment pendulum swung this week. Trump, in a rare moment of unforeseen clarity, appeared to ease his tariff war fury against China. And wouldn’t you know it, his media kingdom, the Trump Media and Technology Group, shook hands with Crypto.com—ushering forth the “Made in America” ETF extravaganza. Coincidence? The crypto oracle shrugs. 🤡

Our weekly scroll, the Crypto Biz, unfurls tales of Bitcoin ETF inflows like rivers swelling after rain, whispers of Cantor Fitzgerald’s billion-dollar lovechild, and Coinbase’s flirtation with federal banking legality—all capped by Tesla’s stoic Bitcoin clutch amidst their fiscal faceplant.

ETF Inflows: The Bitcoin Fountain of Youth?

Capital, like a weary traveler, returns with vigor to the US spot Bitcoin ETFs, as if whispered sweet promises by institutional suitors. According to the scrying glass of Glassnode, on April 21st, 11 ETFs poured a luscious $381.3 million into their coffers—ARK21Shares leading the charge like a gladiator in theColosseum.

The very next day, these funds guzzled almost a billion dollars—$912.7 million, to be exact—the grandest bout since Bitcoin flirted with its towering January peaks. Fidelity, BlackRock, and ARK21Shares reveled in the inflows like cats at a cream festival.

And what did this carnivorous capital drive? Why, Bitcoin’s price pirouetted up to a dizzying $94,000 on April 23, nudging the crypto kingdom’s overall value shyly close to a shimmering $3 trillion. A veritable feast! 🍾

Cantor Fitzgerald’s Crypto Cash Carnival: A $3 Billion Tango

Enter the financial beast Cantor Fitzgerald, plotting with Softbank, Tether, and Bitfinex to birth a $3 billion crypto titan christened “21 Capital.” Oh yes, a dance of the titans, aiming to capture the bounties of Trump’s post-election crypto glow.

The Financial Times, that venerable scribe, spills the beans: Tether casts in a hefty $1.5 billion, Softbank tosses $900 million like confetti, and Bitfinex chimes in another $600 million. Sounds less like an investment and more like a poker night with billionaires chuckling over chips. 🃏

21 Capital dreams even bigger, hunting for an extra $350 million in convertible bonds and another $200 million in private equity—funds destined to feast on Bitcoin itself. The crypto wild west never looked so lush. 🤠

Coinbase’s Banking Daydream: From Crypto to Checks?

In a move that would make even the staunchest banker spit out their espresso, Coinbase toys with the idea of grabbing a federal banking license. Why settle for crypto exchanges when you can play with the big banks and their pot of sauces—deposit-taking, lending, and all the bureaucratic jazz? 💼

A Coinbase hums of consideration but stops short of promise, keeping us guessing like a soap opera cliffhanger. “Actively considering,” they say—perhaps after a few too many espresso shots or just to keep the drama brewing.

Should Coinbase vault the banking gate, it would fuse old-school finance with blockchain sorcery—a hybrid beast fit for the 21st century’s financial zoo.

Tesla’s Bitcoin Hug: Clinging to Hope Amid Earnings Ebb

Tesla, that daring siren of electric dreams, reported Q1 earnings that could chill the stoutest hearts—a 71% plunge in net income, a 9% drop in revenue, and automotive sales slipping 20% from last year’s stage. A technical stumble rivaling a failed rocket launch. 🚀💥

The company’s financial woe whispers tales of business and politics colliding disastrously, with some fingers pointing at Musk’s merry dance with the Trump White House.

Yet in this tempest, Tesla clings to its Bitcoin hoard of 11,509 BTC, unchanged and glowing near $1.1 billion in value—a stubborn, gleaming talisman against the storm. To hold or not to hold? Musk, ever the gambler, chooses hold, staking a claim on future fortune.

And so concludes our weekly oracle—Crypto Biz, your dose of blockchain bravado served fresh every Thursday.

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