Meme coins and fresh listings are stealing the spotlight from macro data.

The Fed's preferred inflation gauge came in hot, but crypto barely flinched.

Instead, traders chased event-driven catalysts with their wallets wide open.

Today's newsletter unpacks what moved markets and why the hype machine won the week.

Nothing sells a meme coin like a dinner invite from the president

The TRUMP token nearly doubled from $0.27 to $0.45 in a single session.

An exclusive Mar-a-Lago conference featuring a presidential keynote sparked the frenzy.

When political access becomes a price catalyst, meme coins start looking less like jokes and more like lobbying tools.

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Markets

Bitcoin shrugs off sticky inflation as growth worries mount

Core PCE inflation hit 3.1% annually while real consumer spending barely budged at 0.1%.

Q4 GDP was revised down to 0.7%, half the prior estimate.

Stagflation fears are building, yet risk assets held steady.

BTC hovered near $72K, ETH climbed past $2,100, SOL topped $90, and XRP settled near $1.4.

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One Kraken listing turned PI into a top altcoin overnight

Pi Network's token surged past $0.29 after Kraken confirmed it would list PI for trading.

The rally pushed PI's market cap to $2.7B, leapfrogging established projects like Uniswap.

Exchange listings remain crypto's cheat code for instant price discovery.

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On Our Radar

Cut out the middleman: ChangeNOW lets enterprises swap without holding your keys.*

Rain check: TOKEN2049 Dubai is taking a rain check until April 2027.

Big money moves in: BlackRock just launched a staked Ethereum ETF because apparently we needed that.

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