
Everyone Wants A BTC Reserve 🪙
OVERVIEW
Everyone Wants A BTC Reserve 🪙

Before we dive in, here’s today’s crypto market heatmap:
And here’s a look at crypto’s total market cap chart:
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Crypto News 📰
🗼 A Case Study in Onchain Excellence by BlockTower and Centrifuge
BlockTower slashed securitization costs by 97% using Centrifuge’s tokenization platform—so much for T+25 nonsense. Instead of hemorrhaging money on trustees and manual reconciliation, they turned real-world credit assets into NFTs and let automated smart contracts do the heavy lifting. Centrifuge blog.
💡 Nasdaq Files to List Litecoin ETF
The Canary Litecoin ETF has cleared regulatory hurdles and is primed for a 2025 debut, according to Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas. It’s a huge step, not just for LTC (the “silver to Bitcoin’s gold”), but for the entire altcoin scene. With 300 million total transactions under its belt, Litecoin is strutting into the mainstream and possibly kicking down some doors for other altcoins, too. AltcoinBuzz.
🤦 Crypto Trader Misses Out on $4 Million, Cashes Out at $6k
Someone grabbed 46.5 million AGiXT tokens for under $2k, then sold early for a measly $6k—only to find they could’ve walked away with over $4 million. It’s the classic “timing is everything” lesson in crypto, with a side of meme coin heartbreak. Securing a small gain can feel safe…right up until you see the life-changing profits you left on the table. Finbold.
👀 Brave Search: Now A Privacy-First Blockchain Explorer
They’re letting you look up ETH, ENS, and Solana addresses in real time, minus the sketchy trackers that typical explorers love. Basically, Brave built a better block explorer without the usual snooping. Congrats, Google—you’re officially outdated. Brave blog.
💰 Phantom Raises $150M At A $3B Valuation
Phantom wants to become the world’s biggest consumer finance platform after a massive funding round led by Sequoia and Paradigm. They’re rolling out social discovery features, simpler peer-to-peer payments, and an integration with Sui to complement BTC, ETH, and Solana. Crypto-Economy.
🪙 Synthetix Leveraged Token Rally
Synthetix is rolling out Leveraged Tokens on Base V3 next week, sweetening the deal with 150,000 USDC and 75,000 OP in five weeks of rewards. Anyone who mints these tokens—on Optimism or Base—gets a share of the weekly spoils based on fees paid. Just show up, mint some leverage, and collect your tokens like you’re picking up mail. Synthetix blog.
BITCOIN
And Now Massachusetts? The List Keeps Growing 📜
Back in December 2024, Texas was the first state to have a bill introduced to create the State of Texas’ own BTC reserve. But Texas wasn’t the first, that was Pennsylvania in November 2024. 🧠
Since then, Ohio, New Hampshire, Wyoming, Oklahoma, and North Dakota have all had bills introduced at the State level to create their own BTC Reserves or changes to allow State ownership/investment in other capacities.
And now Massachusettes is added to this list. MA Senator Peter Durant introduced a bill to create a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. Let’s see how much bigger that list grows in 2025. 🙂
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TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Looking For Those That Haven’t Yet Pamped 👀
BTC is back to $106,000, HBAR is up 700% since November, DOGE and SHIB are ripping, and XRP has made new all-time highs. It seems like everything has moved. And if you’ve been a little cautious, you might be kicking yourself if you’ve missed out. 🦵
The good thing is not everything has had a major breakout yet. Some examples are below:
Tezos
XTZ still needs a breakout above the Cloud, and it needs the Chikou Span to close above the bodies of the candlesticks at $1.43 to put it into open space.
Uniswap
Uniswap is making an attempt for its first Ideal Bullish Ichimoku Breakout on the daily chart since September 2024. Its already above the Cloud, but it needs to close above the top of the Cloud (Senkou Span A) to really seal the deal. As long as it closes the daily at/above $14.63, bulls should be feeling pretty happy.
Ethereum
Ethereum is still stuck in the suck (The Cloud). And even if it does close above the Cloud, the Chikou Span will run into the bodies of candlesticks in ten days, and the Cloud in four days.
TECHNICAL ANALYSIS
Remember That Trendline? Still Working 💪
The dominant interior trendline for Bitcoin was shown in the Litepaper in the April 2, 2024 issue:
It continues to act as a strong support level, most recently seen this week:
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Metaverse, NFT, & Gaming News 🎮️
💸 Kaspa Community Marketing Fund 2025
They’re back at it, raising more KAS to keep the marketing machine running—prints, merch, ambassador kits, and all. The bigger Kaspa gets, the more free T-shirts they want to hand out. Send them KAS or don’t, but at least you know where that sweet marketing budget’s going. Kaspa blog.
🤖 Saga x Virtuals: AI Agents Launch Their Own Blockchains
They’re fusing chainlet tech with AI to spawn entire “backyard ecosystems” run by digital brains. Expect them to handle their own DeFi, gaming, or wherever else they feel like flexing. If you’re craving a future ruled by chatbots with bank accounts, this one’s for you. Saga blog.
💰 Tradable Tokenizes $1.7B in Private Credit on ZKsync
ZKsync somehow roped in a ridiculous amount of institutional assets, bridging old finance with newfangled cryptoland. Now big funds can hop onchain for “wealth-generating assets” without the usual cringe. If this is the future, it’s a future where $1.7 billion is just a bullet point. Zksync blog.
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DeFi, DEX, and Lending Protocol News 🏦
⚡ Base Swaps Go Live on THORChain
Swap anything on Base for anything else THORChain supports, including Bitcoin. Because bridging layer 2 tokens to meme coins is now a fundamental human right, apparently. Good luck explaining this to your grandparents. THORchain blog.
🕸️ From Deep Web to Deep Learning: The Props Revolution
Sei’s blazing-fast network is letting “props” securely fetch and verify deep-web data so AI models can train on the real stuff—no more stale, surface-level scraps. The key is privacy-preserving pipelines that can prove data authenticity without doxxing anyone’s personal info. Picture machine learning that’s fed with underground intel and still keeps your secrets locked up tighter than Fort Knox. Sei blog.
💡 Tokenized IP: Intellectual Property Meets Blockchain
Polymesh is using NFTs so you can buy a slice of that sweet trademark or music royalty pie. Fractionalized dubsetp remixes of Beethoven are apparently on the menu. Tokenization is opening the door for more “creative” investing—just try not to buy anything you’d regret humming in public. Polymesh Network blog.
🔧 Horizen 2.0 Upgrade: EVM, PoS, and a Dash of ZK
They’re rolling out a mainnet in June 2025 with new tokenomics, plus an internal Devnet humming along right now. Think of it as a major facelift that merges EVM compatibility, staking, and zero-knowledge features. No action needed yet—just keep your $ZEN warm until launch. Horizen blog.
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