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Join Matt and Simon as they discuss the recent gains in the crypto market, highlighting Bitcoin's rise to a nine-week high and the performance of various sectors, including AI and memecoins.

Key Takeaways

• Bitcoin rebounded to $95,500, its highest level since February, and the overall crypto market cap returned to above $3T for the first time since early March.
• U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded their biggest week of net inflows in five months, and the second-highest of all time.
• Mastercard is expanding support for stablecoin payments, working with Circle, Nuvei and Paxos to enable direct merchant settlement. This will allow over 150M merchants across the Mastercard network will now have the option to receive payments in stablecoins, regardless of how a customer pays.
• Arizona lawmakers passed a bill allowing the state treasurer and retirement system to invest up to 10% of available funds in digital assets, specifically bitcoin, sending it to the governor’s desk for approval. If approved, the state would be the first in the U.S. to require public funds to invest in Bitcoin.
• Token2049 Dubai, one of the largest crypto conferences globally, kicks off this week. Expect many announcements and altcoin updates.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro & Crypto Market Overview

03:57 Economic Indicators & Their Impact on Crypto

08:02 Bitcoin Demand & Institutional Strategies

11:56 Mastercard's Stablecoin Expansion

15:47 Arizona Bitcoin Reserve Bill

19:56 Altcoin Updates & Market Reactions

24:00 Regulatory Changes & Future Outlook

Matt and Simon discuss the crypto rally and whether it can be sustained. In doing so, they touch on the tariff war and various macro factors they are monitoring to help them with their investment decisions.

Key Takeaways

• The crypto market continued climbing last week, with varied performance across major altcoins such as ETH (-3%) and SOL (+7%).
• Gold hit fresh record highs for the 55th time in the past year, while the U.S. dollar weakened to a three-year low.
• Short term, news surrounding tariff negotiations will likely keep to drive markets and investor sentiment.
• Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin proposed a major upgrade that would “greatly improve the efficiency of the Ethereum execution layer.”
• Activity on Solana has rebounded along with SOL’s price, with real economic value (REV) hitting its highest level since February 21.