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1-Min Market Brief_20250415

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Key Takeaways

A quiet day from Trump brought modest relief to markets, with U.S. stocks rebounding slightly. However, lingering tariff concerns and renewed sector-specific uncertainties capped the rally. STRATEGY continued accumulating Bitcoin at an average cost of $82,618, while BTC edged up 1%.

Main Asset Changes

Index Value % Change
S&P 500 5,405.96 +0.79%
NASDAQ 18,796.02 +0.57%
BTC 84,590.80 +1.00%
ETH 1,623.85 +1.63%
 
Crypto Fear & Greed Index: 38 (31, 24hrs ago) - Fear

Macro Economy

  • Trump: Semiconductor tariff rates to be announced within a week
  • EU suspends retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods until July 14
  • NY Fed 1-year inflation expectation (Mar): 3.58% (est. 3.26%, prev. 3.13%)
  • Fed Governor Waller: Trump tariffs' inflation impact may be "transitory"; favors earlier/larger rate cuts if significant slowdown occurs
  • Legal group challenges Trump tariff legality in new lawsuit

Industry Highlights

  • Kyrgyzstan appoints CZ as National Blockchain & Web3 Strategy Advisor
  • U.S. DHS investigating Anchorage Digital Bank
  • South Korea blocks 14 unregistered crypto exchange apps including KuCoin and MEXC
  • STRATEGY purchased 3,459 BTC ($82,618 avg) between Apr 7-13
  • SEC delays decision on Grayscale Ethereum ETF staking feature
  • SEC postpones WisdomTree/VanEck spot Bitcoin/ETH ETF in-kind creation rulings to Jun 3
  • Metaplanet adds 319 BTC (total 4,525), becoming 9th-largest public BTC holder
  • Google to implement MiCA-compliant crypto ad rules in Europe from Apr 23
  • Kraken launches U.S. stock/ETF trading
  • OpenSea to support Solana NFT trading

Project Highlights

  • Trending Tokens: FARTCOIN, PVS, GHIBLI
  • Solana weekly transaction volume up 32%; meme coins (FARTCOIN, GHIBLI, RFC) gaining traction
  • PVS: Solana-based distributed rendering platform launched via pumpfun (~$10M market cap)
  • TIA: Celestia launches high-performance testnet "mamo-1"

Weekly Outlook

  • Apr 15: NY Fed Manufacturing Index; EU may pause US tariff counters for 90 days; Shardeum mainnet; WalletConnect WCT token
  • Apr 16: US retail sales; Powell speech; Binance delists 14 voted tokens
  • Apr 17: DBR unlock (63.24% circ. supply, ~26.5M)
  • Apr 18: US market holiday; TRUMP unlock (342M);MELANIA unlock(13.1M)
  • Apr 19: ZKJ unlock (25.72% circ. supply, ~$35.25M)

 

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