The Morning Minute (3.12) ⏰Top News: -Crypto majors rebound ahead of CPI; BTC at $83k -Trump says no more Crypto Summits at White House -Coinbase launches crypto trading in India -Taproot Wizards announce mint details and 0.2 BTC mint price -Pudgy Penguins partner with Shopify to enable PENGU payments for thousands of stores 🌎 Macro Crypto and Memes -Crypto majors are mostly green up 1-2% ahead of CPI; BTC +1% at $82,800, ETH even at $1,910, XRP +2% at $2.19, SOL +1% at $126 -PI (+20%), RON (+15%), TIA (+15%) and KAS (+10%) led alts -The White House Crypto Summit was likely a one-time thing, with future summits being smaller and more focused, according to Exec Director Bo Hines -Senator Lummis reintroduced the Bitcoin Act, proposing the US Government to buy 100,000 BTC over 5 years -The House Financial Services Committee is officially discussing stablecoin regulation, reviewing bills like the STABLE and GENIUS Acts -The SEC delayed its decisions on the XRP, Solana and Cardano ETFs, perhaps needing until mid-October -Texas reintroduced a 2nd crypto reserve bill, with this one proposing up to $250M in buying of Bitcoin and crypto -Coinbase announced it will launch crypto trading in India -Fidelity filed for an ETH staking ETF, and Bitwise debuted a new ETF following 21 companies with the largest BTC treasury reserves -Cantor Fitzgerald announced it will utilize Anchorage Digital for its Bitcoin finance business, with $2B in initial financing anticipated -US users lost billions in crypto airdrops due to geoblocking police according to a report from Dragonfly In Memes -Memecoin leaders were also mostly green with DOGE +4%, Shiba +4%, PEPE +8%, TRUMP -1%, BONK +4% & WIF -1% -SAYLOR was the overnight runner on Solana, soaring 31,000% to $10M; PWEASE was another winner up 60% to $33M -DRB (from Grok) continues to lead action on Base, jumping another 30% to $34M 💰 Token, Airdrop & Protocol Tracker -Pudgy Penguins partnered with Shopify Pay and Helio to enable paying with PENGU on the official Pudgy store along with thousands of other Shopify stores -Wintermute created Wildcat v2 markets seeking $75M in public cred via USDc (12% APR), WETH (4%) and cbBTC (3.75%) -Kaito released a real-time data API to be used by other applications, already picked up by several apps -Mesh raised $82M in a Series B led by Paradigm to expand its stablecoin payments network globally 🤖 AI x Crypto -Overall market cap was up 2% to $4.04B, leaders were mixed -VIRTUAL (+2%), FARTCOIN (+7%), ai16z (-7%), ARC (-14%), ACT (-1%), and FAI (+5%) -DOGEAI (+29%) and VVV (+16%) were notable top movers -BNKR and FARTCOIN led mindshare 🚚 What is happening in NFTs? -ETH NFT leaders are mostly green; Punks even at 38.4 ETH, Pudgy +7% at 9.1, BAYC +3% at 12.8 ETH -Supreme Kong (+52%), My Pet Hooligan (+27%) and OCH Genesis Ring (+24%) led top movers -BTC NFT leaders were mixed following the Taproot Wizards announcement; -Bitcoin Puppets -1%, NodeMonkes -1%, OMB -7%, Quantum Cats -22%; Bitcoin Wizards rallied 48% leading top movers -Taproot Wizards announced their upcoming Ordinals mint, priced at 0.2 BTC with 2,121 supply -Abstract NFTs were very green with OCH Heroes (+23%) and OCH Gacha Tokens (+43%) leading the way -NBA Top Shot is offering a free pack claim and a shot at meeting Paul Pierce as a part of their NBA ID days, also offering other NBA perks like chances at daily ticket drops, dibs on new merch and special access at live NBA events