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The market puked over the weekend with many fearing more uncertainty this week. Brace for a volatile week as we have tariff announcements on the 2nd, unemployment data on the 4th, and inflation data on the 10th. Good luck!

In Today's Email:

• What Matters: FTX $11.4B Repayment 💰️ 

• Product: Japan FSA on Crypto 👀 

• Charts: BTC Dominance 58%, PumpSwap $10B Volume 📈 

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WHAT MATTERS

FTX to Begin $11.4B Creditor Payouts

State of play: FTX, the defunct CEX from 2022, has gathered $11.4B in cash to repay creditors.

• Payments will begin on May 30th.

• It will start with major creditors, which include institutional investors and firms that held crypto on FTX.

• Smaller creditors with less than $50,000 have already begun receiving distribution.

What’s next: With this, we may finally close the chapter on FTX and SBF.

For builders and investors: Understand that the number one rule is to never touch your customers’ assets; comingling and sisterly relationships between companies are an absolute no-no.

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PRODUCT OF THE WEEK

Japan Mulls Classifying Crypto Product

Japan’s financial regulator considers reclassifying crypto assets as financial products by 2026.

• The proposal is a part of new regulations on crypto insider trading.

• The FSA aims to propose amendments as early as 2026.

• With the rule change, the FSA plans to tighten its grip on local crypto service providers.

Other cool products:

• URnetwork, a crypto VPN.

• Paymento, a crypto payments software.

• FolioFm, a DEX creator to turn address to into a frontend.

• subsdotfun, a Solana app to trade tokenized subforums.

• takesdotfun, an app to share takes and earn trading fees.

CHARTS OF THE WEEK

Bitcoin Dominance Hits 58%

State of play: Bitcoin dominance hits 58% as altcoin remains… well, dead.

• BTC dominance has steadily increased despite expectations of a potential alt season.

• In the past 18 months, a period where alt seasons outperformed Bitcoin didn’t really happen, except for a few select verticals.

• Factors such as spot ETFs and corporate accumulation helped BTC cement itself as a true global asset.

Our take: It’s clear that in our space there’s BTC, and there’s everything else.

PumpSwap DEX Cross $10B Volume

State of play: PumpSwap, the new DEX by the biggest winner of our current cycle, PumpFun, has accumulated $10B in volume in its first 10 days of launch.

• Before this launch, all graduated tokens went to Raydium instead, benefitting the DEX instead of PumpFun’s own entity.

• Rumor of this move to an internal DEX has caused Raydium to launch its own version of PumpFun.

• As of Saturday, PumpSwap processed 14.5% of leading Solana DEXs, with Raydium claiming the largest market share at 47.5%.

Our Take: Protocols will vertical integrate and make decisions based on business considerations, not ideologies.

QUICK BITES

• FTX to begin major repayments on May 30th.

• Galaxy reaches $200M settlement with NYAG.

• Kalshi sues Nevada, New Jersey gaming boards.

• Grayscale files for spot Avalanche ETF on Nasdaq.

• Elon said the US Govt has no plans to use Dogecoin.

• Terraform Labs to open claims portal on March 31st.

• Japan mulls classifying crypto as a financial product.

• BTC Miner Mara starts $2B stock sale plan to buy BTC.

• Crypto trading volume has plunged 70% from the peak.

• Coinbase users reportedly scammed out of $34M in BTC.

• Bitcoin dominance hits 58% as alt season remains elusive.

• Trump pardons BitmEX co-founders, including Arthur Hayes.

• Pumpswap crosses $10B in cumulative volume 10 days after launch.

• FDIC will allow financial institutions to engage without getting a sign-off.

• Uniswap’s app store rank dropped as user activity and volume declined.

• SEC dismisses enforcement against Kraken, Consensys, and Cumberland.

NOTEWORTHY READS & MEME

• Kydo’s read on the hidden economics of L2s.

• Page One’s read on DAOs as regulatory arbitrage entities.

• Shawn’s read on stablecoins and the parallels with money market funds.

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