2026/5/17 📈 Today's Newsletter 📰 News • Jerome Powell steps down after 8 years as Fed Chair • Trump’s latest disclosure shows Q1 purchases of Coinbase, Strategy, and MARA • Italy’s biggest bank doubled its crypto exposure to $235M • Japan’s SBI and Rakuten are preparing crypto investment trusts for BTC and ETH exposure • CME Group to launch Nasdaq CME Crypto Index futures on June 8 • Harvard Endowment exits Ethereum ETF, cuts IBIT stake by 43% • Michael Saylor hints at another Bitcoin buy • Aave updates rsETH recovery plan and restores WETH LTVs to pre-incident levels • TradeXYZ buys the $SPCX HIP-3 ticker for 500 HYPE ahead of a likely SpaceX pre-IPO perp launch 👍 Good Reads • @Crypto_Pranjal - From Zero to Polymarket: Beginner’s A-Z Guide • @blocmates - Next-Gen Neobanks To Keep an Eye On 🔔 New Protocols • @collectdotrip • @QFEX 💰 Crypto Fundraising • @the_nof1 (AI) - 15m led by @Karatage_ @officialSUIG • @OriginLabAI (AI) - 8m Seed led by @lightspeedvp • @turnkeyhq (Infrastructure) - 12.5m Strategic • @fasset (Payments) - 51m Series B 💵 Airdrops • @solsticefi announces its TGE for May 21 🖥 Videos & Podcasts • @Bankless - Clarity Passes, Stocks Rip, & Wall Street Piles Into Ethereum • @thebellcurvepod - Circle’s Arc: Bull & Bear Cases | Roundup — If you’d like to support me, your likes, comments, and shares on Twitter, Binance Square are greatly appreciated! Thank you❤️