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Market News Summary - Tuesday, May 12th
* WTI crude oil dropped below $100. Bitcoin (BTC) surged to $82,000, then retreated to $80,000.
* The U.S. sanctioned 12 companies and individuals for facilitating Iran's oil sales to China, ahead of a planned meeting between President Trump and Chairman Xi.
* Tonight at 7:30 PM ET, the U.S. will release April CPI inflation data:
* CPI Y/Y (Forecast = 3.7%, Previous = 3.3%)
* Core CPI Y/Y (Forecast = 2.6%, Previous = 2.6%)
Bitcoin Timing: Key trading timeline to watch this week.
Spot ETF data for May 11th:
* BTC recorded a net inflow of +$34.6M. BlackRock data is not yet available.
* ETH saw a net outflow of -$17.9M. BlackRock data is not yet available.
* SOL had a net inflow of +$26.6M, and XRP saw a net inflow of +$6M.
* The Senate approved a crucial procedural step regarding Kevin Warsh's nomination for Fed Chair.
* The Ethereum Foundation has completed testing of the main component of the Glamsterdam upgrade. Two key figures, Tim Beiko and Barnab, are reportedly departing.
* 21Shares launched the HYPE spot ETF today and plans to stake a portion of its assets if legal conditions permit.
* A U.S. court has authorized Arbitrum to transfer $71M in frozen ETH as compensation to Aave.
* Ronin will migrate to an Ethereum Layer 2 on OP Stack tomorrow, May 12th, which is expected to reduce $RON inflation from 20% to below 1%.
Institutional Activity:
* Strategy acquired 535 BTC ($43M), bringing its total holdings to 818,869 BTC (~$66.3B).
* Bitmine accumulated an additional 26,790 ETH (~$61M), increasing its total holdings to over 5.2 million ETH (~$12B).
* Galaxy and Sharplink established a $125M fund, leveraging ETH to invest in DeFi for on-chain returns.