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Big Tech Earnings, DeFi United and Pump Fun’s Token Burn
Jason YanowitzSantiago Roel Santos
Crypto trading is contracting even as stablecoins dominate earnings calls, with Robinhood volumes down 40% and Hyperliquid perp volume down 30%.Yano’s deal flow shows fintechs quietly moving infrastructure to stablecoins, while Visa’s related card volume rose 200% YoY across 160 programs.Value capture remains contested: Santi says Tempo has little flow, and Pump Fun’s $370M burn failed to lift its token.
Hivemind: State of The Market, Saylor’s End Game & AI Growth in China
Hormuz could take “easily 10%” of oil supply offline, while inelastic demand may underprice second-order Iran-conflict damage.STRC makes Saylor’s capital-stack end game central: its dividend may disappear before Strategy sells Bitcoin, while yield estimates are 14.5% and 25%.China’s hardware edge contrasts with Zhipu and MiniMax at $40–50B on under $100M revenue each; regulation and capital gatekeeping limit upside.