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The Morning Minute (2.12) ⏰Top News: -Crypto majors dip ahead of CPI, Bitcoin at $96,000 -Trump WLFI project debuts ‘Macro Strategy’ -Trump selects a16z Crypto’s Head of Policy for CTFC chair -Uniswap debuts Unichain as stand alone L2 for DeFi -Powell confirms the US has no plans for a digital dollar 🌎 Macro Crypto and Memes -Crypto majors are red this morning ahead of CPI; BTC -2% at $96,300, ETH -2% at $2,640, SOL -2% at $198 -Trump selected the current Head of Policy at a16z Crypto, Brian Quintenz, as head of the CFTC -SEC Commissioner Hester Pierce said that memecoins will likely not be under SEC purview and likely would be under the CFTC on Tuesday -Jerome Powell confirmed that the US has no plans for a digital dollar -Trump’s WLF announced a new Macro Strategy for a token reserve featuring Bitcoin, Ethereum and other tokens along with RWAs in partnership with TradFi -WLF also announced a strategic partnership with Ondo Finance to promote real world asset (RWA) adoption -Japanese mobile game developer Gumi shared plans to acquire $6.5M in Bitcoin, while publicly traded KULR added another 100 Bitcoin for $10M In Memes -Memecoin leaders were mostly red with DOGE -2%, Shiba +1%, PEPE -5%, TRUMP -3%, BONK -4% & PENGU -5% -Jason Calacanis asked the SEC to ban memecoins -Dave Portnoy’s JAILSTOOL led volume jumping 115% on the day to $75M -DUO the Duolingo Owl was the runner of the night, reaching $12M on $95M volume 💰 Token, Airdrop & Protocol Tracker -MoonPay revealed that it borrowed $160M in funds to finance the launch of the TRUMP coin opening weekend -Uniswap launched its Eth L2 Unichain on Tuesday aimed at making “DeFi faster, cheaper, more decentralized” -Tether led a strategic investment in Zengo Wallet, a stablecoin-focused self-custody wallet -Phantom flipped Ethereum in 7-day revenue -Wasabi opened up Magic Eden ME token staking pools with variable APRs along with up to 6x levered trading -a16z announced a $15M seed round investment in Legend to “simplify DeFi and help bring the next 100M users onchain” 🤖 AI x Crypto -Overall market cap is down 9% to $7.1B, with most leaders down 5-15% -Leaders are mostly red, ARC leads: VIRTUAL (-2%), FARTCOIN (-12%), ai16z (-15%), ARC (+1%), FAI (-5%), and AIXBT (-12%) -ai16z had the most new capital inflows from smart money over the past week with $9563k -Virtual claimed top mindshare spot after its move to Solana; ai16z and KWEEN biggest gainers -Virtuals officially went live on Solana, with its agents live for buying, trading and creation on SOL -Parallel’s Wayfinder announced that it’s adding Avatar Badges to reward holders of Parallel Avatars, with a single snapshot applying scores and modifiers 📰NFT Headlines: -ETH NFT leaders were mixed on the day; Punks +1% at 37 ETH, Pudgy -4% at 10.2, BAYC +2% at 13.8 ETH, Azuki +3% at 3.1 ETH; Kaito +10% at 8.3 ETH -Parallel Avatars (+69%) and LinksDAO (+60%) top movers -BTC NFT leaders were red; Bitcoin Puppets -8%, NodeMonkes -2%, OMB -9%, Quantum Cats -3% -The Runes leaders were mixed; DOG -6% at $290M mc, PUPS -15% at $32M, BDC -10% at $18M -Sam Spratt released a trailer for his upcoming Masquerade which showed glimpses of the 1/1 piece to be released alongside -LinksDAO announced its plans to buy its first Gold Course -Azuki’s Animecoin announced a partnership with Parrot Analytics to publish a monthly top-40 chart for Anime