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📰 Shattered Dreams: No Mention Of Crypto By Trump!
💎 Which AI Agents Are People Talking About?
💥 Best Alpha Posts of the Day
🐸 MEMEoirs of a Degen!
📢 Biggest Announcements
💭 Banter’s Take
GM Degens,
Well, Trump let crypto down yesterday and now things are crashing!
Does it matter?
Probably not, because the night—or week, I guess—is young!
Though not from Trump, there certainly was some crypto mentioned during yesterday's ceremonies.
Let's dive in!
🌍 Market Catch-Up
Top 100 coins Daily Performance - Banter Bubbles
Source: CoinMarketCap
📰 Question of the Day
Shattered Dreams: No Mention Of Crypto By Trump!
The inauguration of the 47th President of the United States of America came and went with President Donald Trump not making a single mention of crypto. We talked about the implications of this and how people would be disappointed. And that's exactly what happened as prices came tumbling down!
Yes, there were no crypto executive orders signed, including the Bitcoin strategic reserve one that everybody was expecting, though he did sign a significant amount of other executive orders for various different matters, which are probably more important than crypto, just as we assumed.
That's not to say that a Bitcoin strategic reserve executive order might not come today. There were hints of crypto here and there, like, for example, Elon Musk's mention that Ross Ulbricht, the Silk Road creator, might be pardoned by Trump.
Ross Ulbricht was arrested in 2013 by the FBI on charges including narcotics trafficking and money laundering. The Bitcoin seized from Ulbricht and Silk Road operations is the Bitcoin the market feared the U.S. would sell off—the Bitcoin we have mentioned multiple times. Donald Trump, during his campaign, pledged to commute Ulbricht's sentence, which is set at double life imprisonment plus 40 years.
As of now, there's no confirmed action on Trump's promise to pardon Ulbricht, but anticipation for a potential commutation remains high.
Then we had Elon Musk making his speech, saying they are taking DOGE to Mars. Although he is likely referencing the Department of Government Efficiency (D.O.G.E.), we all know he knows what Dogecoin (DOGE) supporters want to hear. Now, the D.O.G.E. website is up and running and guess what it has as a logo…
Though I suspect sarcasm from Fred below, many people actually believe what Fred is saying here.
But on the other hand, let's not forget that not everything can be taken literally and not everything can be done in one day, and that's where CZ’s post comes in.
One last thing that the market didn't like was the fact that MicroStrategy did not buy any Bitcoin during last week—something it’s been doing nearly every week. However, it is holding a meeting today to talk about increasing authorized shares to support its Bitcoin purchasing strategy, so maybe it will buy double this week?
We’ll find out later in the week!
But, overall, things still look healthy.
💎 Degens’ Den
Which AI Agents Are People Talking About?
Good Morning Crypto has partnered with LunarCrush!
Ok, so memes and AI agents are quite weak right now, according to our researchers. But are people still talking about them, and if so, which ones?
According to LunarCrush, yes. People are talking on social media about these ones. I selected the category of AI Agents and chose to only see ones in the top 500 by market cap. I then filtered the list by AltRank…
Source: LunarCrush
AltRank, designed by LunarCrush, evaluates both market and social data. This ranking system assesses an asset's price movement alongside its social activity indicators, offering a comprehensive view of its current standing in the crypto market.
When talking about social activity indicators, LunarCrush takes many things into account, like:
Engagements
Mentions
Sentiment
Social Dominance
It’s basically a way of getting an overview of what people are talking about. After all, many say crypto is an attention game. It’s a handy tool, and it can track so much more than crypto, so if you like social metrics, give it a spin.
🐸 MEMEoirs of a Degen!
📢 Biggest Announcements
Mark Cuban Considers Launching Meme Coin, Proceeds to Benefit US Treasury
YouTube Rival Rumble Begins Buying Bitcoin for Its Balance Sheet, Says CEO
World Liberty Financial Acquires $47 Million in Wrapped Bitcoin
💭 Banter’s Take
It's only the beginning of the week, and day two of Trump's supposed pro-crypto presidency. The best is probably yet to come. Let's not get ahead of ourselves!
See you all tomorrow!