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📊 Market Price Reactions & Macro Impacts

📉 Bitcoin volatility and market sentiment
• Bitcoin recently bounced modestly after a significant slump, pushed in part by heavy institutional maneuvers — Strategy (MSTR)’s large bitcoin purchases and financing pressures are influencing sentiment. 
• Analysts now see softer 2026 price forecasts for Bitcoin, down from earlier optimistic estimates, reflecting weaker buying momentum and macro headwinds. 

📈 Crypto rebound after U.S. inflation data
• Major cryptos — Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP — showed a rebound following U.S. CPI data that came in lower than expected. But analysts caution that this bounce is volatile and not yet a clear bullish signal. 

🌍 Global monetary policy effect
• Bitcoin and the wider crypto market are reacting to the Bank of Japan’s rate hike, which has shifted investor risk appetite across asset classes including digital assets. 

🛠 Industry & Regulatory Developments

💱 New stablecoin launches
• SoFi launched its own fully backed stablecoin (SoFiUSD), aimed at broader financial use cases — this has boosted confidence in regulated stablecoin infrastructure. 

🇬🇧 UK crypto regulatory proposals
• The UK outlined a comprehensive crypto regulatory framework to treat digital assets like traditional financial instruments — clarity that may attract institutional capital but also introduces compliance pressures. 

💳 Stablecoin settlement adoption
• Visa’s stablecoin settlement initiative for U.S. banks (using USDC) is progressing, potentially increasing real-world stablecoin usage and influencing cross-asset price correlations.