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Chung Daily Note - 2026/5/12

Twitter: @cchungccc

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Chung Daily Note curates key news and insights to save you time while also serving as a record of my research and analysis

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Recap

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Chung l 仲@cchungccc

Chung Daily Note - 2026/5/11 Happy Monday! Some highlights from today's note 🔸Strategy bought 535 BTC for ~$43M at ~$80.3K per BTC 🔸BitMine bought another 26,659 ETH, bringing total holdings to 5.2M ETH Read More Below 👇 --- 📰 News • Strategy bought 535 BTC for ~$43M

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2:00 AM · May 12, 2026 · 141 Views


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📰 News

•US April CPI and Core CPI both came in above expectations

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*Walter Bloomberg@DeItaone

*US APRIL CONSUMER PRICES RISE 0.6% M/M; EST. +0.6% *US APRIL CONSUMER PRICES RISE 3.8% Y/Y; EST. +3.7% *US APRIL CORE CPI RISES 0.4% M/M; EST. +0.3% *US APRIL CORE CPI RISES 2.8% Y/Y; EST. +2.7%

8:30 PM · May 12, 2026 · 9.11萬 Views


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•US Senate Banking Committee unveils draft crypto Clarity Act bill

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Watcher.Guru@WatcherGuru

JUST IN: US Senate Banking Committee releases crypto Clarity Act draft bill.

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12:27 PM · May 12, 2026 · 57.5萬 Views


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•Crypto Wallet Exodus sold 1,076 BTC

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Coin Bureau@coinbureau

🚨CRYPTO WALLET EXODUS SOLD 1076 BITCOIN Crypto wallet firm Exodus sold 1,076 $BTC in Q1 to help fund its W3C payments acquisition, moving about $70 million into U.S. dollar reserves. The company sold $73.2 million in crypto, lifting cash, cash equivalents, and stablecoins

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8:00 PM · May 12, 2026 · 7680 Views


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•Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City launches fast-track licensing for regulated crypto firms

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The Block@TheBlockCo

Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City launches fast-track licensing for regulated crypto firms

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Bhutan's Gelephu Mindfulness City launches fast-track licensing for regulated crypto firms

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6:36 PM · May 12, 2026 · 2860 Views


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•Trump family made roughly $1.55B from World Liberty Financial token sales

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Bloomberg@business

Trump family members made roughly $1.55 billion from sales of World Liberty Financial tokens, lifting their total fortune by about $660 million

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Quiet Token Sales Boosted Trump Crypto Wealth by $660 Million

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6:24 PM · May 12, 2026 · 1.15萬 Views


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Good Reads

•@arjunkhemani - What Unifies the Enemies of Civilization?

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Arjun Khemani@arjunkhemani

https://t.co/ZlvcOTLUx4

4:34 PM · May 11, 2026 · 5萬 Views


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•@TheOneandOmsy - Is the Circle x Coinbase Relationship Starting to Fall Apart?

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Omar@TheOneandOmsy

How long until the Circle / Coinbase marriage gets messy? > historically $CRCL = issuer of USDC and $COIN = distributor. Coin pushes USDC, and in exchange gets half the economics w/ some adjustments > but w/ Circle now a pubco, it’s been forced into pitching a much broader

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zoomer @zoomerfied

[ ZOOMER ] CIRCLE RAISES $222 MILLION FROM BLACKROCK, APOLLO AND OTHERS IN ARC TOKEN PRESALE VALUED AT $3 BILLION: CNBC

9:41 PM · May 11, 2026 · 5.2萬 Views


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New Protocols

•@EquiumEQM

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Equium@EquiumEQM

$EQM can be seen as an evolution of Solana tokens. Our network hash rate costs real hardware & electricity expense to operate. Therefore the token is backed by what users pay to mine it. Similar to bitcoin, the electrical and hardware expense is similar to market value.

9:42 PM · May 12, 2026 · 1540 Views


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•@bloomv4_

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BLOOM@bloomv4_

The first financial mania was not born from coins, stocks, or JPEGs. It was born from flowers. 🌷bloomv4.org

2:41 AM · May 12, 2026 · 1.65萬 Views


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💰 Crypto Fundraising

•@USBD_Stablecoin (CeFi) - 2m Pre-Seed led by @galaxyhq

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Galaxy@galaxyhq

Galaxy Ventures led @USBD_Stablecoin $2M pre-seed. Stablecoins are one of the most proven and transformative innovations in crypto, with a >$300B market reshaping global payments, treasury management, and financial infrastructure. The next frontier: making that infrastructure

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Boundary @USBD_Stablecoin

We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve raised $2M in pre-seed funding led by @galaxyhq to build the natively verifiable stablecoin, USBD. Check out the exclusive story in The Block: https://t.co/m25S4xjUdv 🌐 https://t.co/akZRnowEOk #Stablecoins #DeFi #Galaxy #USBD

1:21 AM · May 12, 2026 · 4370 Views


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💵 Airdrops

•@citrea_xyz airdrop airdrop registration

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Citrea | Mainnet Live 🍋@citrea_xyz

1/4 The CTR Genesis Airdrop Opens for Registration Check eligibility at citrea.xyz/airdrop Airdrop registration closes on May 17, 2026, at 2:00 PM UTC 🧵

10:03 PM · May 11, 2026 · 32.4萬 Views


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📺 Videos & Podcasts

•@naval - Sell the Truth

•@a16z - Marc Andreessen on AI Psychosis, Productivity, and The Future of Work

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