Bitcoin slides to its lowest level since early December, dropping 5.2% to $84,649.43 📉

Mamdani warns NYC faces an unexpected $10 B budget gap. He’s urging state lawmakers to raise taxes on high‑income earners and corporations to plug the shortfall. (WSJ)

🚨 Bloomberg reports China has green‑lit a purchase of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips, signaling a major boost for its domestic AI push. The deal underscores growing demand for high‑end GPUs despite export controls

🚨 Bessent confirms the U.S. is not intervening in the currency market to prop up the Japanese yen.