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🚗 Musk’s $30B payday
$TSLA ( ▲ 1.39% ) board approved Elon Musk’s $30B stock award, reaffirming his performance-based pay plan despite legal battles. Investors see it as a sign of confidence in his leadership.

💻 Figma’s IPO pops
$FIG ( ▼ 4.11% ) soared in its market debut, showing strong demand for design software and renewed investor appetite for tech IPOs.

🏗 Caterpillar slows down
$CAT ( ▲ 1.19% ) posted weaker profits as construction and mining demand cooled, raising concerns over global infrastructure spending.

🍏 Apple bets $100B on US
$AAPL ( ▼ 0.3% ) will invest $100B in domestic manufacturing, focusing on chips and assembly plants to boost supply chain resilience.

🤖 ChatGPT 5 lands as OpenAI’s smartest, most seamless model yet
$GPT-5 ( — ) debuted this week, positioned as the “smartest, fastest, and most useful model yet” by OpenAI. It replaces all prior versions—like GPT-4o and GPT-4.5—and is rolling out to Free, Plus, Pro, Team, and soon Enterprise/Edu users. Free users may face usage caps and may default to a “mini” version when limits are reached.

🚀 Ethereum breaks $4K as ETFs pour in
$ETH ( — ) surged past $4,100, fueled by major inflows into U.S. spot Ethereum ETFs—$326 million added this week, bringing total inflows to $9.8 billion over two weeks.

📊 Crypto market cap tops $4 trillion
The entire crypto market closed the week above $4 trillion, with Ethereum and LINK leading gains across the board.

⚖ Trump signs pro-crypto 401(k) executive order
A new executive order allows U.S. investors to include cryptocurrency in 401(k) retirement plans—potentially unlocking $9 trillion in long-term capital.

🏦 BoE trims to 4% amid tensions
$UK_RATE ( — ) The Bank of England cut its key interest rate to 4%, marking its fifth cut since August 2024 after a razor-thin 5–4 MPC vote that required two rounds. Officials remain split, raising concerns about persistent inflation and sluggish growth.

🇪🇺 ECB holds steady — one cut expected
The European Central Bank left its key rates unchanged, holding steady at around 2%. With inflation stabilizing near target, markets expect only one more rate cut by year-end.

🇺🇸 Fed watchers see cuts ahead
Federal Reserve officials, including Michelle Bowman, are pushing for multiple rate cuts this year, pointing to weakening labor market data. Markets are now pricing in a high probability of a cut by September.

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