Trump meets Bitcoin miners, Musk drops OpenAI lawsuit, what’s driving ETF flows?

In today’s news, Donald Trump reiterates his support for the Bitcoin mining industry after hosting a meeting with several executives from United States crypto mining firms. Meanwhile, Elon Musk has moved to withdraw his lawsuit against OpenAI and its CEO, Sam Altman — which accused the artificial intelligence firm of deviating from its original mission to develop AI to benefit humanity, not for profit. We’ll also unpack Raoul Pal’s claims that around two-thirds of the net inflows into spot Bitcoin BTC ETFs may be coming from arbitrage trading.

Further reading:

• Trump wants Bitcoin ‘made in the USA’ after hosting mining industry heads
• Elon Musk drops lawsuit against OpenAI CEO Sam Altman
• ‘Vast majority’ of ETF flows could be driven by arbitrage: Raoul Pal
• BODEN memecoins briefly spike after Hunter Biden guilty verdit
• Dormant Bitcoin wallet moves $536M after over 5-year hiatus

So, grab yourself a coffee, and let’s get into it!

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