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🤖AI Takeover 🤖🧨Tariff Tensions = BTC📉 🏦BlackRock Leads the Bitcoin ETF Battle 🥇 🕷️Sui Network Hit by $200M ‘Oracle Exploit’ ⚠️ 🏛️JPMorgan & BofA Eye Stablecoin Entry 💸
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🎙️ Blockchain DXB Podcast | May 26, 2025
📢 AI Takeover Series | Powered by Notebook LM by Google
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Welcome to another powerful episode in the Blockchain DXB AI Takeover Series, where we dive into the latest developments shaping the world of crypto, blockchain, and AI. This episode is 100% AI-generated using Notebook LM by Google.
On May 23, 2025, President Donald Trump announced aggressive new tariffs:
50% on all EU goods
25% on iPhones manufactured abroad
This unexpected escalation in trade tensions sent ripples through global financial markets, sparking increased investor anxiety.
🟡 Bitcoin (BTC) reacted sharply, dropping to $107,000, as the world braces for potential economic instability.
The institutional race heats up! On May 23, BlackRock’s IBIT Bitcoin ETF:
Became the most traded ETF in the U.S.
Recorded a record daily inflow of $877M
Now holds $45B in total assets
Achieved $5.2B in trading volume, its second-highest ever
Bloomberg’s Eric Balchunas dubbed the moment a "classic feeding frenzy" as institutional interest surges.
On May 22, Cetus Protocol—Sui’s largest DEX—was hit by a $223M exploit:
Attackers used spoof tokens to manipulate oracle prices and drain liquidity pools.
Meme tokens like Lofi, Sudeng, and Squirtle dropped by up to 97%.
46 Sui tokens posted double-digit losses.
Key numbers:
$164M still held by the attacker on Sui
$61.5M USDC bridged to Ethereum
🚨 Cetus has paused contracts, fixed the vulnerability, and proposed an on-chain vote to return frozen funds.
🟢 Surprisingly, SUI token rose 2.2%, now trading around $3.53.
The Wall Street Journal reported that major U.S. banks, including JPMorgan Chase and Bank of America, may explore launching a joint stablecoin via consortium-backed entities like:
The Clearing House
Early Warning® Services
Could this be genuine? Or is it just another round of speculative hype? As always, approach with caution.
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Two major announcements from the UAE:
💡 Tarjama (Dubai) raises $15 million to scale its Arabic.AI solutions.
🚀 G42 (Abu Dhabi) partners with OpenAI, Oracle, and NVIDIA to launch the Stargate UAE initiative—part of a new Global Tech Alliance.
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