BULLISH: TRUMP DROPS BOMBSHELL ON BTC “I got into Bitcoin before my second term inspired by my kids, it’s a big win for America. If we didn’t have Bitcoin, China would have taken it. Not on my watch.” Why this matters: • Recent President publicly endorses BTC • Positions Bitcoin as geopolitical asset vs China • Sparks institutional & retail FOMO Bottom line: Trump isn’t just talking. He frames Bitcoin as a national priority and the market is listening.

Bullish joins the crypto-rails oil market as a much-needed regulated entrant amid the Strait of Hormuz disruption, now in its 11th week. CoinDesk Research’s April 21, 2026 "Oil, ETFs, and the TradFi Perp Land Grab" reported $42.5B in crypto-rails oil derivatives volume during the prior three weeks and described the primary use case as "institutional hedging against oil price disruption and macro uncertainty." But regulated institutions typically cannot trade on permissionless DEXs and unregulated USDT-margined contracts – both fall outside standard institutional risk frameworks. Meanwhile, news impacting oil prices keeps breaking around the clock: during the April 17-19 weekend, WTI fell approximately 10% inside the 49-hour CME-closed window (Binance CLUSDT via CoinDesk Data). On May 6, Bullish launched its WTI perpetual — CMWTI-USDC-PERP — to address the market gap: → 24/7 continuous trading — never closes when Hormuz news breaks  → WTI front-month exposure — the benchmark index widely tracked by institutional oil market participants → Capital efficiency with portfolio margin, no haircut on the first $1B of USD and most stablecoins, plus 1.5 bps maker rebates. →  Regulated by GFSC (Gibraltar). The largest sustained oil shock on record doesn't observe after-hours or weekends. CMWTI is built for that reality, where regulatory alignment, 24/7 access, and front-month exposure converge. (Disclaimer: Derivatives products are offered exclusively by Bullish (GI) Limited, regulated by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission. These products are not available to residents of or persons located in Hong Kong, the European Union, or the United States. Institutional clients onboarded with Bullish GI can access derivatives globally.)

BULLISH 🚀 $280,000,000,000 has been added to the US stock market in just 10 minutes since the open. Markets are aggressively pricing in a major US-China trade breakthrough.

Bullish agrees to acquire Equiniti for $4.2B to build a tokenized securities platform, GameStop makes a $55.5B bid for eBay, and BitMine Immersion Technologies ramps up ETH holdings. Jenn Sanasie has what you need to know.

Bullish on @arcthecommunity, bullish on @icunucmi. Everytime we got on call Elroy would throw me 30 mins of intense roadmap and vision of ARC. Bro is doing sth non-existent in the space. Arguably there's no successful community-driven DAO that I am seeing in the market. Community-driven DAO is different from an investment DAO. There's no loyalty towards an investment DAO, only loyalty towards the track record. If one or two deals f up, members will sell the DAO tokens / NFTs and move to others. Something like ARC is different, (touchwood) if one or two deals f up, I really dgaf. Why? Elroy and the team been talking to members, like 600 of them, as friends, and creating values non-stop. Bullish, max bidding on ARC.

As bullish as I am on @Solana's infrastructure roadmap, the point from @mdudas and @kdotcrypto is important: validator sidecars may be a novel way to preserve decentralization while giving apps dedicated execution environments. Validators earn fees directly (12.5% through @bulktrade) users retain composability with Solana, e.g. using existing Kamino positions as collateral, and apps can optimize for the exact market structure they need. If competing for these application TAMs ultimately requires a dedicated environment, isn't this the best of both worlds? @tushar_jain