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Trump: No intention of firing Powell, Bessent expects tariff standoff with China to de-escalate, Dow snaps four-day string of losses, Bitcoin rises above $93,000, and Elon is taking a step back from DOGE...

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The Fast FiveTrump: No intention of firing Powell, Bessent expects tariff standoff with China to de-escalate, Dow snaps four-day string of losses, Bitcoin rises above $93,000, and Elon is taking a step back from DOGE…

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Calendar: (all times ET) - Full Calendar

  • Today:
    New home sales, 10:00A
    Fed Beige Book, 2:00P

  • Tomorrow:
    Initial jobless claims, 8:30A
    Durable-goods orders, 8:30A

Your 5-minute briefing for Wednesday, April 23:

BEFORE THE OPEN

As of market close 4/22/2025.

Pre-Market:

US Investor % Bullish Sentiment:
↓ 25.44% for Week of April 17 2025

Previous week: 28.52%. Updates every Friday.

Market Wrap:

  • Futures rally: Dow +611 pts (+1.6%), S&P +1.8%, Nasdaq +2%.

  • Trump says he won’t fire Powell, reversing Monday’s attacks.

  • Tuesday: Dow +1,000 pts, S&P/Nasdaq +2%+ on easing trade fears.

  • Treasury Sec hints at China de-escalation; 145%/125% tariffs still in place.

  • Gold up 8% in April as investors seek safety.

EARNINGS

Here’s what we’re watching this week:

INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITY | MODE MOBILE

This tech company grew 32,481%..

No, it's not Nvidia. It's Mode Mobile, 2023’s fastest-growing software company according to Deloitte.

Nasdaq ticker $MODE secured—invest at $0.26/share before their share price changes on 5/1.

*An intent to IPO is no guarantee that an actual IPO will occur. Please read the offering circular and related risks at invest.modemobile.com.
*The Deloitte rankings are based on submitted applications and public company database research.

HEADLINES

Trump said on Tuesday he has no plans to fire Fed Chair Jerome Powell, but said he wants interest rates to be lower.

The US Treasury secretary said negotiations haven’t started but that a deal is possible.

  • Dow jumps 1,000 points Tuesday to snap four-day string of losses (more)

  • IMF slashes global outlook as WH says trade talks pick up pace (more)

  • Oil prices settle up nearly 2% on new Iran sanctions (more)

  • Elon is taking a step back from DOGE after Tesla "blowback" (more)

    • Tesla salvages first-quarter profit margins as car sales skid (more)

  • Summers says Trump ‘attack’ on IRS risks $1 trillion revenue hit (more)

  • Auto groups lobby Trump admin against parts tariffs in rare unified message (more)

  • Capital One's first-quarter profit rises on higher interest income (more)

  • OpenAI would buy Google’s Chrome browser, ChatGPT chief says (more)

  • Meta could take $7B hit this year due to China tariffs (more)

  • Chobani to invest $1.2 billion in New NY factory (more)

  • Rite Aid prepares to sell itself in pieces for second bankruptcy (more)

  • Yale considers private equity stake sales amid funding turmoil (more)

DEALFLOW

M+A | Investments

  • Thoma Bravo nears acquisition of Boeing's Jeppesen unit

  • Macquarie sells US and European asset management units to Nomura

  • Tonic.ai, a platform for privacy-preserving data synthesis, acquired Fabricate, a synthetic data generation product built by Mockaroo

  • Earned Wealth, a tech-enabled financial services firm created for doctors, acquired Chahal & Associates, an accounting and tax firm

VC

  • Altruist, a modern custodian for RIAs, raised $152M in Series F funding

  • Luma Financial Technologies, a structured products and insurance solutions provider, raised $63M in Series C funding

  • Sentra, a cloud-native data security company, raised $50M in Series B funding

  • Field Medical, a PFA technology company, raised $40M in Series A funding

  • Reco, a dynamic SaaS security company, raised $25M in additional funding

  • UbiQD, a quantum dot tech company, raised $20M in Series B funding

  • Uniqus Consultech, a provider of tech-enabled consulting solutions, raised $20M in Series C funding

  • AuthMind, an identity protection company, raised $19.3M in seed funding

  • Irrigreen, a robotic irrigation systems company, raised $19M in Series A funding

  • GreenFi, a climate-friendly banking and investing brand, raised $17M in funding

  • Ascertain, a healthcare tech company empowering care teams with AI, raised $10M in Series A funding

  • Arch Labs, a core contributor to Arch Network, raised $13M in Series A funding

  • Tally, a software platform for on-chain organizations, raised $8M in Series A funding

  • Hopper, a cybersecurity startup, emerged from stealth with $7.6M in Seed funding

  • Adaptive, a startup enabling non-coders to create software that personalizes computing with AI, raised $7M in Seed funding

  • Sesh, a fan engagement platform connecting people with their favorite artists, raised $7M in funding

  • OnePlanet Solar Recycling, a materials recovery company, raised $7M in Seed funding

  • Trust & Will, a digital estate planning company, received a $4.5M investment from Curql

  • Recce, a provider of data-native code review tools for data transformation projects and AI systems, raised $4M in funding

  • Ocient, a data analytics software solutions company, raised an undisclosed amount in Series B extension funding

CRYPTO

  • Bitcoin rises 5% above $91,000 (more)

  • Peirce signals SEC ‘reorientation’ under new chair Paul Atkins (more)

  • Trump sons’ Bitcoin mining partners had run-ins with regulators (more)

BULLISH BITES

🚨 “I've seen what comes next for AI. And frankly… It terrifies me.” *
😎 Flash Boys emerge from shadows to reorder stock trading.
Crypto knocks on the door of a banking world that shut it out.
🏃🏻‍♂️ New PR? Humanoid robots in China competed in their first half-marathon.
👑 A chess set engineered by Rolls Royce.

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