🎙️ TECH EARNINGS FLUSH $440M IN CRYPTO LONGS, VISA IN $2.5B FIREBLOCKS TALKS, HSBC ROLLS OUT RETAIL REDCOIN

A violent tech-sector earnings rout spills over into digital asset markets, triggering $440.9M in crypto liquidations as Bitcoin battles to defend the critical $80,000 institutional cost-basis floor. In this episode of Haia Talks, we break down why crypto is absorbing equity AI CapEx shocks, reports of Visa in late-stage negotiations to acquire Fireblocks for $2.5B amidst back-to-back custodial takeovers, HSBC launching retail HKD stablecoin RedCoin across 100,000 merchants, SoFi introducing an FDIC-insured 4.4% tokenized bank deposit that bypasses the GENIUS Act yield ban, JPMorgan declaring the CLARITY Act dead for 2026, and Starknet voting 93.5% to research an independent post-quantum L1 migration away from Ethereum. Episode Highlights: Tech Sell-Off Triggers $440M Crypto Deleveraging: Meta and semiconductor earnings guidance crush Nasdaq by 2.6%, forcing $397M in long liquidations while Bitcoin tests the $80,000 spot ETF demand shelf. Visa Pursues $2.5B Fireblocks Mega-Deal: Payment giant targets institutional custody and MPC provider at a 70% multiple compression, mirroring Standard Chartered’s buyout of Zodia Custody. HSBC Activates Regulated Retail Stablecoin RedCoin: Hong Kong dollar-pegged RCHKD deploys across 100,000 commercial merchant terminals via the consumer PayMe application. SoFi Launches 4.4% APY FDIC-Insured Tokenized Deposit: SoFi Earn (SOFIE) enables 24/7 instant conversion into stablecoins, executing a structural regulatory arbitrage around federal stablecoin interest bans. Starknet Votes 93.5% to Research Ethereum L2 Exit: Community backs exploration of a sovereign post-quantum Layer-1 architecture, citing concerns over Ethereum's 2029 quantum migration timeline. #HaiaTalks #CryptoMacro #Bitcoin81K #TechSelloff #NasdaqDrop #Liquidations #CoinGlass #Visa #Fireblocks #StandardChartered #ZodiaCustody #CustodyConsolidation #HSBC #RedCoin #HongKongCrypto #HKMA #SoFi #TokenizedDeposits #FDIC #CLARITYAct #JPMorgan #Starknet #PostQuantum #EthereumL2 #Uniswap 🔗 Analytics and reports at https://haia.finance 🎧 Subscribe for daily market intelligence briefings. This episode was generated by AI. Send us Fan Mail