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Morgan Stanley has officially entered the spot crypto ETF race, launching funds tied to Ethereum and Solana following its Bitcoin ETF debut back in April. The move signals that institutional distribution of digital assets is no longer a fringe conversation — it's a product line, and that carries real weight for broader crypto adoption.
Shifting to the macro backdrop, Trump's economic approval has dropped to just thirty-two percent according to a new AP-NORC poll, with even Republican voters expressing sticker shock at the grocery store. That kind of erosion in the base on pocketbook issues is the sort of number that shapes Fed expectations, consumer sentiment readings, and ultimately earnings guidance from retail and staples names.
And in a story that sits squarely at the intersection of media, politics, and monetization, Trump Media has launched Truth API, selling early access to posts from prominent Truth Social users — including the president himself — with Reuters reporting the price tag was considered at one hundred thousand dollars per month. Whether that's a revenue story or a market-moving information-access story depends entirely on who's buying.
That's the tape. Markets Desk, signing off the floor.
