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Nvidia may have a $300 price target, but apparently its biggest risk isn't another chipmaker. It's the person sitting in the CEO chair. 👀

Meanwhile, Anthropic is chasing a $1.5T valuation, a Hyperliquid referrer has collected nearly $5M, and Texas wants local governments to get into crypto.

Wall Street has entered another episode of financial reality TV. 🍿

1/ 🚨 Dan Ives: Nvidia could lose 25–30% of its value if Jensen Huang leaves

Dan Ives of Yorkville Ives reportedly warned that Nvidia's market value could fall 25–30% if Jensen Huang were removed as CEO.

📊 His assessment:

• 🎯 Estimated probability of Huang being removed: around 15%.

• ⏳ Nvidia's board investigation could take 4–6 weeks.

• 📉 Potential share-price pressure during the investigation.

• 🏦 Ives maintains an Outperform rating and a $300 price target, conditional on Huang remaining CEO.

Ives described Huang as Nvidia's core DNA and argued that the company has no obvious successor capable of taking over smoothly.

The report also references allegations involving Huang's personal relationship with someone alleged to be a Chinese spy. These claims should not be treated as established facts.

📌 Market watch: This is a key-person risk story. Nvidia's valuation may depend not only on its AI dominance, but also on confidence in its leadership.

Imagine a company worth trillions discovering that its most important chip is the CEO himself. 💀

2/ 📈 FedWatch signals a 100% chance of a December rate hike

Before the release of October US CPI, CME FedWatch showed:

📊 December meeting:

• 🛑 0% probability of rates remaining unchanged.

• 📈 98.9% probability of a 25 bps rate hike.

• 🔥 1.1% probability of a cumulative 50 bps hike.

📊 January meeting:

• 🛑 0% probability of no increase.

• 📈 64.9% probability of a cumulative 25 bps hike.

• 🔥 34.8% probability of a cumulative 50 bps hike.

These are market-implied probabilities from the cited snapshot, not a confirmed Fed decision.

📌 Market watch: The October CPI release could materially change rate expectations. Higher-for-longer monetary policy would remain a potential headwind for risk assets.

The market went from pricing rate cuts to pricing hikes. Someone changed the script. 📉

3/ 💰 Hyperliquid referrer collects nearly $5M

On-chain tracking by Onchain Lens identified an address that reportedly received approximately $4.955M in referral rewards through 81,741 referrals.

💵 Breakdown:

• 💵 USDC: approximately $4.94M.

• 🪙 USDe, USDT0 and USDH: approximately $14,150.

• 👥 Total referrals: 81,741.

The figures highlight the scale of referral incentives within Hyperliquid's ecosystem.

📌 Market watch: Referral rewards can drive user acquisition and trading activity, but the real question is how much of that activity translates into sustainable platform usage.

81,741 referrals. That's not networking anymore. That's running a small country. 💀

4/ ☀️ Jupiter executive: Solana could become the universal financial chain

Jupiter COO Kash Dhanda believes the future of finance will be built on a universal blockchain integrating liquidity rather than fragmented, specialized systems.

His argument: Solana is currently the only chain capable of delivering that vision.

🔍 The thesis centers on combining liquidity and financial applications within one integrated ecosystem.

📌 Market watch: This is a bullish ecosystem thesis, not an established market outcome. Solana's ability to attract liquidity, users and developers will determine whether it can deliver on that ambition.

Every chain wants to be the financial operating system. Solana just applied for the CEO position. 🍌

5/ ⚠️ LBank accused of restricting approximately $1M in USDT withdrawals

A South Korean trader, @solyfw34, accused LBank of restricting account trading and withdrawals after the trader reportedly made profits from futures trading.

🚨 The trader claims:

• Manual position closures became unavailable.

• Some positions were eventually liquidated.

• Approximately $1M in USDT remains restricted.

• The exchange allegedly failed to provide specific evidence of abnormal transactions.

🏦 LBank's response:

The exchange said the restriction was related to suspected violations of internal rules, not simply because the user made a profit.

LBank says the user's investment principal has been fully withdrawn and the remaining restricted funds are linked to abnormal transactions.

The exchange has reportedly hired a South Korean law firm and is considering legal action over statements it considers false or defamatory.

🔍 Blockchain investigator ZachXBT also criticized the exchange.

📌 Market watch: This remains a disputed account. The key issues are evidence, withdrawal transparency and the exchange's handling of customer funds.

Your PnL is green, but your withdrawal button is red. That's a different kind of liquidation. 💀

6/ 🤖 Anthropic IPO valuation target reportedly rises to $1.5T

Anthropic's IPO ambitions are getting even bigger.

Investment banks are reportedly preparing to raise the company's potential IPO valuation target to $1.5T or higher.

📊 According to the report:

• 💵 Updated S-1 proposes a $70–$78 share-price range.

• 🏛️ Proposed Nasdaq ticker: ANT.

• 📈 Previous fully diluted valuation estimates reportedly reached approximately $1.4T.

• 🤝 Anthropic also has a reported $26B private-placement arrangement involving strategic investors, including Google, Nvidia and AMD.

The $1.5T figure is a reported target under consideration, not a confirmed IPO valuation.

📌 Market watch: The proposed pricing and eventual investor demand will show whether public markets are willing to pay a premium for AI growth at this scale.

At this rate, the AI IPO might need its own stock exchange. 🤖

7/ 🏛️ Texas bill proposes up to $10M in public crypto investment

Texas state representative Ron Reynolds has reportedly introduced HB 815, proposing that cities and counties be allowed to invest public funds in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

📜 The proposal would:

• 💰 Allow local governments to invest up to $10M.

• ₿ Cover Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies.

• 🏙️ Apply to funds held or controlled by cities and counties.

• 📅 Take effect on September 1, 2027, if enacted.

This is a legislative proposal, not an authorization already in force.

📌 Market watch: If passed, the bill could expand institutional and public-sector crypto exposure beyond state-level initiatives.

Imagine your city council discussing Bitcoin allocations instead of just fixing potholes. 🏛️

👀 My Market Watchlist

• 🟢 NVDA: Board investigation, Jensen Huang's position and key-person risk.

• 🏦 Fed: October CPI and changing December rate expectations.

• 🤖 ANT: IPO pricing and the reported $1.5T valuation target.

• 💰 HYPE: Referral economics and ecosystem activity.

• ⚠️ LBank: Whether the withdrawal dispute produces verifiable evidence.

• ₿ BTC: Texas HB 815 and the expansion of public-sector crypto adoption.

🧠 Bigger Picture

Three narratives are colliding:

• 🤖 AI valuations are pushing toward extraordinary levels.

• 🏦 Monetary policy expectations are turning increasingly hawkish.

• ₿ Crypto is moving deeper into institutional and public-sector discussions.

But the market still has to separate ambitious projections from actual execution.

Which story carries the biggest market risk today: Jensen Huang's leadership uncertainty, the Fed's rate outlook, or Anthropic's trillion-dollar IPO ambitions? 👀

DYOR. Not financial advice.

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