Bitcoin Finally Pays Off? Coinbase’s Yield Fund Goes Live

Crypto’s sleeping giant wakes up—with interest. Coinbase rolls out its yield-bearing Bitcoin product, just as institutional FOMO hits fever pitch.

Wall Street’s latest flavor of hopium: earning passive income on your BTC stash. Because hodling wasn’t stressful enough already.

The catch? You’ll trust a CEX with your keys—what could possibly go wrong? Meanwhile, DeFi purists scoff from their non-custodial yield farms.

Bonus finance jab: TradFi banks scrambling to offer ’digital asset solutions’ now look like grandparents trying to use Venmo.

Tech earnings spark fears amid macro uncertainty

The general sentiment in the markets is one of uncertainty and anticipation over the effects of Donald Trump’s tariffs and upcoming tech earnings. Apple, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft, some of the largest tech firms in the world, are set to report their earnings this week.

Still, investors are concerned that current earnings expectations may be too high, given the ongoing macroeconomic headwinds. In particular, tariffs, especially those on China, are beginning to cause real economic damage.

At the same time, markets are seeing mixed signals when it comes to lifting the historic 145% tariffs on China. On April 28, the Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said that it was “up to China” to de-escalate the trade war, suggesting that the White House is not yet ready to start making concessions.