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Today is Thursday, July 3, 2025.

The Early Bird Index today is 86.15

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Ethereum ETF Inflows Surge 🔥

After a rough start to the year, Ethereum $ETH.X ( ▲ 5.9% ) is trying to turn things around in the second half of 2025. On Wednesday, the price of Ethereum jumped about 6%.

Background: Ethereum’s recent price jump is part of a broader crypto market recovery. The popular digital asset had a boost last week when Robinhood $HOOD ( ▼ 4.74% )  announced it is working on a project called “Robinhood Chain,” and it will use Ethereum’s Layer-2 technology.

Powering the Story: Wednesday’s jump coincided with growing institutional interest.

• Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan delivered a bullish prediction for Ethereum on Wednesday, writing that flows into Ethereum ETFs (exchange-traded funds) will “accelerate significantly in H2” due to the combination of stablecoins and stocks moving over to Ethereum. He said Ethereum ETFs attracted $1.17 billion in net inflows during June.

Price: Ethereum is down about 23% this year.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Ethereum’s price struggled in the first half of 2025 due to a combination of macroeconomic shocks, technical resistance, and large-scale sell-offs by major holders.

• Investor confidence in Ethereum diminished in early 2025, and Ethereum faced competition from other crypto opportunities.

• Now, Ethereum is showing signs of recovery. Active developments, upgrades, and seasonality are on its side.

Final Thoughts: Ethereum’s rival, Bitcoin $BTC.X ( ▲ 1.94% ) , enjoyed a strong first half of 2025 with a 14% gain.

Notables

Notable Earnings Today: N/A.

Notable IPOs Today: N/A.

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Cortell Collection (Honeycomb), The Temple Kona (SMBX).

Notable Economic Events Today: Unemployment Rate (8:30 a.m. ET), Jobless Claims (8:30 a.m. ET), Average Hourly Earnings (8:30 a.m. ET), Nonfarm Payrolls (8:30 a.m. ET), Trade Balance / Imports / Exports (8:30 a.m. ET), Labor Force Participation Rate (8:30 a.m. ET), S&P Global Services PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), S&P Global Composite PMI (9:45 a.m. ET), ISM Non-Manufacturing PMI / Prices (10:00 a.m. ET), ISM Non-Manufacturing Employment (10:00 a.m. ET), Factory Orders (10:00 a.m. ET).

Datadog Jumps After S&P 500 News

Datadog $DDOG ( ▲ 14.17% ) , which provides an observability service for cloud-scale applications, jumped 10.88% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after S&P Global said the company will join the S&P 500 U.S. stock index.

Details: The company will replace Juniper Networks $JNPR ( ▲ 0.05% ) in the index on July 9.

Final Thoughts: Datadog’s stock is up 13% in the last 30 days.

Franklin Covey Falls Following Financial Results

Franklin Covey $FC ( ▼ 10.43% ) fell 7.82% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after posting bad financial results.

Financials: Franklin Covey reported a loss of 11 cents per share and revenue of $67.1 million in the past quarter. Both were lower than expected.

Final Thoughts: The stock was already down 33% this year.

Trends to Watch

Major Staff Reduction: Microsoft to lay off around 9,000 workers in its largest cuts since 2023 (CNN)

Better Than Feared: Tesla reports 14% decline in vehicle deliveries, marking second straight year-over-year drop (CNBC)

Concerning: US private payrolls post first drop in more than two years; layoffs still low (Reuters)

Escalation: Trump Says Fed Chair Should ‘Resign Immediately’ (New York Times)

It’s Not Easy Being Green: Trump’s plan to replace clean energy with fossil fuels has some major problems (VOX)

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