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Today is Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
The Early Bird Index today is 87.40.
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Why Ethereum Is Falling 📉
It was another bad day for Ethereum $ETH ( ▲ 0.67% ) on Tuesday. The second-most popular cryptocurrency fell about 2% on Tuesday and is the only major crypto in the red for the past week.
Details: A mixture of weak buying momentum, technical resistance, and some rotation of capital into other altcoins caused Ethereum’s price to fall on Tuesday.
Also: In the past week, outflows from Ethereum ETFs (exchange-traded funds) and profit-taking after a prior run-up have added selling pressure.
Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: Ethereum has traded in a narrow range this past month because demand and catalysts have been roughly balanced by supply and profit‑taking, producing consolidation around key technical levels.
Final Thoughts: The price of Ethereum was down on Tuesday in spite of some positive catalysts, such as new tokenized money market funds on Ethereum and new standards to limit crypto phishing attacks.
Notables
Notable Earnings Today: Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), Dynatrace (NYSE: DT), Wix.com (Nasdaq: WIX), Doximity (NYSE: DOCS), Birkenstock Holding Plc (NYSE: BIRK), Leslie’s (Nasdaq: LESL), StubHub Holdings (NYSE: STUB), Vishay (NYSE: VSH), Jack In The Box (Nasdaq: JACK), BitGo Holdings (NYSE: BTGO), Copa Holdings (NYSE: CPA), Global-E Online (Nasdaq: GLBE), Accelerant Holdings (NYSE: ARX), Aquestive Therapeutics (Nasdaq: AQST), Capital Southwest Corp. (Nasdaq: CSWC), Enovix (Nasdaq: ENVX), Eos Energy Enterprises (Nasdaq: EOSE), EquipmentShare (Nasdaq: EQPT), Fluent (Nasdaq: FLNT), GrabAGun Digital Holdings (NYSE: PEW), Grocery Outlet (Nasdaq: GO), Heartbeam (Nasdaq: BEAT), ICL Group (NYSE: ICL), Kornit Digital (Nasdaq: KRNT), Kyivstar Group (Nasdaq: KYIV), Manulife Financial (NYSE: MFC), National Vision (Nasdaq: EYE), Nebius Group (Nasdaq: NBIS), Prestige Consumer (NYSE: PBH), STAAR Surgical (Nasdaq: STAA), Teekay Tankers (NYSE: TNK),USA Rare Earth (Nasdaq: USAR), Valens (NYSE: VLN).
Notable IPOs Today: GMR Solutions Inc. (NYSE: GMRS), West Enclave Merger Corp. (NYSE: WENC), Fervo Energy Company Class A common stock (Nasdaq: FRVO), Breeze Acquisition Corp. II Units (Nasdaq: BREZU), Akston Biosciences Corporation (NYSE American: AXTN).
Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Féroce (Crowdcube).
Notable Economic Events Today: Producer Price Index / Core PPI (8:30 a.m. ET), Crude Oil Inventories (10:30 a.m. ET).
Red Cat's New Public Offering
Defense technology company Red Cat Holdings $RCAT ( ▼ 1.96% ) plunged 10.29% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after announcing a new public offering of common stock.
Details: Red Cat is offering $200 million of shares of its common stock. Proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes.
Background: In March, Red Cat reported a loss of 17 cents per share in the past quarter, which was lower than expected.
Final Thoughts: Red Cat’s stock was up about 20% this year before the announcement.
Oklo’s Disappointing Results
The nuclear power company Oklo $OKLO ( ▼ 5.76% ) fell 2.89% in after-hours trading on Tuesday after reporting disappointing financial results.
Financials: Oklo reported a net loss of $33.1 million in the past quarter, which was lower than expected.
Final Thoughts: Oklo’s stock was already down 5% this year.
Trends to Watch
Inflation Returns: US inflation rose to 3.8% in April, eroding Americans’ paychecks (CNN)
New Fed Boss: Senate confirms Warsh to Fed Board, with Fed chair vote likely Wednesday (Reuters)
Crypto Meets Equity Crowdfunding: Anodos Labs Launches First Public Equity Crowdfunding Campaign on Republic (MEXC)
Can’t Balance This: US household debt ticks up to new all-time high as inflation continues to rise (ABC News)
Chipped: Nvidia’s Huang Wants to Sell Chips to China. Trump Has Other Priorities. (Barron’s)
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