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Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack. GM! Today’s top news: Crypto majors chop with ETH leading; BTC at $111,000 CFTC clears Polymarket for US operations; departing chair issues warning Federal Reserve to host Payments Innovation conference ft. crypto and AI Pump Fun flips Hyperliquid in daily revenue; PUMP jumps to $4.2B FDV Collector Crypt CARDS token jumps another 50% to $450M FDV as Pokémon craze continues 🎴 Tokenized Pokémon Cards Just Went Parabolic Tokenized basketball cards (NBA Top Shot Moments) kicked off the last NFT run. Are tokenized Pokémon cards going to kick off the next one? 📌 What Happened Tokenized Pokémon cards are seeing a massive spike in demand, catalyzed by the debut of Collector Crypt’s Solana token CARDS and a wave of gacha-style “pack” NFTs that can be redeemed 1:1 for graded physical cards held in third-party vaults. How it works: Packs → NFTs → Physical: Users buy digital packs and each reveals an NFT tied to a specific graded card (PSA/CGC/etc); users can hold the NFT, trade it, or redeem the physical slab 90% buyback: Collector Crypt offers to repurchase the NFT for 90% of the card’s resale value (benchmarked to eBay and other markets), creating a quasi-floor and faster liquidity Token economics: CARDS ran a Metaplex presale and the team has stated that “100% of net funds” go to buying real Pokémon cards for the ecosystem. And the market has liked the debut, with Collector Crypt’s CARDS token soaring to a $450M FDV at peak on Wednesday. 🗣️ What They’re Saying “Pokémon and other TCGs are about to have their ‘Polymarket moment.’ [CARDS’] roaring success is putting eyeballs on Collector Crypt and the…

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