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Kevin Warsh nominated as Fed Chair, pending Senate confirmation. Known for hawkish policy yet supportive of cryptocurrencies. Markets and crypto reacted quickly to the nomination news. US President Donald Trump has officially nominated Kevin Warsh as the next Chair of the Federal Reserve. The announcement came through Trump’s social media platform, highlighting Warsh’s experience and expertise. Donald Trump announces his Fed Chair pick | Source Truth Social Warsh, 55, is a former member of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors, having served from 2006 to 2011. He was on the Fed during the 2008 financial crisis, giving him significant insight…

The Bitcoin Circular Economy Summit just took place in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, and what an event it was. The invite-only summit saw two days of presentations from communities from across the world, from Indonesia to Peru, from Africa to Bolivia. The summit saw an alleged 29 different countries represented among the small crowd of perhaps 60 attendees and speakers.  The event was put together by the Bitcoin Beach team, lead by Mike Peterson and Roman Martinez, the BCES took place in El Zonte’s community center, a new location built up to support El Zonte’s growing population and economy.   The…

Warsh was trading at 31% to be the next Fed chair nominee before spiking Thursday evening. What would his confirmation mean for monetary policy and interest rates?President Donald Trump announced Friday morning that he’s nominating Kevin Warsh to succeed Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair. Prediction markets signaled the pick well before the official announcement, with Warsh’s odds on Kalshi surging from 31% to 81% on the evening of January 29 after reports emerged of his White House meeting with Trump. By Friday morning, his probability had climbed above 95% across platforms, with Polymarket showing 99.3% and Kalshi at 98.5%.…

SUI is approaching a critical smart money zone, with price action signaling that big moves could be on the horizon. Sustained trading above $2 may trigger a breakout, setting the stage for the next significant leg higher. SUI Reaches Stage For Major Money Entry Crypto analyst Crypto Patel, in a recent post, highlighted that SUI is at the same stage where big money typically enters the market, urging traders not to miss this opportunity. According to the weekly chart, the long-term ascending channel remains intact, and price is currently trading near a sell-side liquidity grab close to trendline support, signaling…

Bitcoin mining activity has taken its biggest hit since late 2021 after a severe winter storm in the United States forced several large mining firms to curtail operations, triggering a sharp drop in network hashrate, production and revenue.Bitcoin’s total network hashrate has fallen about 12% since November 11, marking the largest drawdown since October 2021, when the network was still recovering from China’s sweeping mining ban.(CryptoQuant) The hashrate now sits near 970 exahashes per second, its lowest level since September 2025, according to CryptoQuant data.The decline accelerated this week as extreme weather disrupted power supply across key US mining hubs.…

Russia-aligned crypto activity surged even as illicit transactions fell to just 1.2% of total on-chain volume in 2025. Illicit cryptocurrency activity rebounded sharply in 2025, driven primarily by Russia-linked sanctions designations and improved attribution. A new report by TRM Labs estimates that fraudulent wallets received approximately $158 billion in incoming value during the year, which is the highest level recorded over the past five years. The increase is a dramatic reversal from 2024, when illicit inflows fell to $64.5 billion, following a steady multi-year decline from $85.9 billion in 2021 to $75.4 billion in 2022 and $73.3 billion in 2023.…

Bitcoin’s dip to around $75,500 briefly pushed the price just below Strategy’s (MSTR) average purchase cost of roughly $76,037 per coin.That may sound alarming at first glance, and it technically puts Michael Saylor’s firm underwater on its bitcoin holdings, but it doesn’t fundamentally change the company’s financial position.There is no balance sheet stress and no forced selling risk. What it does is slow down its future bitcoin buying.Strategy currently holds 712,647 bitcoin — all of it unencumbered, meaning none of the holdings are pledged as collateral, so there’s no risk of forced selling just because the price falls below its…

Ethereum trades above $3,000 as analysts compare its current structure to the 2017 rally, with rising open interest, record wallets, and key levels in focus. Ethereum (ETH) has moved above the $3,000 level, drawing attention to its current market structure. Analysts are comparing it to the structure seen in 2017, where ETH moved from $56 to over $1,100 within months. Familiar Structure Draws Attention Analyst Leshka.eth pointed out similarities between Ethereum’s current ETH/BTC chart and its setup during the 2015–2018 period. Back then, ETH moved through a clear cycle of accumulation, a breakout, and then a rally. The same pattern…

Bitcoin BTC$88,231.57 remains under pressure as strong dollar and rising commodities steal spotlight from the crypto market.The premier token slipped below $88,500 on Thursday after briefly trading above $89,000 earlier in the session, extending a choppy week of price action. Ether ETH$2,957.06 fell back toward $2,950, while solana SOL$123.66, XRP XRP$1.8838 and DOGE$0.1221 posted deeper intraday losses, down between 2% and 4%. The pullback came alongside a firmer dollar and fading momentum in broader risk markets, with crypto continuing to lag strength in commodities and equities.Commodities remained the dominant trade. Gold held near record levels after topping $5,500 an ounce…

Aave now controls 51.5% of the DeFi lending market share, the first time any protocol has crossed the 50% threshold since 2020.The milestone arrives not through competitor collapse but through steady accumulation: Aave’s $33.37 billion in total value locked sits atop a $64.83 billion lending category that has consolidated around a single liquidity hub.The concentration raises a question DeFi has avoided for years: when one protocol becomes the ecosystem’s primary margin engine, does efficiency create fragility?The answer depends on the metric used.Aave’s total value locked (TVL) dominance reflects collateral custody, not credit exposure. DeFiLlama excludes borrowed funds from lending TVL…