Bitcoin Magazine Crypto Market Structure Bill Advances Through Senate Agriculture Committee, No Democrats Vote In Favor In a narrowly divided party-line vote, The U.S. Senate

Bitcoin Magazine SEC Chair Paul Atkins to Make History as First Sitting Chair to Speak at The Bitcoin Conference in Las Vegas In somewhat of

Bitcoin Magazine Strategy Stock ($MSTR) Hits 52-Week Low As Bitcoin Craters Below $84,000 Strategy shares dropped as low as 10% today, currently trading at $142.88

Futures market liquidations, a sharp sell-off in US stocks and limited progress on talks to fund the US government were taking a toll on Bitcoin

The Series B extension values the New York–based crypto infrastructure company at about $1.5 billion and includes backing from institutional investors.

The raise underscores venture investors’ selective return to infrastructure-heavy crypto bets as DePIN struggles to move beyond early token launches.

A potential listing would further legitimize digital asset custody as core market infrastructure rather than a niche service following BitGo’s public launch.

The product offers exchange-traded exposure to JitoSOL with staking rewards embedded, as liquid staking ETFs remain under review in the United States.

NZ consumer confidence hit a four-year high as the key “big ticket purchase” gauge turned positive, but ANZ still sees only “par” growth amid offsetting

Bitcoin margin longs at Bitfinex exchange reached a two-year high prior to stocks and crypto selling off sharply. Should traders expect a rally or the

US lawmakers agreed to split DHS funding from other bills and use a two-week stopgap, easing near-term shutdown risks while immigration disputes remain unresolved. Senate

Tokyo area CPI data for January 2026. I’ll have more to come on this separately. For now, though, the dip back in headline and core

Trump threatened to decertify Canadian aircraft and impose a 50% tariff, accusing Canada of unfairly blocking certification of Gulfstream business jets. Summary: President Donald Trump

More data from Japan (below). I’ll have more to come on this separately. Earlier: Tokyo inflation cools in January, reducing BoJ rate hike urgency. Weight

UK business confidence dipped in January as global economic worries deepened, even as firms grew more optimistic about their own activity. Summary: UK business confidence

WSJ (gated) reported Trump and Senate Democrats struck a shutdown-avoidance deal that funds most agencies long-term while giving DHS a two-week stopgap to extend immigration

Messari reports that institutions put millions of dollars into Avalanche last year, but it didn’t help its token, which fell by nearly 60% in the

Bybit‘s market share climbed in 2025, even after it was hacked for $1.5 billion, while trading volumes on the top 10 exchanges rose by 7.6%

The Optimism blockchain will begin to sell half of its Superchain revenue to buy back its own token starting next month, with the tokens held

Trump warned Britain against deepening China ties just as Starmer hailed progress from a rare UK prime ministerial visit to Beijing. Summary: President Donald Trump

While The DAO has an “incredible” team that could build security projects themselves, they would rather focus on security distribution methods, says Griff Green.

Morgan Stanley sticks with Nvidia, says underperformance is overblown Trump warns UK over China ties as Starmer hails diplomatic reset USD higher everywhere. Crypto particularly

Securitize’s latest SEC filing showed that the company’s revenue increased nearly tenfold year-over-year as institutions experiment with tokenization.

Bitcoin plunged to a nine-month low as geopolitical tensions, tariff threats, and tech earnings concerned traders, triggering billions of dollars worth of long liquidations.

Kevin Warsh, seen as a more hawkish Federal Reserve chair pick, previously said Bitcoin could serve as a check on fiscal policy decisions.

Bitcoiners hoping for a big rotation from gold and silver might be chasing the wrong signal, says Benjamin Cowen.

Circle has flagged scaling its payments network and institution-focused blockchain as a 2026 priority as companies look to examine how to use stablecoins.

Market players will be watching precious metals closely as we look to wrap up January trading. That will not only have an impact in the

Prior +0.5% GDP +1.1% vs +1.2% y/y expected Prior +0.9% The headline reading meets estimates as the French economy grew slightly in the final quarter

Prior +0.5% The year-on-year reading for December was for a decline of 2.3%, marking the sharpest year-on-year drop since March 2024. And overall in 2025,

EUROPEAN SESSION In the European session, we will get lots of tier one data points including GDP for France, Spain, Germany, Eurozone and CPI for

Prior +0.6% As has been the case for quite some time now, Spain continues to be one of the bright spots in the euro area

Prior +2.9% HICP +2.5% vs +2.4% y/y expected Prior +3.0% Headline annual inflation shows some added volatility, with it reflecting a marked drop in January.

A final court order transfers the legal title of seized cryptocurrency and assets to the US government, closing a case tied to Helix’s operations from

Prior 3k Unemployment rate 6.3% vs 6.3% expected Prior 6.3% German unemployment was unchanged in January with the jobless rate keeping steadier to start the

Prior 0.0% As a whole, the German economy also posted 0.3% growth in GDP for the year 2025. That as private and government consumption expenditures,

The other German state releases around the same time as per the following: Hesse CPI +% vs +2.2% y/y prior North Rhine Westphalia CPI +2.0%

Prior +0.1% The Italian economy continues to hold up modestly and reaffirm more resilience to end the final quarter of last year. Overall, the economy

Inflation expectations: 1-year ahead 2.8% vs 2.8% prior 3-year ahead 2.6% vs 2.5% prior 5-year ahead 2.4% vs 2.2% prior – the highest since the

Bybit’s upcoming neobank launch via Tether-backed Pave Bank highlights the regulatory hurdles and challenges that crypto exchanges face when entering traditional finance.

Prior +0.3% It’s a story of resilience in the euro area and that is reaffirmed by the headline estimate above. The economy has proved the

The shift will take Binance’s insurance-style fund out of US dollar-pegged assets and into Bitcoin within 30 days, raising questions about user protection.

BTC could drop to as low as $50,000 in the worst-case scenario after BTC price failed to hold the important $84,000 support level.

Still, Bitcoin often rebounds toward its energy value after long downtrends, with one model pointing to a fair price near $121,000.

The move comes as the Ethereum Foundation enters a period of “mild austerity” while sticking to its core technical roadmap, Buterin said.

A tentative deal in Washington has eased some shutdown fears, but with key votes still pending, crypto, gold and silver are trading through liquidity jitters

DeFi’s composability creates cascading exploit risks while protocols handle risk idiosyncratically. Institutional adoption demands TradFi-style standardized frameworks.

US spot Bitcoin ETF flows turned negative for January after a series of outflows this week totaling nearly $1 billion, data from SoSoValue shows.

Headlines: Silver sinks below $100, gold tumbles below $5,000 Precious metals continue to tumble as the heavy selling continues Silver dropped by more than 20%

Prior +1.8% HICP +2.1% vs +2.0% y/y expected Prior +2.0% Core CPI Y/Y +2.5% vs +2.4% prior Full report here Slightly higher than expected figures

Bitcoin Magazine Trump Names Bitcoin-Friendly Kevin Warsh as Pick for Federal Reserve Chair President Donald Trump on Friday announced Kevin Warsh as his nominee to

Ethereum slipped under $2,800 as charts and onchain data suggested downside risk remains elevated, with a potential move toward $2,100.

Prior was +3.0% PPI M/M +0.5% vs 0.2% expected Prior +0.2% Core PPI Y/Y +3.3% vs +2.9% expected Prior +3.0% (revised to 3.1%) Core PPI

Prior -0.3% December preliminary GDP +0.1% StatCan notes that Real GDP was essentially unchanged in November following a 0.3% decline in October, as contractions in

US President Donald Trump nominated former Fed Governor Kevin Warsh to replace Jerome Powell as Federal Reserve chair, setting up a Senate confirmation fight.

Bitcoin’s MVRV Z-score printed record lows on a rolling two-year basis, making BTC price more “undervalued” than at the pit of past bear markets.

Bitcoin Magazine Binance to Move $1 Billion User Protection Fund Into Bitcoin  Binance said Friday it will convert the stablecoin holdings in its $1 billion

AI training is dominated by hyperscale data centers, but inference and everyday workloads are opening real space for decentralized GPU networks.

Bitcoin Magazine Amboss Launches ‘RailsX,’ a Bitcoin-Native Exchange Built on Lightning Amboss, a company best known for building tools and liquidity infrastructure for the Bitcoin