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The Federal Reserve’s January meeting minutes revealed a surprisingly hawkish committee. Several officials openly discussed rate hikes. That sets the stage for a dramatic policy clash when Kevin Warsh takes over as chair this summer.The Fed’s hawkish stance now threatens to box in Warsh before he even starts, raising the stakes for both monetary policy and crypto markets.Sponsored SponsoredA Committee Tilting Hawkish — Right Before a Leadership ChangeThe FOMC voted 10-2 on Jan. 28 to hold rates at 3.5%-3.75%. Governors Christopher Waller and Stephen Miran dissented. Both preferred a quarter-point cut, citing labor market risks.But the broader committee leaned the…

Solana failed to stay above $86 and corrected gains. SOL price is now below $84 and remains at risk of more losses below $80. SOL price started a downside correction below $86 against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $85 and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a bearish trend line forming with resistance at $84 on the hourly chart of the SOL/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair could extend losses if it dips below the $80 zone. Solana Price Dips Further Solana price failed to stay above $90 and started a downside correction,…

In brief A misconfigured oracle priced cbETH at about $1 instead of roughly $2,200. Liquidations seized 1,096.317 cbETH and wiped out borrower collateral. The protocol was left with $1.78 million in bad debt pending a governance fix. A Sunday morning pricing glitch turned into a multimillion-dollar headache for the DeFi lending platform Moonwell, after a “misconfigured oracle” briefly valued Coinbase Wrapped ETH (cbETH) at just $1.The pricing error effected caused a 99.9% discount from the asset’s actual market value of roughly $2,200. The error triggered a wave of liquidations, ultimately leaving the platform with approximately $1.78 million in bad debt.“Once…

Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to hold billions in assets despite bitcoin’s brutal price crash, but that staying power isn’t necessarily the bullish signal that many have come to believe.According to one analyst, the resilience stems from market makers and arbitrageurs who trade in and out rather than die-hard long-term holders betting on price appreciation.Bitcoin’s BTC$67,709.77 price peaked above $126,000 in early October and recently crashed to nearly $60,000. Despite the price halving, the 11 spot bitcoin ETFs listed in the U.S. have cumulatively registered just $8.5 billion in net outflows. These funds still hold $85 billion in assets under…

In brief Bitwise, Roundhill, and GraniteShares have filed for election-linked prediction market ETFs. Experts say demand and liquidity could be strong from hedge funds, but warn that political event markets also raise manipulation and insider information risks. The filings land as U.S. midterms approach and the CFTC moves to assert federal authority over prediction markets. Wall Street’s latest push into political prediction markets is drawing both strong liquidity expectations and warnings of manipulation from industry experts, as major ETF issuers race to launch election-linked funds ahead of the U.S. midterms.Fund managers Bitwise Asset Management, Roundhill Investments, and GraniteShares are seeking…

Dogecoin corrected some gains and traded below $0.1050 against the US Dollar. DOGE is now holding the $0.10 support and might aim for a fresh increase. DOGE price started a fresh downside correction below $0.1120. The price is trading below the $0.1050 level and the 100-hourly simple moving average. There is a declining channel forming with resistance at $0.1020 on the hourly chart of the DOGE/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The price could aim for a fresh increase if it remains stable above $0.10. Dogecoin Price Faces Resistance Dogecoin price started a downside correction after it failed to stay…

The divergence between Bitcoin and tech stocks is a warning sign of a potential artificial intelligence-driven credit crisis that will result in more central bank money printing, says Arthur Hayes. “Bitcoin is the global fiat liquidity fire alarm. It is the most responsive freely traded asset to the fiat credit supply,” said the crypto entrepreneur in his latest blog post on Wednesday.Hayes went on to caution that the recent divergence between Bitcoin (BTC) and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index “sounds the alarm that a massive credit destruction event is nigh.”When these two previously correlated asset classes diverge, “it warrants further investigation…

The positive sentiment reflects strong and meaningful activity from the XRP community, despite the bears dominating the broader market. The crypto market may be in a bear season now, but some assets are in the spotlight, thanks to their strong communities. One such cryptocurrency is XRP, the native asset of the XRP Ledger (XRPL), otherwise known as the Ripple Network. Recent data from the asset management giant Grayscale ranked XRP as the second-most-discussed asset in the platform’s community, after bitcoin (BTC). This reflects strong and meaningful activity from the XRP community. The Second Most Talked-About Asset According to a voiceover…

In brief Bitcoin’s decline is diverging from Nasdaq’s sideways movement, flashing a warning signal according to Maelstrom fund’s Arthur Hayes. Hayes estimates $330 billion in consumer credit losses if 20% of knowledge workers lose jobs to AI While experts agree with the idea, they disagree on the timeline, suggesting that disruption of that scale takes quarters, not weeks Bitcoin is signaling a warning that traditional equities have yet to acknowledge, according to BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes.The leading crypto has been on a downtrend since its October 2025 all-time high of $126,080, while the Nasdaq 100 Index has remained largely flat.…

Tokyo-based Bitcoin treasury firm Metaplanet posted a net loss of 95 billion yen ($619 million) for fiscal 2025, driven by a 102.2 billion yen ($665.8 million) valuation decline on its bitcoin holdings.  The disclosure marks the latest example of a corporate bitcoin buyer facing pressure as the cryptocurrency’s price slid from record highs in October. The company closed the year with 35,102 BTC, valued at approximately $2.4 billion, making Metaplanet the fourth-largest public corporate bitcoin holder globally, behind Strategy. Since it began accumulating bitcoin 21 months ago, Metaplanet has spent nearly $3.8 billion, averaging $107,000 per coin. As of December…