While Washington, D.C. was welcoming large crowds for President Donald Trump’s inauguration one year ago, the cryptocurrency market welcomed a series of new Trump family-themed meme coins. Out of the digital assets unleashed for the Republican’s return to the White House, none drew more attention than OFFICIAL TRUMP (TRUMP), which soared an impressive 464% from
Key takeaways BTC is down less than 1% as the market remains choppy. The leading cryptocurrency could retest the $87k support level before rallying higher. BTC’s price action remains choppy The cryptocurrency market continues to underperform as BTC and the other leading coins are in the red. Bitcoin has lost 0.7% of its value in
The question of who will succeed Jerome Powell as head of the Federal Reserve, whose term expires in May, remains uncertain in the markets. While US President Donald Trump’s choice for the new Fed Chairman is eagerly awaited, the ratios formed in the forecasting market Polymarket offer important clues about investor expectations. According to Polymarket
Bitcoin experienced sharp declines this week following US President Donald Trump’s threat of tariffs against Greenland and eight EU countries. Bitcoin (BTC) continued its decline, falling to the $89,000 level, while precious metals rose on Thursday, with gold reaching a new record high of $4,930 per ounce. According to the data, gold rose again on
The debate is growing among Bitcoin treasury companies. Jack Mallers, CEO of XXI Capital, announced that they are abandoning the Bitcoin per share (BTC-per-share) metric, which has long been used as a key indicator in the sector. With this decision, Mallers indirectly leveled a harsh criticism at Michael Saylor and the Bitcoin treasury model he
Story Highlights Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko says stablecoins are exposing how costly and slow traditional banking really is. Real payment data shows stablecoins beating credit cards on fees and settlement speed. Yakovenko warns that higher stablecoin yields threaten the banking profit model. Banks charge fees, hold your money for months, and pay you almost nothing
Bitcoin BTC$90,657.36 reclaimed the $91,000 level in early U.S. afternoon hours on Friday, continuing volatile action and threatening to sustainably break out of its tight week-long range of roughly $88,000-$90,000. Possibly behind the quick 2% move off of the morning’s lows was suspected intervention in the foreign exchange market by Japanese authorities. The Bank of
Key Notes USYC reached $1.69B while BUIDL fell to $1.68B. USYC grew 11% in 30 days while BUIDL declined 2.85%. Circle acquired Hashnote, the USYC issuer, in January 2025 and integrated the fund with Binance in July 2025. BUIDL maintains 103 distinct holders compared to USYC’s concentrated distribution, with positions remaining fluid. Circle’s USYC has
Bitcoin (BTC) is down more than 6% this week, as the flagship cryptocurrency faces institutional selling and weakening technicals. However, artificial intelligence (AI) models suggest a reversal might be coming by the end of the month for BTC. Specifically, OpenAI’s leading large language model, ChatGPT, has argued that a base-case scenario for February 1, which