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  • Federal Reserve to abandon ‘boring’ FOMC language, ending dovish vs hawkish analysis?
    CryptoSlate - 08:45 Feb 01, 2026
    Trump picked Kevin Warsh for Fed chair, the first big market change may be the way the Fed talks When Donald Trump says Jerome Powell “got it wrong,” he usually means one thing: rates should have come down faster. Powell, for all the heat he takes, has still been a fairly standard Fed chair. He […] The post Federal Reserve to abandon ‘boring’ FOMC language, ending dovish vs hawkish analysis? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • First US bank collapse of 2026 adds to gold, silver, and Bitcoin chaos while $337B in unrealized contagion looms
    CryptoSlate - 21:30 Jan 31, 2026
    Late on Friday, Illinois regulators shut down Metropolitan Capital Bank and Trust, a little-known institution with just $261 million in assets, handing control to the FDIC in what was officially a routine resolution. But it landed in the middle of a much louder market shock. On the same day the bank failed, gold and silver […] The post First US bank collapse of 2026 adds to gold, silver, and Bitcoin chaos while $337B in unrealized contagion looms appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Trump’s Fed pick Kevin Warsh is “not nervous” about Bitcoin while plotting a digital dollar takeover
    CryptoSlate - 20:05 Jan 31, 2026
    President Donald Trump announced he will nominate former Federal Reserve Governor Kevin Warsh to lead the US central bank. In a Jan. 30 post on Truth Social, the president confirmed the selection, writing: Trump’s move follows months of internal jockeying over who would replace Chair Jerome Powell when his term ends in May. Warsh, 55, […] The post Trump’s Fed pick Kevin Warsh is “not nervous” about Bitcoin while plotting a digital dollar takeover appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Bitcoin miners are making millions by shutting down because of a massive US winter storm
    CryptoSlate - 17:55 Jan 31, 2026
    Earlier this week, a sweeping US winter storm pushed Bitcoin miners to curtail, pulling a noticeable chunk of computing power off the network in a short window. Data shows a 40% dip in hashrate between Jan. 23 and Jan. 25, with around 455 EH/s going offline, and block production slowing to around 12 minutes for […] The post Bitcoin miners are making millions by shutting down because of a massive US winter storm appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Crypto market crashes erasing $220B as Israel strikes Gaza with ETH and XRP leading weekend losses
    CryptoSlate - 15:19 Jan 31, 2026
    Ethereum and XRP just fell off a cliff in weekend trading, Bitcoin barely flinched, and the timing might matter Crypto has a habit of saving its worst moves for the hours when people are least prepared to deal with them. That was the vibe on Saturday, when Ethereum and XRP dropped hard in a short […] The post Crypto market crashes erasing $220B as Israel strikes Gaza with ETH and XRP leading weekend losses appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Shock surge in inflation destroys hopes for early rate cuts as Bitcoin price sinks
    CryptoSlate - 14:27 Jan 31, 2026
    The December Producer Price Index didn't just beat expectations, but it also revealed a persistent problem that forces markets to rethink the entire 2026 rate path. Final demand PPI rose 0.5% month-over-month, the sharpest jump since July, driven almost entirely by a 0.7% surge in services while goods prices sat flat. The headline came in […] The post Shock surge in inflation destroys hopes for early rate cuts as Bitcoin price sinks appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Shock Bitcoin
  • Thousands of AI agents join viral network to “teach” each other how to steal keys and want Bitcoin as payment
    CryptoSlate - 11:15 Jan 31, 2026
    The next inflection point in AI agents isn't coming from frontier labs. It's coming from infrastructure, specifically, the primitives that let agents find each other, verify identity, and communicate directly. Moltbook, a social network billing itself as “built exclusively for AI agents… Humans welcome to observe,” now hosts discussions about agent relay protocols that enable […] The post Thousands of AI agents join viral network to “teach” each other how to steal keys and want Bitcoin as payment appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Lawmakers threaten decentralized crypto access using Bank Secrecy laws in CLARITY
    CryptoSlate - 07:35 Jan 31, 2026
    DeFi exclusions sound protective, yet the CLARITY Act’s Bank Secrecy expansion may target your access points While supporters say the CLARITY Act could bring long-awaited regulatory certainty to crypto markets, not everyone is on board. Critics argue the bill doesn’t need to “ban DeFi” to reshape it. Their claim is that CLARITY can leave base-layer […] The post Lawmakers threaten decentralized crypto access using Bank Secrecy laws in CLARITY appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Lawmakers CLARITY Bank Secrecy
  • I predicted Bitcoin falling to $49k this year and January delivered some very concerning red flags
    CryptoSlate - 22:15 Jan 30, 2026
    My $49k Bitcoin bear thesis, a January check-in, the plumbing is flashing while price bleeds I wrote my medium-term $49,000 bear thesis in late November with one simple idea, Bitcoin still moves in cycles, and the next real “this is the low” moment tends to arrive when miner economics and flows line up at the […] The post I predicted Bitcoin falling to $49k this year and January delivered some very concerning red flags appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Cardano secures $70B liquidity injection that finally solves the network’s biggest missing piece for investors
    CryptoSlate - 20:45 Jan 30, 2026
    On Jan. 30, Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson announced that he has signed an integration agreement to bring USDCx, a Circle-linked stablecoin product, to the Cardano ecosystem. The infrastructure move represents a strategic effort to lower the network’s DeFi growth ceiling by establishing a sustained, reliable flow of on-chain dollar liquidity. In a social media post […] The post Cardano secures $70B liquidity injection that finally solves the network’s biggest missing piece for investors appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Gold just erased $5.5 trillion in value and Bitcoin bulls see one huge opening ahead
    CryptoSlate - 19:35 Jan 30, 2026
    Gold’s record-breaking rally finally blinked this week, and Bitcoin’s traders are watching what comes next. After sprinting to an all-time high of $5,594.82 per ounce, spot gold slid to around $5,330 as investors took profits, a pullback of roughly 4.7% from the peak. The Kobeissi Letter noted that the precious metal's volatile price performance led […] The post Gold just erased $5.5 trillion in value and Bitcoin bulls see one huge opening ahead appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Gold Bitcoin
  • October Trump tariff trader loses $100M erasing all 10/10 gains after price dip
    CryptoSlate - 17:15 Jan 30, 2026
    A single wallet roundtripped $142.5 million in unrealized profit on Hyperliquid, peaking on Jan. 13 before collapsing to a negative $8.76 million loss as of Jan. 29. Meanwhile, all of this was visible in real time through public dashboards. The trader built a reputation during October 2025's historic liquidation wave and now operates under a […] The post October Trump tariff trader loses $100M erasing all 10/10 gains after price dip appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • TheDAO’s leftover rescue money sat for a decade now it’s becoming Ethereum’s permanent $220M security budget
    CryptoSlate - 15:30 Jan 30, 2026
    Ethereum's most infamous experiment is back. Not as a venture fund, but as something the ecosystem arguably needs more: a permanent security budget. On Jan. 29, a group of Ethereum veterans announced plans to convert roughly 75,000 ETH in decade-old recovery funds into a staked endowment whose yield will finance smart contract security work across […] The post TheDAO’s leftover rescue money sat for a decade now it’s becoming Ethereum’s permanent $220M security budget appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Ethereum TheDAO
  • Bitcoin reversal on the cards after $1.7 billion liquidation wave flushed out overleveraged traders
    CryptoSlate - 14:56 Jan 30, 2026
    Bitcoin’s Thursday slide was a perfect illustration of a market that lost its marginal buyer and then discovered, in real time, how much leverage was sitting on top of that demand. The move wasn't a smooth ride lower; it came in sharp legs that pushed the price from $84,400 toward the low-$81,000s in a matter […] The post Bitcoin reversal on the cards after $1.7 billion liquidation wave flushed out overleveraged traders appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • US Senate advances new crypto law yet CLARITY gridlock might kill the bill for good
    CryptoSlate - 14:05 Jan 30, 2026
    On Jan. 29, the Senate Agriculture Committee advanced the crypto market-structure bill, giving the legislation known as the “CLARITY Act” its first concrete win in the Senate. The Agriculture panel’s action moves the bill closer to a full Senate fight over which regulator sets the rules for spot crypto markets. However, the bigger near-term problem […] The post US Senate advances new crypto law yet CLARITY gridlock might kill the bill for good appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Senate CLARITY
  • Altcoins outside the top 10 won’t recover when Bitcoin finally rebounds, and here’s why
    CryptoSlate - 12:30 Jan 30, 2026
    This is a familiar story for those who have been in crypto for a while. Bitcoin crashes, rebounds, and a few altcoins follow after. Yet, that small- or medium-cap crypto with promising fundamentals never followed through. The question investors won't say aloud: Why did my token never catch the recovery bid? The answer has less […] The post Altcoins outside the top 10 won’t recover when Bitcoin finally rebounds, and here’s why appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin Altcoins
  • Bitcoin ready to record fourth straight red month and the $81,000 floor is suddenly everything
    CryptoSlate - 10:37 Jan 30, 2026
    Bitcoin is struggling to avoid a fourth consecutive monthly decline as the cryptocurrency market grapples with a fundamental shift in momentum that has left most investors underwater. Data from CryptoSlate indicate that the largest digital asset declined by nearly 7% over the last 24 hours to $82,513. According to CoinGlass data, long traders speculating on […] The post Bitcoin ready to record fourth straight red month and the $81,000 floor is suddenly everything appeared first on CryptoSlate.
    Tags: Bitcoin
  • Improve your Bitcoin investment strategy using these 7 critical demand drivers
    CryptoSlate - 21:05 Jan 29, 2026
    Bitcoin traders are treating fund flows like macro bets, and one Fed data change is the hidden risk Key takeaways Bitcoin’s institutional demand can be monitored in issuer AUM snapshots such as BlackRock’s IBIT, which listed net assets of $69,427,196,929 as of Jan. 28, 2026 on its product pages. Weekly crypto fund flows have begun to […] The post Improve your Bitcoin investment strategy using these 7 critical demand drivers appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • Shockingly quiet XRP whales are stacking up 42 new millionaire wallets as price stays stuck under $2
    CryptoSlate - 20:10 Jan 29, 2026
    XRP has opened 2026 trading in a tight range under $2 as it failed to establish a clear trend in the year’s opening month. However, underlying data suggests high-net-worth investors are accumulating the token despite the lack of price momentum. Data from on-chain analytics firm Santiment revealed that the XRP network has added a net […] The post Shockingly quiet XRP whales are stacking up 42 new millionaire wallets as price stays stuck under $2 appeared first on CryptoSlate.
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  • How crypto payments will change in 2026
    CryptoSlate - 19:00 Jan 29, 2026
    The following is a guest post and opinion from Jenny Drinkwater, Marketing Manager at System73. For years, crypto payments have lived in an awkward middle ground. They were never quite mainstream, but they also never disappeared. Merchants experimented, users showed curiosity, and yet, for most businesses, accepting crypto still felt like something peripheral rather than […] The post How crypto payments will change in 2026 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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