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Markets dumped into the US open, Bitcoin fell through $85k, gold slipped too
At 09:30 EST the tape changed in a way traders can feel in their stomach, the kind of flip where you stop looking for clever explanations and start checking how much margin you actually have.
Bitcoin rolled over, then it dropped, then it started moving in chunks. On one screen, the S...
Fairshake and its affiliate super PACs announced they have more than $193 million in cash on hand heading into the 2026 midterms.
The amount includes $74 million raised since July from three contributors: $25 million from Coinbase, $25 million from Ripple, and $24 million from a16z. The network, consisting of Fairshake plus Protect Progress (Democratic-oriented) and Defend American Jobs (...
Fidelity announced the launch of a stablecoin on the Ethereum mainnet, positioning the token as a compliance-wrapped settlement dollar distributed through the firm's brokerage, custody, and wealth management channels.
The move lands amid what looks like a stablecoin sprawl, as estimates suggest 59 new major stablecoins launched in 2025 alone, per third-party tracker Stablewatch.
This looks like...
Ripple has pushed deeper into corporate finance with a new treasury platform that aims to let finance teams manage cash and digital assets in one system.
The product, called Ripple Treasury, is built on treasury management software Ripple acquired in October 2025 when it bought GTreasury in a $1 billion deal.
The new move represents a strategic bet that could boost the day-to-day relevance of its...
Amid a general sense of unease around the spike in precious metals, the decline in the dollar, Bitcoin's weak-to-flat price action, geopolitical uncertainty, and persistent trade wars, several economic stressors actually appear relatively relaxed.
The canaries in the coal mine for Bitcoin are still singing, and while a few have started to flutter, none have fallen from their perch yet.
The mine...
Bitcoin bear Peter Schiff has spent years sounding the alarm on Bitcoin, repeatedly arguing that investors are better off sticking with traditional safe-haven assets like gold and silver.
As one of crypto’s most outspoken skeptics, Schiff has consistently dismissed Bitcoin’s long-term value proposition while championing precious metals as the ultimate store of wealth.
While Schiff lambasted...
Bitcoin has entered a 24–72 hour window in which Federal Reserve messaging, dollar pricing, and an active Supreme Court test tied to Fed independence could set the near-term regime traders apply to the asset.
Fed decision and near-term market regime
As of the morning of Jan. 28, markets are waiting on the Fed’s first policy decision of 2026: the Jan. 27–28 meeting concludes later today with the...
Major bank issue order to buy into risk as dollar hits new lows which could flip Bitcoin’s next move
HSBC issued a directive on Jan. 27 for investors to stay aggressively risk-on. The bank recommends overweighting equities, high-yield debt, emerging-market bonds, and gold while underweighting sovereigns, investment-grade credit, and oil.
The call rests on a specific macro view: US growth holds up, rate volatility stays contained, and markets tilt back toward mega-cap tech. Meanwhile, the US...
BlackRock is moving deeper into the “Bitcoin as a portfolio sleeve” trade, this time by packaging the flagship digital asset's inherent volatility into distributable income.
On Jan. 23, the $14 trillion asset management firm filed a registration statement for the iShares Bitcoin Premium Income ETF.
This is a fund designed to track BTC's price (via holdings that include IBIT shares) while paying...
The US dollar slid to a four-year low, while gold and silver pushed deeper into record territory as Bitcoin attempted to recliam the $90,000 level.
During the past day, the dollar index, a gauge of the greenback against major peers, touched 95.566, its weakest level since February 2022, after President Donald Trump dismissed concerns about the slide.
Since then, the US dollar has fallen below its...