Month: January 2026

Trump Set to Name Kevin Warsh Next Fed Chair: Report

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US President Donald Trump will reportedly nominate Bitcoin-friendly Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve when he announces his pick on Friday. Trump said on Thursday that he will be announcing his pick to replace the central bank’s current chair, Jerome Powell, whose term finishes in May, on Friday morning, with Bloomberg reporting that those familiar with the matter say the president is set to announce Warsh as his nomination. Reuters had earlier reported that Trump met with Warsh, who served as a Fed governor from 2006…

Solana (SOL) Crashes Back To $112, A Level That Could Decide Everything

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Aayush Jindal, a luminary in the world of financial markets, whose expertise spans over 15 illustrious years in the realms of Forex and cryptocurrency trading. Renowned for his unparalleled proficiency in providing technical analysis, Aayush is a trusted advisor and senior market expert to investors worldwide, guiding them through the intricate landscapes of modern finance with his keen insights and astute chart analysis. From a young age, Aayush exhibited a natural aptitude for deciphering complex systems and unraveling patterns. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity for understanding market dynamics, he embarked…

Securitize Reports 841% Revenue Surge In SPAC Filing

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Tokenization platform Securitize has said its revenues are up over 840% to September 2025 in a new filing to go public that moves ahead with its plan to merge with a black check company backed by Cantor Fitzgerald. Securitize Holdings said in a public registration statement filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday that its total revenues for the nine months ended September 2025 reached f $55.6 million, an 841% increase from the same period in 2024. For all of 2024, Securitize reported total revenue of $18.8…

Trump administration set to nominate Kevin Warsh as next Fed chair

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The Trump administration is set to nominate Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, as the next Fed chair, Bloomberg reported Thursday, citing people familiar with the situation. Warsh, 55, visited the White House on Thursday. His selection aligns with President Donald Trump’s push for lower interest rates ahead of current chair Jerome Powell’s term ending in May. The nomination faces potential obstacles. Senator Thom Tillis has vowed to block any Fed nominee until a Justice Department probe into the central bank’s headquarters renovation is resolved. Warsh served as Fed…

XRP Price Breakdown Accelerates — Can Support Absorb The Shock?

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Aayush Jindal, a luminary in the world of financial markets, whose expertise spans over 15 illustrious years in the realms of Forex and cryptocurrency trading. Renowned for his unparalleled proficiency in providing technical analysis, Aayush is a trusted advisor and senior market expert to investors worldwide, guiding them through the intricate landscapes of modern finance with his keen insights and astute chart analysis. From a young age, Aayush exhibited a natural aptitude for deciphering complex systems and unraveling patterns. Fueled by an insatiable curiosity for understanding market dynamics, he embarked…

Kevin Warsh’s odds to become Fed chair surge to 92% after Trump hints at familiar pick

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Kevin Warsh’s odds of leading the central bank in the post-Powell era have reached a new all-time high after President Trump said today that his pick for Fed chair would be a well-known figure in the financial world. He also said the choice would not come as a surprise, adding that many people believe it is someone who could have held the role a few years ago. Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, has seen his odds of becoming the next Fed Chair surge to 92% on Polymarket and Kalshi,…

Unclaimed ETH From The DAO Hack To Be Used For Security Fund

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Unclaimed Ethereum tokens from the infamous 2016 hack on The DAO will be redirected into a new security fund aimed at strengthening the network, says Ethereum advocate Griff Green. “There’s a lot of money just sitting in random contracts that were supposed to be returned to people who were affected by the hack,” Green said in an interview on Thursday with Unchained podcast host Laura Shin, reiterating plans to launch the security fund.  The DAO was a decentralized autonomous organization that an anonymous hacker exploited in June 2016 to siphon…

Avalanche Tokenization Value Rises to $1.3b in 2025

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Blockchain network Avalanche saw rising institutional adoption across tokenized money market funds, loans, and indices in the fourth quarter, driving the value of real-world assets on the layer 1 to a new high, even as its token underperformed the broader market. The total value locked of tokenized real-world assets on Avalanche rose 68.6% over the fourth quarter of 2025 and nearly 950% over the year to more than $1.3 billion, boosted by the $500 million BlackRock USD Institutional Digital Liquidity Fund (BUIDL) that launched in November, Messari research analyst Youssef…

Optimism Community Approves Proposal to Buyback OP Tokens

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The governance backing the Optimism blockchain has approved a proposal to allocate 50% of all Superchain revenue to buy back the network’s token over the next 12 months, starting in February. The proposal was initially submitted by the Optimism Foundation on Jan. 8 as part of a push to expand the utility of the Optimism (OP) token and align it with the success of the Superchain, a network of unified blockchains.  The voting period ended on Thursday, with the Optimism governance community passing the proposal with a 33.27% vote in…

El Salvador stockpiles gold, Bitcoin amid market jitters

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El Salvador’s Central Reserve Bank (BCR) said Thursday it bought 9,298 troy ounces of gold worth $50 million, its second gold purchase since 1990 and the first this year. El Banco Central de Reserva realizó una nueva adquisición de 9,298 onzas troy de oro en los mercados internacionales, equivalentes a US$50 millones, como parte de su estrategia de incremento en las tenencias de este metal. pic.twitter.com/1GD7H4Bd0X — Banco Central de Reserva (@bcr_sv) January 29, 2026 The acquisition follows El Salvador’s purchase of $50 million worth of gold in September 2025,…