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Bitcoin treasuries are designed to look uncomfortable in drawdowns, because the trade they’re running is simple: take a volatile asset, put it on a corporate balance sheet, and finance more of it through capital markets. When Bitcoin drops, the mark-to-market hit is the point, not the punchline.The real question is whether the company can keep its funding machine running long enough for volatility to swing back the other way.Bitcoin’s price of about $78,500 on Feb. 1 turns the conversation about unrealized losses into a stress test for everyone who bought closer to the cycle highs, and a reminder that early…

This month, Japanese games are dominating the charts, with games coming from most of the most-beloved publishers, including Nintendo, Enix, Capcom, Tecmo, RGG Studio, and Grasshopper Manufacture.In addition to these notable games arriving, this month will also see the arrival of High On Life 2, the PS5 release of Avowed, the Switch 2 release of PGA Tour 2K25, Tokyo Xtreme Racer, and more.Dragon Quest VII ReimaginedRelease Date: February 5Platforms: PC (Steam/Microsoft Store), PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, Nintendo Switch 2There was a time when Japanese RPGs dominated the gaming landscape, and Dragon Quest is one of the grand…

In a global investor survey from Coinbase Institutional and Glassnode, 1 in 4 institutions agreed that crypto has now entered a bear market. Yet the majority of institutions still said Bitcoin was undervalued, and most said they had held or increased exposure since October.That discrepancy matters because it captures how institutions are positioning right now: caution about the regime, a willingness to stay allocated, and a preference for concentrating risk in Bitcoin rather than in smaller, more volatile tokens that can unwind quickly when leverage comes out.A bear market label, a value bidThe report’s market framing explains why the paradox…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A US-linked crypto startup received a major foreign cash injection this week, stirring questions in Washington about money, access, and transparency. Reports say a UAE-backed investor paid roughly $500 million for nearly half of the company, a deal that was not widely known when it closed. UAE Money Enters A Trump-Linked Crypto Firm According to multiple reports, Aryam Investment 1 agreed to buy a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million. Part of that sum — about $187 million — was paid up front to…

Japan spent decades as the world’s best destination for the world’s easiest funding trade. You could borrow yen at very low rates, buy almost anything with a higher yield, hedge just enough to feel responsible, and assume the Bank of Japan would keep volatility contained.Late January 2026 is what it looks like when that assumption starts to break.The BOJ’s Jan. 23 decision kept its policy rate guidance around 0.75%. However, the BOJ also made it clear it still sees a path where further hikes remain possible and that it’s not treating 0.75% as a finish line.At the same time, Japan’s…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure The Bitcoin market has seen a horrific tale over the week, with the price recording a downturn of more than 12%. As the flagship cryptocurrency tests its $77,000 price support, data from recent on-chain analysis has been put out, which suggests that investors might have more concerns in the near-term. Network Activity Collapses To 2020 Lows Despite Relatively Higher Prices In a recent QuickTake post on the CryptoQuant platform, market analyst CryptoOnchain hypothesizes that the Bitcoin price currently stands very little chance of recuperating. On the contrary,…

Trump picked Kevin Warsh for Fed chair, the first big market change may be the way the Fed talksWhen 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 speaks like a central banker.He repeats himself on purpose. He tries to keep the Fed’s message boring, even when the numbers are doing anything except boring.That boring style is a feature for markets. Traders price the decision, they price the dots, they price a handful of key…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Capital is rotating back into high-potential crypto assets, and XRP is emerging as the primary beneficiary of the shift. As liquidity floods back into the market, many believe the altcoin is positioned for a powerful upside move that could dramatically reshape portfolios.  Why This Capital Inflow Could Change XRP’s Price Forever XRP is about to make multi-millionaires. An analyst known as Dragon revealed a video on X that RealFi has officially approved Walmart as a vendor. Walmart, a global retail giant with a $800 billion market capitalization…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Coinbase’s legal battle over alleged insider trading hit a new milestone this week when a Delaware judge refused to toss a shareholder suit, keeping alive claims that top executives and directors sold stock while sitting on inside information. Reports say the ruling does not resolve guilt or innocence. It simply lets the case continue in court. Court Lets Case Move Forward According to filings and press reports, the suit — brought by a shareholder in 2023 — accuses CEO Brian Armstrong and board member Marc Andreessen, among…

The Bitcoin Circular Economy Summit just took place in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, and what an event it was. The invite-only summit saw two days of presentations from communities from across the world, from Indonesia to Peru, from Africa to Bolivia. The summit saw an alleged 29 different countries represented among the small crowd of perhaps 60 attendees and speakers.  The event was put together by the Bitcoin Beach team, lead by Mike Peterson and Roman Martinez, the BCES took place in El Zonte’s community center, a new location built up to support El Zonte’s growing population and economy.   The…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Reports say social and on-chain mood around crypto has dropped to a yearly low, a sign that fear is running high among many investors. Santiment’s social-data read shows negative chatter spiking and the balance of bearish to bullish comments tilting heavily toward fear. That kind of panic has, at times, been followed by price rebounds in past cycles. What The Numbers Are Saying Right now the Crypto Fear & Greed Index sits in “Extreme Fear,” with readings that fell into the teens this week. That scoring reflects…

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 saw one of their sharpest one-day plunges in decades, and Bitcoin sold off sharply amid the broader rush out of risk. 24 hours later, and the markets that are open over the weekend are almost in free fall. Related ReadingCrypto market crashes erasing $220B as Israel strikes…

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:“I have known Kevin for a long period of time, and have no doubt that he will go down as one of the GREAT Fed Chairmen, maybe the best. On top of everything else, he is ‘central casting,’ and he will never let you down.”Trump’s move follows months of internal jockeying over who would replace Chair Jerome Powell when his term ends in May. Warsh, 55, served on the…

Crypto prices extended their recent decline Saturday, with top assets like Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP plunging to prices not seen in several months or more, with liquidations continuing to climb throughout the day.Bitcoin is down 8% over the last day at a recent price of $77,195, according to CoinGecko, marking the lowest price seen in nine months and extending its weekly slide to over 13%. The price of the top cryptocurrency has fallen nearly 39% since peaking above $126,000 in October.Meanwhile, Ethereum is showing a much harder hit, falling 13% on the day to a recent price of $2,362 and…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A popular crypto pundit who previously criticized XRP has now changed his tune, acknowledging he was wrong to undermine the cryptocurrency and now calling it “the global currency”. The analyst cited his earlier misconceptions about the altcoin, highlighting developments such as Ripple’s new bank charter as major reasons for his shift in sentiment.   XRP Critic Reverses Stance On The Cryptocurrency Crypto commentator Minus Wells has publicly reversed his stance on XRP, admitting he was wrong to be a “hater” and to have consistently criticized the cryptocurrency. In…

Bitcoin price plunged to nearly $75,000 today during a continuous and sharp, high-volume sell-off that erased more than 10% from recent highs and pushed the asset below $80,000 for the first time since April 2025. Data shows BTC fell from a 24-hour high of $84,356 to a low of $75,644 in a matter of hours, as sellers overwhelmed bid support across major exchanges.  The move marked one of the steepest single-day declines of the year and triggered widespread liquidations in derivatives markets. The sell-off accelerated after bitcoin price failed to hold support near $82,500. Once that level broke, price moved…

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 a stretch.Graph showing Bitcoin’s hashrate from Jan. 20 to Jan. 30, 2026 (Source: CoinWarz)The fact that the sharpest drop came from Foundry USA, the largest mining pool with the largest presence in the US, tells you that the drop was caused by curtailments.Graph showing the 30-day…