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Morning Minute is a daily newsletter written by Tyler Warner. The analysis and opinions expressed are his own and do not necessarily reflect those of Decrypt. Subscribe to the Morning Minute on Substack.GM!Today’s top news: Crypto majors rebound after Trump walks back tariffs; BTC at $90k Bitgo announces IPO valuing the company at $2.1B, live today Senate Ag Committee will move forward with Clarity Act markup next week Mortgage lender NewRez explores using BTC & ETH as collateral Solana’s SKR token soars 250% to $400M+ fdv in 2nd day of trading ? Crypto Rips After Trump Walks Back TariffsMarkets breathe again after…

President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would not impose tariffs scheduled for Feb. 1 triggered a sharp reversal in risk assets, with Bitcoin rebounding above $90,000 after testing $87,300 earlier in the session.The move erased most of a two-day selloff driven by trade-war fears tied to Trump’s Greenland push, confirming Bitcoin’s status as a high-beta macro asset that amplifies directional swings when geopolitical headlines shift quickly.Gold and silver tumbled following the announcement, suggesting the return of risk-on sentiment. Gold fell from around $4,850 to $4,777 per ounce, while silver dropped from roughly $93 to $90.60 per ounce. Both metals, however,…

In brief GoMining and Jacob & Co. are teaming up for a luxury watch and digital miner combo. The limited-edition, 100-piece combo grants purchasers a luxury watch and a digital miner with 1,000 TH in computing power. Similar mining capacities could earn users net rewards of nearly $7,000 a year based on current BTC prices. Bitcoin mining company GoMining has teamed with luxury watchmaker Jacob & Co. to offer a limited-edition watch and Bitcoin miner combo aimed at pairing luxury with mining rewards.The $40,000, 100-piece Epic X GoMining package consists of a Bitcoin-themed luxury watch hand-wound by Jacob & Co.…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure BlackRock CEO Larry Fink used the World Economic Forum stage to argue that tokenization needs to move from pilot programs to market plumbing and suggested that a shared blockchain standard could cut costs and even “reduce corruption,” a framing that immediately reignited the “which chain?” debate across crypto and specifically inside the Ethereum community. Fink didn’t name a network. But the combination of BlackRock’s onchain product footprint and its own research positioning makes Ethereum the most natural candidate for the “one common blockchain” he alluded to, even…

Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman has now released updated crypto market structure text, posting a full bill PDF last night.The release locks in a near-term Senate Agriculture path to markup next week, but it also hardens a political split that could determine whether Senate Banking gets a negotiated bridge or a rival marker for later talks.Politico’s Jasper Goodman reported the draft “has not yet been shared with [Democrat] Sen. Cory Booker,” while independent crypto reporter Eleanor Terrett said the markup “is shaping up to be partisan,” with Senate Banking having been “hoping for a bipartisan deal to smooth its own…

In brief Two job applicants have filed a class-action lawsuit against Eightfold AI for allegedly violating federal and California consumer protection laws with secret AI-generated reports. The lawsuit alleges that Eightfold pulls data from LinkedIn, GitHub, and job boards to generate “Match Scores” that rank applicants and filter out lower-scored candidates before human review. The filing says the platform’s AI is trained on more than 1.5 billion data points, without letting applicants review or correct errors. Two job seekers filed a federal class-action lawsuit Tuesday against AI hiring platform Eightfold, alleging that the company uses hidden artificial intelligence to secretly…

Bitcoin is struggling to build momentum around the $90,000 level, yet at least one headline-grabbing buyer appears to be leaning in the opposite direction.Adam Back, the CEO of Blockstream, said on X (formerly Twitter) that a “Bitfinex whale” is purchasing roughly 450 Bitcoin per day at current price levels, a pace that would translate into about $40.6 million of daily demand with Bitcoin trading around $90,233 at the time of writing.According to Back:“The Bitfinex whale [was] initially [buying] 300 BTC/day, but now ramped to 450 BTC around the $90k mark. [This is] same as the [total] number of Bitcoins mined…

Billionaire investor Mike Novogratz says he remains bullish on cryptocurrencies despite ongoing macroeconomic uncertainty, citing growing participation from both retail investors and Wall Street firms. Novogratz, the founder and chief executive officer of Galaxy Digital, tells SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci that recent tariff headlines and geopolitical developments created near-term risk and weakness in crypto prices. Still, Novogratz says things are looking up. “Crypto has been trading better this year. It’s broad-based ETF participation, i.e. retail. We know Wall Street’s moving into crypto. So I’m bullish on crypto.” Novogratz says Bitcoin is consolidating, and he’s looking for BTC to clear…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure A new report from CoinGate shows Bitcoin took back the crown in cryptocurrency payments during 2025. Here’s how the rest of the rankings looked. Bitcoin Was The Most Used Cryptocurrency On CoinGate In 2025 In a new thread on X, digital asset payments processor CoinGate has shared insights from its latest report about transactions that occurred on the platform in 2025. In total, CoinGate processed 1.42 million cryptocurrency payments during the year, bringing its total lifetime payments beyond 7 million. As the below pie chart shows, Bitcoin…

In brief ARK Invest forecasts Bitcoin could account for roughly 70% of a projected $28 trillion digital-asset market by 2030, driven by ETF adoption and corporate treasuries. DeFi value shifts from networks to applications, as fee-generating protocols scale faster and begin to rival fintech platforms in revenue efficiency and assets under management. Tokenized markets move toward the mainstream, with ARK projecting up to $11 trillion in tokenized real-world assets by 2030. Bitcoin, decentralized finance applications, and tokenized real-world assets are poised to dominate crypto development in 2026, with experts saying regulatory clarity will determine whether innovation translates into mainstream adoption.ARK…

In brief New whales hold $130 billion worth of Bitcoin, outpacing old ‘OG’ whales’ $126 billion. Bitcoin’s choppy regime is a result of shifting supply dynamics between the old and new whales and the struggle among new whale cohorts. Macroeconomic and geopolitical outlook has improved, but the internal whale supply conflict remains the dominant force impacting Bitcoin’s market structure. Bitcoin’s large holder composition is undergoing a fundamental shift as demand from deep-pocketed new entrants promises to reshape power dynamics.The new whale cohort, including corporations like MicroStrategy and Twenty One Capital, isn’t composed of early adopters, but of institutional investors whose…

In brief The Senate Agriculture Committee confirmed a markup for the bill for next Tuesday despite lacking bipartisan alignment. The proposal would regulate digital commodity intermediaries under the CFTC, despite the agency facing resource constraints. Senate Banking has delayed its own work, further complicating the bill’s path. Senate Agriculture Chair John Boozman released an updated version of crypto market structure legislation on Wednesday and said it was time to move the bill to markup on Tuesday next week.While “differences remain on fundamental policy issues,” the committee’s draft includes “input from stakeholders and represents months of work,” Boozman said in a…

January 21, 2026 – New York City, United States Cork, the protocol building tokenized risk infrastructure for onchain finance, today announced it has closed a $5.5 million seed round led by Road Capital and a16z CSX with participation from 432 Ventures, BitGo Ventures, Cooley, DEPO Ventures, Funfair Ventures, G20 Group, Gate Labs, Hyperithm Gate, IDEO Ventures, PEER VC, Stake Capital and WAGMI Ventures. The raise marks a foundational milestone in the emergence of tokenized risk as a new onchain infrastructure category, bringing market-driven risk pricing, hedging and liquidity management to stablecoins, vaults and RWAs (real-world assets). Among the growing institutional demand for…

In brief Ryanair said it will not install SpaceX’s Starlink across its fleet, citing fuel and installation costs. Elon Musk disputed the airline’s assessment, sparking a public back-and-forth with CEO Michael O’Leary. The episode underscores the challenge of selling premium connectivity to ultra-low-cost carriers. Elon Musk is in a social media spat with a CEO, threatening a costly acquisition of a multi-billion-dollar company and a change in leadership. Sound familiar? Here’s what’s going on.At the root of it is Elon Musk’s push to bring SpaceX’s Starlink satellite internet to commercial airlines. The problem, as Musk sees it, is he’s running…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure American fast food chain Steak ‘n Shake has announced that all hourly employees will receive a Bitcoin bonus starting on March 1st. Steak ‘n Shake Integrates Bitcoin Bonus Payments Steak ‘n Shake will pay all hourly employees at its company-operated restaurants a bonus in Bitcoin for every hour of work, as revealed by the company’s official X handle. Steak ‘n Shake, primarily based in the United States, is a fast food chain that mainly serves burgers and milkshakes, with its flagship item being the Steakburger. Back in…