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Nikhilesh De @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 21:19 EDT

Polymarket, Kalshi contract limits demonstrated in latest U.S. government shutdown fight

The U.S. government is likely to shut down Saturday morning until the House votes on a funding package, raising the importance of specificity in prediction market bets. Read more ›

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Krisztian Sandor @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 19:10 EDT

Tether's gold holdings top $17 billion as net profits surpassed $10 billion for 2025

The stablecoin giant saw sharp growth in its USDT token's supply, and was one of the world's largest U.S. government debt holder with $141 billion Treasury exposure. Read more ›

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Shaurya Malwa @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 18:30 EDT

SpaceX-Tesla merger talks puts nearly 20,000 bitcoin in focus

Any deal involving SpaceX and Tesla would quietly consolidate one of the world’s largest corporate bitcoin holdings under a single roof. Read more ›

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Aoyon Ashraf @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 17:52 EDT

A Reddit-like social network for AI agents is getting weird, and memecoin traders are cashing in

Moltbook’s viral posts and strange user behavior memecoins, including MOLT soaring more than 7,000%. Read more ›

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AI Boost @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 14:54 EDT

Bitwise CIO Matt Hougan says bitcoin could hit $6.5 million in 20 years

After a bruising 2025, Hougan sees sideways Bitcoin trading, rising institutional interest and early central bank curiosity setting up the next cycle. Read more ›

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Olivier Acuna @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 14:26 EDT

U.S. government seizes $400 million Helix allegedly made from drug-linked transactions

The Department of Justice said it now holds legal title over crypto, real estate and monetary assets tied to darknet mixing service, Helix Read more ›

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James Van Straten @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 13:57 EDT

Anatomy of bitcoin's plunge this week: The dollar's bottom was BTC's top

It seems like ages ago, but bitcoin rose to just shy of $91,000 on Wednesday. Then the U.S. dollar started to strengthen. Read more ›

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Krisztian Sandor @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 13:50 EDT

Precious metals crash, with silver plunging 35%, gold 12%; bitcoin holds at $83,000

Crypto bulls who have theorized that bitcoin can't begin rising until money flows out of red-hot precious metals are about to find out if they were correct. Read more ›

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Helene Braun @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 12:44 EDT

Visa and Mastercard aren’t buying the stablecoin hype for everyday payments

Despite crypto’s promise of faster, cheaper transactions, the payments giants aren’t buying the stablecoin pitch, at least not in developed markets. Read more ›

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Helene Braun @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 12:34 EDT

Brian Armstrong was snubbed by top executives from the biggest U.S. banks in Davos: WSJ

Stablecoin rewards and the Clarity Act widen the divide between crypto and TradFi, according to people who spoke with the WSJ. Read more ›

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Olivier Acuna @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 11:34 EDT

Who is Kevin Warsh? Here is what Trump nominee for Fed chair said about bitcoin and rates

The former Federal Reserve governor has invested in crypto firms, criticized bitcoin’s role as money and argued for a U.S. digital dollar. Read more ›

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Stephen Alpher @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 10:04 EDT

Druckenmiller on Warsh as Fed Chair: ‘No One Better Equipped’

The conventional wisdom on Trump's pick for Fed chair says he's a hawk. Druckenmiller, who made billions fading conventional wisdom, suggests that's not necessarily so. Read more ›

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Will Canny @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 10:02 EDT

Citi says CLARITY Act momentum builds, but DeFi fight could stall crypto bill

Washington is edging closer to a landmark crypto framework, though disputes over DeFi and stablecoin rewards risk pushing final passage beyond 2026. Read more ›

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Margaux Nijkerk @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 09:00 EDT

Lido’s new stVaults will let L2s create their own rules for Ethereum staking

stVaults let other teams plug into Lido’s staking system instead of building their own from scratch. Read more ›

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Shaurya Malwa @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 07:44 EDT

XRP-linked Ripple rolls out treasury platform after $1 billion GTreasury deal

New product lets companies manage cash, stablecoins and tokenized funds in one system, cutting cross-border settlement times from days to seconds. Read more ›

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Jamie Crawley @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 07:02 EDT

President Donald Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair

The president confirmed his pick on Friday to replace the incumbent Jerome Powell when his term ends in May. Read more ›

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Olivier Acuna @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 07:01 EDT

Latin America’s biggest digital bank just won a key battle to offer crypto custody in U.S.

The Brazilian digital bank announced it received conditional OCC approval to provide deposit accounts, credit cards, lending and digital asset custody in the United States. Read more ›

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Oliver Knight @ CoinDesk · 01/30/2026 06:30 EDT

Bitcoin, ether extend declines as leverage unwind accelerates: Crypto Markets Today

Crypto markets fell further overnight as bitcoin and ether extended losses, metals tumbled and liquidation pressure hit leveraged traders across derivatives markets. Read more ›

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