On January 30, 2026, Kevin Warsh was nominated as Federal Reserve Chair, triggering a sharp crypto market sell-off due to expectations of higher interest rates and aggressive balance-sheet cuts. Bitcoin dropped 7% from $84.6k to $78.7k, with $2.4 billion in long positions liquidated, marking the largest crypto liquidation event of 2026. The Federal Reserve has kept rates steady between 3.50% and 3.75% through five decisions this year, but uncertainty remains ahead of the September meeting. Without a shift to looser monetary policy or dovish signals, Bitcoin may continue to face selling pressure amid tight liquidity and high interest rates.
Strategy holds 840,447 Bitcoin, about 4% of total supply, valued at $64.86 billion as Bitcoin trades near $77,175, creating an unrealized gain of $1.5 billion over its $63.36 billion acquisition cost. CEO Michael Saylor emphasizes Bitcoin as "digital...
Solana has launched a governance vote on proposal SGP-0002 to double its annual disinflation rate from 15% to 30%, accelerating the reduction of new SOL token issuance. This change could cut the projected six-year SOL supply by 18.9 million tokens, w...
XRP has seen a major rally in South Korea, capturing 32.20% of Upbit's trading volume during a period when the exchange processed about $830 million in just one hour. Upbit's 24-hour turnover reached approximately $3.81 billion, with Bithumb also rep...
Microsoft went ex-dividend on August 20, 2026, paying $0.91 per share, the largest dividend payout among 26 companies that day, totaling over $6.7 billion. Despite a 6.46% decline in free cash flow year-over-year, Microsoft’s capital expenditures sur...
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse announced that U.S. cryptocurrency regulation is approaching a decisive moment following recent meetings at the White House and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). These discussions brought together crypto le...
