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Jerome Powell and the Fed are set to hold rates at 3.5%–3.75% despite Trump pressure, leaving Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana rangebound as traders focus on Powell’s tone over future cuts.

Tether has built the world’s largest non-sovereign gold hoard in a Swiss bunker, buying more than a ton a week to harden USDT and XAUT against fiat risk. Summary A

Chinese national Jingliang Su was sentenced to 46 months in US prison for laundering $36.9M in a USDT-based pig-butchering scheme that funneled victim funds via Deltec to Cambodia. Summary Prosecutors

Arthur Hayes says stealth Fed support for the yen could expand dollar liquidity, weaken the DXY, and mechanically push Bitcoin and majors to new highs. Summary Hayes outlines a “Woomph”

U.K.’s advertising watchdog has banned a Coinbase campaign that allegedly downplayed the risks of crypto investing and touted the exchange as a solution to the country’s cost-of-living crisis. Summary The

Crypto prices today have slightly risen as traders await the U.S. Federal Reserve’s interest rate decision, keeping the market on edge. Summary Crypto prices edged higher as traders reduced leverage

ERC-20 stablecoin market cap on Ethereum just fell $7b in a week, signaling investors may be exiting crypto entirely instead of rotating risk. Summary ERC-20 stablecoin market cap on Ethereum

A new Ethereum standard expected to reach mainnet this week could reshape how autonomous AI agents identify each other and work together without relying on centralized platforms. Summary ERC-8004 introduces

South Dakota lawmakers are once again weighing whether Bitcoin should play a role in managing public funds. Summary A new bill would allow South Dakota to invest up to 10%

Citrea has launched its mainnet, introducing a Bitcoin-native application layer built for on-chain trading, lending, and settlement. Summary Citrea went live on Jan. 27 with a ZK-rollup designed to support