Fed Holds Rates Steady, Takes Note of Elevated Inflation Under pressure this week, the price of bitcoin dipped to $101,800 in the moments following the decision.

Trump Media Starts New Fintech Platform Truth.Fi Focusing on Crypto, ETFs Truth.Fi is the latest endeavor of Donald Trump-affiliated companies into the digital asset space after World Liberty Financial and launching an “official” memecoin.

How AI Agents and Crypto Will Revolutionize Commerce The synergy between AI and decentralized protocols will be central to the transformation of commerce, argues the founder of infrastructure firm Boson Protocol.

Institutions Are Primed for MicroStrategy’s Preferred Stock Sale, Say Analysts A “near perfect” instrument is how Bitwise’s Jeff Park described the new offering.

Fairshake’s Florida Wins Likely to Amp Up List of Crypto-Supported Allies in Congress The crypto PAC’s largesse in Florida special elections — replacing people Trump tapped for his administration, including Matt Gaetz — led to two more victories.

Why Web3 Doesn’t Have More Users Tools and better user experience are key if we want Web3 to see the fast growth we saw at the inception of the internet, says K3 Labs’s William Herkelrath.

Bitcoin Miner Riot Platforms Targeted by Second Activist Investor: Reuters The move comes after another activist investor, Starboard, had taken a stake in the miner late last year.

Bitcoin Market Projection for 2025 Despite potential near-term volatility and choppy price action, there is a strong bullish outlook for bitcoin in 2025, with projected highs reaching $150,000 or more, says Nathan Batchelor of Biyond Global.

As Lutnick Faces U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Warren Scrutinizes His Tether Ties Howard Lutnick, President Trump’s pick to run the Department of Commerce, is probed by the senator on the Tether connection of his firm, Cantor Fitzgerald.

Digital Currency Group Spins Off Crypto Mining Subsidiary Fortitude From Foundry Fortitude Mining will produce bitcoin and other proof-of-work tokens.

Crypto Accounting Platform Cryptio Raises $15M in Series A Extension Existing investor Alven led the round and featured participation from new backers 1kx and Ledger Cathay Capital.

CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: ICP Falls 3.2% as Index Trades Lower From Tuesday Bitcoin Cash (BCH) joined Internet Computer (ICP) as an underperformer, declining 2.2%.

Crypto Daybook Americas: Trump Exports Bitcoin Enthusiasm as Price Rebounds, Investors Eye FOMC Your day-ahead look for Jan. 29, 2025

Cardano Will Transition to Full Decentralized Governance After Wednesday’s Hard Fork, Cardano Foundation Says A hard fork is a non-backwards compatible change to the blockchain’s programming.

M2 Money Supply Approaches All-Time High, Bullish Signal for Crypto: Van Straten The M2 money supply continued to increase in December a bullish catalyst for risk-on assets.

Crypto.com Will Suspend Tether, PayPal Stablecoin Services in Europe Due to MiCA From Jan. 31, Crypto.com will no longer offer certain services from stablecoins, like Tether USDT, Paypal USD, Pax dollar, alongside Crypto.com Staked ETH and Crypto.com Staked SOL.

Japan’s Metaplanet Plans to Buy 21,000 Bitcoin by 2026 The “21 Million Plan” comprises the issuance of 21 million shares via moving strike warrants and represents Asia’s largest-ever equity capital raise for Bitcoin with a target of 16.65 billion yen.

Berachain App Boyco Goes Live With $2.2B in ‘Pre-Deposits’ Through Boyco, applications can create pre-launch liquidity markets where users can deposit assets before the mainnet goes live.

DOGE Drops Below Uptrend Line, Signaling Possible End to Five-Month Rally DOGE’s price has lost key support levels this week, weakening the bullish case.

Former Binance Labs Makes First Investment Following Zhao’s Return: Report YZI Labs, the rebranded Binance Labs, led a $16 million funding round into token airdrop startup Sign.