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  • Hidden inflation risks are lurking in “patched” data, leaving Bitcoin stuck in a high-stakes waiting game
    by Andjela Radmilac on January 24, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    The Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) released its delayed Personal Income and Outlays report on Jan. 22, publishing October and November PCE inflation together. The print put headline PCE at 0.2% month over month in both months, with headline PCE at 2.7% year over year in October and 2.8% in November. Core PCE was also The post Hidden inflation risks are lurking in “patched” data, leaving Bitcoin stuck in a high-stakes waiting game […]

  • Self-custody is no longer a retail hobby. It is becoming institutional infrastructure
    by Artemiy Parshakov on January 24, 2026 at 3:30 pm

    The following is a guest post and opinion from Artemiy Parshakov, VP of Institutions at P2P.org. How the Institutional View of Self-Custody Is Changing For years, institutional participants largely equated self-custody with retail risk. Managing private keys, interacting directly with protocols, and relying on personal hardware were viewed as practices better suited to individual users The post Self-custody is no longer a retail hobby. It is […]

  • New explosive IPO surge proves smart money has abandoned high-risk tokens for this specific safe haven
    by Gino Matos on January 24, 2026 at 2:15 pm

    Crypto’s IPO market is back, but the companies leading the charge aren’t the ones most exposed to token volatility. BitGo priced its initial public offering on Jan. 21 at $18 per share, raising $212.8 million and valuing the custody platform at $2.08 billion. Shares opened the next day at $22.43, a 24.6% jump that pushed The post New explosive IPO surge proves smart money has abandoned high-risk tokens for this specific safe haven appeared […]

  • Bitcoin is trapped on a “liquidation treadmill” where risky positions are being systematically hunted
    by Andjela Radmilac on January 24, 2026 at 12:01 pm

    Bitcoin’s recent price action had a familiar signature: leverage built on the bounce, funding turned supportive for longs, then the market ran the nearest pockets of fragility until forced selling took over. BTC bouncing up and down in the $80,000 range is a result of futures positioning. Data showed roughly $794 million in Bitcoin long The post Bitcoin is trapped on a “liquidation treadmill” where risky positions are being systematically […]

  • Why one pound still buys more than one dollar, a crypto native guide to the least intuitive chart on Earth
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on January 24, 2026 at 9:35 am

    If you have ever landed in London, opened your banking app, and felt that tiny jolt of disbelief, you are not alone. One pound shows up as more than one dollar, again, and it feels wrong in the same way a meme coin with eight decimals feels wrong. The U.S. is bigger, the dollar runs The post Why one pound still buys more than one dollar, a crypto native guide to the least intuitive chart on Earth appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin’s $150,000 forecast slash proves the institutional “sure thing” is actually a high-stakes gamble for 2026
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on January 23, 2026 at 10:35 pm

    Bitcoin price forecasts for 2026 from major banks, asset managers, and market commentators span a wide range, roughly from $75,000 to $250,000, with many targets clustering in the low-to-mid six figures. The wide range reflects uncertainty about whether institutional demand can offset softer retail participation and whether Bitcoin’s macro sensitivity to liquidity conditions reasserts itself The post Bitcoin’s $150,000 forecast slash proves […]

  • FalconX, Monarq, and OpenEden Partner to Launch PRISM
    by News Desk on January 23, 2026 at 9:10 pm

    OpenEden has partnered with FalconX and Monarq to launch PRISM, a new tokenized yield portfolio designed to offer stable returns and low correlation to crypto price movements through a diversified, professionally managed strategy. PRISM, which stands for Portfolio of Risk-adjusted Investment Strategy Mix, is expected to launch in February 2026. The product is actively managed The post FalconX, Monarq, and OpenEden Partner to Launch PRISM […]

  • Exposing a dirty secret: What uses more power, Bitcoin, streaming, AI, or social media?
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on January 23, 2026 at 8:30 pm

    Bitcoin mining consumed around 171 TWh in 2025, representing 16% of total data center energy use. All traditional data centers worldwide consumed between 448 and 1,050 TWh in 2025, with estimates varying across analysts’ data. Gartner has it at 448 TWh, while Socomec and the IEA cite a range between 600 and 1050 TWh. Gartner The post Exposing a dirty secret: What uses more power, Bitcoin, streaming, AI, or social media? appeared first on […]

  • The dollar stays king until 2046 crushing Bitcoin dreams with $13 trillion of IMF data
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on January 23, 2026 at 6:15 pm

    Bitcoin’s earliest realistic path to becoming the world’s global reserve currency (defined here as reserve-currency primacy rather than limited reserve-asset adoption) sits around the mid-2040s under a scenario model that treats official mandates, collateral usage, and invoicing conventions as binding constraints. That timeline starts from a reserve system where total global foreign-exchange reserves reached $12.94 The post The dollar stays […]

  • Bitcoin regret is coming for anyone ignoring Coinbase CEO’s 5% rule as banks fight to cap gains
    by Gino Matos on January 23, 2026 at 4:05 pm

    Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong told Bloomberg at Davos that investors who don’t have at least 5% of their net worth in Bitcoin will “probably be pretty sad” by 2030. Recently, Morgan Stanley’s wealth management division published portfolio guidelines capping crypto exposure at 4% maximum for even its most aggressive growth models. Both used “5%” as The post Bitcoin regret is coming for anyone ignoring Coinbase CEO’s 5% rule as banks […]

  • DHS Says 5-Year-Old Was “Abandoned” By Parents During ICE Operation In Minnesota
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 5:50 pm

    DHS Says 5-Year-Old Was “Abandoned” By Parents During ICE Operation In Minnesota Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on Jan. 23 refuted reports that ICE agents detained a 5-year-old boy in Minnesota, saying the child was abandoned by his parents during an immigration enforcement operation. Columbia Heights Public School District had previously said that 5-year-old Liam Conejo […]

  • Shockwaves In Beijing: Xi Targets His Own Top General, Longtime Confidant, In Elite Purge
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    Shockwaves In Beijing: Xi Targets His Own Top General, Longtime Confidant, In Elite Purge Another significant military purge appears underway in China, as Saturday morning the West woke up to news that China’s most senior military officer, who is second only to Xi Jinping, has been put under investigation over alleged “grave violations of discipline and the law.” Gen. Zhang Youxia is a vice chairman of the Central Military […]

  • Armed Suspect Shot By Border Patrol Dies; Tear Gas Deployed As Protesters Swarm Area
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 4:45 pm

    Armed Suspect Shot By Border Patrol Dies; Tear Gas Deployed As Protesters Swarm Area (Update: 1240ET): The armed man shot by federal agents today in Minneapolis has died, according to the city’s police chief.  Close up picture of the suspect who was shot and is confirmed to be dead. pic.twitter.com/cvpprtQe1e — Kim “Katie” USA (@KimKatieUSA) January 24, 2026 DHS has issued a statement regarding the incident:  At 9:05 AM […]

  • Trump Says Canada Will Face 100% Tariffs if It “Makes A Deal With China”
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 4:40 pm

    Trump Says Canada Will Face 100% Tariffs if It “Makes A Deal With China” Authored by Omid Ghoreishi via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump says Canadian goods exported to the United States would be hit with 100 percent tariffs if Canada makes a deal with China. “If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken. […]

  • Larry Fink Says Public Has Lost Trust In Davos Elites And He Blames “Capitalism”
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 4:05 pm

    Larry Fink Says Public Has Lost Trust In Davos Elites And He Blames “Capitalism” The intrinsic fallacy behind the Davos conference and its supposed mission to “save the world” by molding international policy is easy to describe:  Davos is made up largely of the corporate elites, banking moguls and corrupt politicians that created the world’s problems in the first place, often deliberately in order to create chaos and gain power.  […]

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  • In Humiliating Retreat, Starmer Forced To Pull Chagos Bill After Trump Backlash
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    In Humiliating Retreat, Starmer Forced To Pull Chagos Bill After Trump Backlash Trump wins again – or rather, Europe caves again. On Friday UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer was forced into an abrupt and humiliating retreat after his plan for the Chagos Islands detonated backlash in Washington. Starmer had been preparing to ram the controversial legislation through the House of Lords on Monday, only for the bill to be yanked late […]

  • House Committee Calls On IRS To Crack Down On NGOs Funding Terrorists
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 3:30 pm

    House Committee Calls On IRS To Crack Down On NGOs Funding Terrorists Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The IRS must overhaul its oversight of the nonprofit sector amid the fraud scandal in Minnesota that has led to taxpayer funds being funneled for terror activities, Republicans on the House Ways and Means Committee said in a Jan. 20 statement. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Rep. Jason […]

  • Last Look At Snowfall Models As ‘Snowpocalypse’ Begins
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 2:55 pm

    Last Look At Snowfall Models As ‘Snowpocalypse’ Begins How Will This Weekend’s Mega-Storm Compare to the Winter Blasts of 2016 and 1996? Meteorologist Ben Noll says this weekend’s snowstorm could be similar to the Blizzard of 1996. For our more seasoned readers, 1996 was an unforgettable winter. Many younger readers, however, have grown up in snow droughts and years of corporate media narratives centered on Al Gore’s global […]

  • DOE Orders Diesel Generators To Be Ready As Electric Sector Prepares For Historic Winter Storm
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 2:20 pm

    DOE Orders Diesel Generators To Be Ready As Electric Sector Prepares For Historic Winter Storm By Robert Walton of UtilityDive Stakeholders across the U.S. electric sector are preparing for Winter Storm Fern, which is expected to impact an area stretching from Texas to New York, as far north as the upper Midwest and into parts of the Southeast. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration anticipates the storm to begin […]

  • Military Presence At Davos “Much Larger Than Usual” As Security Posture Signals Rising Threats
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    Military Presence At Davos “Much Larger Than Usual” As Security Posture Signals Rising Threats The private jets are departing, $2,500 per night sex workers have cleared out, and European globalist elites spent the week annoyed by the America First message from President Trump and Elon Musk at the World Economic Forum in Davos. The rationale for California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s attendance remains unclear, but his presence and conduct […]

  • US Pledges To ‘Starve’ Iraq Of Oil Revenue If Pro-Iran Parties Join New Government
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 1:10 pm

    US Pledges To ‘Starve’ Iraq Of Oil Revenue If Pro-Iran Parties Join New Government Via The Cradle Washington has threatened to block Iraq’s access to its own oil revenue held in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York if representatives of Shia armed parties enjoying support from Iran are included in the next government, Reuters  reported Friday. “The US warning was delivered repeatedly over the past two months by the US Charges […]

  • UK’s Starmer Lambasts Trump Remarks On NATO Troops: “Insulting & Frankly Appalling”
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 12:35 pm

    UK’s Starmer Lambasts Trump Remarks On NATO Troops: “Insulting & Frankly Appalling” President Trump has added fresh fuel to the fire amid historic inter-NATO tensions as the Greenland issue is front and center. The US leader told Fox News on Thursday the United States had ultimately “never needed” the NATO alliance and accused allies of staying “a little off the front lines” in Afghanistan. “I’ve always said, will they be […]

  • Over 2 Million Ukrainians Have Already Deserted & Or Actively Dodging The Draft
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    Over 2 Million Ukrainians Have Already Deserted & Or Actively Dodging The Draft Authored by Andrew Korybko, The 2.2 million men that are currently on the run amounts to 6.8% of the Ukrainian population and is slightly larger than the percentage of Asians in the US. New Ukrainian Defense Minister Mikhail Fedorov shockingly revealed that 200,000 men have already deserted thus far and ten times more (2 million) are actively […]

  • Suicidal Empathy Is Another Front In The CCP’s Hybrid War
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 4:25 am

    Suicidal Empathy Is Another Front In The CCP’s Hybrid War Authored by Stu Cvrk via The Epoch Times, The theory of suicidal empathy is gaining increasing currency among people who are deeply concerned about the apparent fracturing of Western civilization, particularly American culture. Suicidal empathy can be defined as excessive or misdirected compassion expressed by individuals or groups that prioritizes short-term emotional […]

  • Vegas Casino To Accept Canadian Dollars At Par In Bid To Lure Northerners Back To Sin City
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 4:00 am

    Vegas Casino To Accept Canadian Dollars At Par In Bid To Lure Northerners Back To Sin City Las Vegas casino owner Derek Stevens is offering Canadian visitors a major incentive by accepting Canadian dollars at par with U.S. currency at his three downtown properties—Circa, D Las Vegas, and Golden Gate—through August 31, according to Bloomberg. Because the Canadian dollar currently trades at about 1.38 to the U.S. dollar, the […]

  • Russia’s Planned Revival Of RIC Is Unlikely For Three Reasons
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 3:35 am

    Russia’s Planned Revival Of RIC Is Unlikely For Three Reasons Authored by Andrew Korybko, The Sino-Indo rapprochement is still in its infancy, their territorial disputes remain unresolved, and India is under lots of pressure from the US nowadays. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared during his first press conference of the year that Moscow wants to revive the Russia-India-China (RIC) format.  In his words, “[RIC] […]

  • Meet The Man Who Bought $1 Billion In Physical Silver Before The Rally
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 3:10 am

    Meet The Man Who Bought $1 Billion In Physical Silver Before The Rally The precious metals complex resumed its upward trajectory overnight. Shortly after the US equity cash open, silver surged above $100 per ounce for the first time on record, while gold approached the $5,000 per ounce level. As Rick Privorotsky, head of Delta One at Goldman Sachs, noted to clients earlier, flows suggest some speculative participation, but the […]

  • Obama’s Fingerprints All Over Investigations Of Trump And Clinton
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 2:45 am

    Obama’s Fingerprints All Over Investigations Of Trump And Clinton Authored by Paul Sperry via American Greatness, In the run-up to the 2016 Democratic Party convention, FBI Director James Comey gained access to at least eight thumb drives containing large volumes of former Secretary Hillary Clinton’s sensitive State Department emails—as well as some from President Obama—that appeared to have been compromised by foreign […]

  • China Has Officially Overtaken Tesla In The Global EV Race
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 2:20 am

    China Has Officially Overtaken Tesla In The Global EV Race Chinese automakers, led by BYD, are rapidly reshaping the global electric-vehicle market and challenging long-established brands such as Volkswagen, Toyota, BMW—and even Tesla, according to the Wall Street Journal. Once dismissed by Western buyers, Chinese EVs are now gaining wide acceptance. “These Chinese cars look fantastic,” one shopper said while browsing a BYD […]

  • ‘Saving The Family’ Should Start With Sound Money
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 1:55 am

    ‘Saving The Family’ Should Start With Sound Money Authored by Jeffery L. Degner and Thomas Savidge via TheDailyEconomy.org, In the opening week of 2026, several scholars at the Heritage Foundation published a special report titled “Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years.” This 168-page document covers myriad policies that negatively impact the American family and proposes solutions to those […]

  • The EU-US $800BN Postwar Ukraine ‘Prosperity’ Plan Which Should Outrage MAGA
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 1:30 am

    The EU-US $800BN Postwar Ukraine ‘Prosperity’ Plan Which Should Outrage MAGA Ukraine is now begging the EU and US for $1.5 trillion over the next 10 years at a moment its prospects on the battlefield look no better than a year ago. This reportedly includes an ask of $800 billion for “reconstruction” and $700 billion for “military purposes”. Politico is reporting Friday that EU leadership has circulated a confidential document to […]

  • AI-Induced Cultural Stagnation Is No Longer Speculation − It’s Already Happening
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 1:05 am

    AI-Induced Cultural Stagnation Is No Longer Speculation − It’s Already Happening Authored by Ahmed Elgammal, via The Conversation Generative AI was trained on centuries of art and writing produced by humans. But scientists and critics have wondered what would happen once AI became widely adopted and started training on its outputs. A new study points to some answers. In January 2026, artificial intelligence researchers […]

  • With Control Of Virginia, Democrats Go Into A Tax And Regulatory Frenzy
    by Tyler Durden on January 24, 2026 at 12:15 am

    With Control Of Virginia, Democrats Go Into A Tax And Regulatory Frenzy Authored by Jonathan Turley, In the last election, Democrats again campaigned as moderates, including Abigail Spanberger. Once in control of the Governor’s mansion and the legislature, however, Virginia Democrats have moved quickly to fulfill the worst stereotype of a tax-hungry, economy-crushing party. The Democrats introduced an array of new taxes on […]

  • New Gig Economy Job: Train AI That Replaces You
    by Tyler Durden on January 23, 2026 at 11:50 pm

    New Gig Economy Job: Train AI That Replaces You A Bay Area startup called Mercor has hired tens of thousands of white-collar contractors for temporary work, training artificial intelligence to perform the very jobs many of them once held, according to a new Wall Street Journal report. In effect, these white-collar workers are being paid to accelerate their own obsolescence by feeding and perfecting models for chatbot makers, such […]

  • Crypto Takeaways From Davos: Politics And Money Collide
    by Tyler Durden on January 23, 2026 at 11:25 pm

    Crypto Takeaways From Davos: Politics And Money Collide Authored by Yohan Yun via CoinTelegraph.com, While geopolitical tensions and the Greenland standoff set the tone at Davos 2026, crypto resurfaced as a secondary but consequential theme. US President Donald Trump used a few minutes of his Davos speech to double down on his ambition to turn the US into the world’s crypto capital and voice support for crypto-friendly […]

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