1. Spot gold rises to $4,600 for the first time; 2. Powell: The threat of criminal prosecution from the US Department of Justice is due to the Federal Reserve's independent interest rate setting; 3. BitMine adds 109,504 ETH to its pledged portfolio, bringing the total pledged ETH to 1.19 million; 4. Federal prosecutors launch a criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chairman Powell; 5. A whale sells $912,000 worth of WHITEWHALE tokens, still holding $4.24 million worth of tokens; 6. BitMine's total pledged ETH surpasses 1 million, with a total value of approximately $3.36 billion; 7. A new address withdraws $1.55 million in ZEC from Binance; 8. Michael Saylor releases Bitcoin Tracker information again, possibly increasing his BTC holdings again; 9. Tether successfully registers the trademark for its asset tokenization platform Hadron in Russia; 10. A user's 25x leveraged ETH long position is showing a floating loss of 28.7. The unrealized profit of US$10 million has been withdrawn by more than US$2 million from its peak.

null source: https://x.com/wublockchain/status/2010523067081208137

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is threatened with criminal charges, raising concerns about the Fed's independence. source: https://coincu.com/news/federal-reserve-powell-doj-threat/

According to ChainCatcher, U.S. Republican Senator Thom Tillis has stated that no Federal Reserve nominees, including the chair, will be confirmed until the legal case involving Jerome Powell is resolved.

null source: https://x.com/stackersatoshi/status/2010520138554966364

According to PANews, Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of Strategy, shared insights on the X platform regarding the best-performing assets over the past decade. He highlighted digital intelligence, represented by Nvidia (NVDA), digital credit, represented by Strategy (MSTR), and digital capital, represented by Bitcoin (BTC), as the top assets in their respective categories.

null source: https://x.com/stackersatoshi/status/2010516816322343233

Spot gold has broken through the $4,600 mark for the first time, rising $280 in the first month of the new year. (Golden10)

According to ChainCatcher, spot silver experienced a notable rise of 4.00% during the day, with the current price reported at $83.14 per ounce.

According to ChainCatcher, the USD/JPY exchange rate briefly rose to 158.19, marking its highest point since January 2025.

Arthur Hayes sold all his HYPE tokens, making about $823,000 profit and saying the money will help buy a Ferrari. He had recently predicted big gains for HYPE but warned that a large token release soon could push prices down.