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Kevin Walsh is reportedly a popular candidate for the Fed chairman due to his veteran background and prominent connections. His wife came from a wealthy family, and his father-in-law had close ties to Trump, giving him a unique advantage.

Despite the weak AVAX price, the total locked value of tokenized assets on Avalanche surged by 68.6% in Q4 2025, increasing by nearly 950% for the year to surpass $1.3 billion. This growth was driven by BlackRock's BUIDL Fund and FIS's tokenized lending business partnership.

PANews reported on January 30 that according to Onchain Lens monitoring, a whale sold 699 ETH to obtain 1.876 million USDC after two years of silence, deposited it into Hyperliquid, and opened a 20x leveraged long position of ETH worth $18 million.

CGS International's Bertram Lai said that the continued rise in gold and precious metal prices could lead to volatility in the stock and bond markets. He noted that this price action has become a news-driving factor, potentially impacting investors' perception of fiat currency risks and expanding bond risk premiums. Risk repricing in the coming months could trigger significant market volatility.

ChainCatcher news, according to Jinshi, Nomura Securities pointed out that the US dollar and US Treasury yields are facing upward pressure. Meanwhile, former Fed Governor Kevin Walsh's policy stance is considered less dovish.

21Shares launched the first Jito Staked SOL ETP (ticker: JSOL) in Europe, listed on the Amsterdam and Paris exchanges, providing investors with investment opportunities for staking income. The ETP holds the JitoSOL token, allowing investors to earn associated rewards and maintain liquidity.

Investor Cathie Wood believes that gold prices are more likely to fall, with gold's market capitalization accounting for a record high in the U.S. money supply, similar to the situation in 1980. She pointed out that the current bubble is in the field of gold rather than artificial intelligence, and the strength of the dollar may cause gold prices to fall sharply.

PANews reported on January 30 that according to Onchain Lens monitoring, the whale "pension-usdt.eth" has completely closed its ETH (3x leverage) short position, making a profit of $2.7 million.

According to BlockBeats news, on January 30, cryptocurrency custody provider Copper is conducting preliminary negotiations for a potential public listing. According to people familiar with the matter, Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Deutsche Bank may be involved in the listing, and the final decision will depend on the company's recent revenue performance.

It is reported that Copper provides institutional-grade encryption infrastructure based on multi-party computational (MPC) technology, including custody, settlement, and prime brokerage services, aiming to reduce counterparty risk for banks and trading firms.

Wall Street analyst Ed Engel upgraded Circle stock from "sell" to "neutral" and lowered the price target from $75 to $60, noting that its stock price is highly correlated with the crypto market and has the impact of high-risk activities. While potential policy changes could bring upside catalysts, Circle still needs time to decouple from the crypto cycle.

South Korean regulators are pushing for a legal amendment to limit the shareholding ratio of major shareholders of cryptocurrency exchanges. According to the proposal, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) plans to conduct a qualification review of major shareholders of virtual asset service providers (VASPs), proposing to set a shareholding cap of 15% to 20% to avoid conflicts of interest. This move aims to enhance market transparency and strengthen regulation of exchange operations. The proposal has now been submitted to Congress for consideration. （DLNews）

According to BlockBeats news on January 30th, according to HyperInsight monitoring, during today's market crash, multiple traders on Hyperliquid were liquidated, with 58 positions of more than $1 million in a single currency, covering mainstream currencies, altcoins, and precious metals, with the largest liquidation being a trader's ETH long order, with a liquidation scale of $65.1374 million.

ChainCatcher news, according to Coinglass data, in the past 24 hours, the entire network has liquidated $1.78 billion, long orders have liquidated $1.674 billion, and short orders have liquidated $106 million. Among them, Bitcoin long orders were liquidated by US$811 million, Bitcoin short orders were liquidated by US$22.769 million, Ethereum long orders were liquidated by US$407 million, and Ethereum short orders were liquidated by US$23.9049 million.

According to ChainCatcher news, according to Gate market data, ETH/USDT is currently trading at $2,699.98, with a 24-hour drop of 9.96%.