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‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry warns bitcoin plunge could trigger $1 billion gold, silver sell-off

Burry said crypto losses may have forced institutions to liquidate precious metals as bitcoin slid below $73,000.

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Bitcoin’s wild Tuesday: From a 14-month low to a sharp rally triggers $740 million in liquidations

Bitcoin failing to bounce soon could set the stage for "one hell of a year," one analyst said.

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Canada’s investment watchdog rolls out crypto custody rules to avoid another QuadrigaCX

CIRO’s new digital asset custody framework takes effect immediately, raising standards for crypto trading platforms as regulators push to reduce investor risk.

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Trump's White House won't tolerate attacks on the president in crypto bill, adviser says

Patrick Witt, the president's digital assets adviser, told CoinDesk that anti-corruption provisions targeting Trump would not be acceptable.

Former Representative Patrick McHenry, White House adviser Patrick Witt and Treasury Department official Tyler Williams at the Ondo Summit in New York (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)
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Digital wallets will hold 'totality' of people's assets, says Franklin Templeton

At the Ondo Summit in New York, top asset managers said tokenization has moved beyond theory but warned that trust, education, and real-world utility are now the biggest hurdles.

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U.S. Treasury probes crypto exchanges over Iran sanctions evasion, TRM Labs says

The U.S. Department of the Treasury is scrutinizing crypto platforms, not just wallets, for enabling Iran’s sanctions evasion, according to TRM Labs’ Ari Redbord.

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Dogecoin falls 7% as risk-off trade hits Ethereum tied tokens

The sell-off was driven by risk-off positioning and heavy derivatives speculation, with futures volume surging even as spot trading declined.

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Crypto pulls out of free fall as government shutdown ends

An unrelenting plunge in crypto prices on Tuesday has paused after the U.S. House very narrowly passed a funding package that will now head to the president's desk for signature.

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XRP plunges 6% as bitcoin drops under support, worsening downtrend

XRP fell alongside a broad risk-off move in crypto that pressured majors and high-beta tokens alike.

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Galaxy CEO Mike Novogratz doesn't see quantum as big threat for bitcoin

CEO Mike Novogratz said that the profit-taking trend among early bitcoin adopters is real, indicating weakening conviction in the "HODLing" philosophy.

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Bitcoin nears weekend low of $74,600 as stock selloff adds to crypto's woes

Major declines in artificial-intelligence-linked stocks, software names and private equity are leading U.S. indices lower.

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'You are not scaling Ethereum': Vitalik Buterin issues a blunt reality check to the biggest crypto networks

The roadmap in place doesn't make as much sense because progress among layer-2s toward later stages of decentralization has been slower and more difficult, and Ethereum itself is now scaling directly on layer-1.

Vitalik Buterin (CoinDesk)
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Bitcoin will 'massively' outperform gold over 10 years, says Pantera's Dan Morehead

“I think crypto starts to become invisibly more part of everyone's lives," said Tom Lee — the two appeared on a panel together Tuesday morning at the Ondo Summit in New York.

Consensus 2025: Dan Morehead, Founder & CEO, Pantera Capital

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Solana to reach $2,000 by 2030 despite recent plunge to $100, says Standard Chartered

Analyst Geoffrey Kendrick trimmed his 2026 SOL forecast to $250 from $310, but says stablecoin micropayments could drive a longer-term surge as Solana moves beyond memecoins.

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Bitcoin bounce fails, with price falling back to $77,000 while precious metals renew surge

Silver is higher by nearly 15% on Tuesday, while gold is nearing $5,000 per ounce after a 6.5% gain.

Bitcoin (BTC) on Feb. 2 (CoinDesk)

Finance

MetaMask integrates Ondo to offer 200+ tokenized U.S. stocks inside crypto wallet

The launch marks one of the first times tokenized U.S. equities and ETFs have been made natively available through a major self-custodial wallet.

Joe Lubin speaking at Consensus 2024 by CoinDesk. (Shutterstock/CoinDesk/Suzanne Cordiero)
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