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U.S. government isn't poised to sweep in with bitcoin buys, despite Jim Cramer rumor

President Donald Trump did order a bitcoin reserve, but it doesn't yet exist, even as the CNBC host says the feds will start filling it when bitcoin hits $60,000.

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"Big Short" Michael Burry warns of "death spiral"

Michael Burry, the investor who famously predicted the 2008 crash, says bitcoin’s drop is triggering a "collateral death spiral" in precious metals. He warns that liquidations in tokenized gold and silver are dragging crypto down, and if BTC slips to $50,000, the market for tokenized metals could collapse into a "black hole." CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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The bitcoin play in Musk's $1T SpaceX-xAI merger

Elon Musk's merger between SpaceX and xAI is creating a trillion-dollar tech titan, and pulling a massive 8,300 Bitcoin treasury out of the shadows. What happens to SpaceX's $650 million BTC stash after the mega deal? CoinDesk's Jennifer Sanasie hosts "CoinDesk Daily."

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Policy

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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Crypto industry, banks not yet close to stablecoin yield deal at White House meeting

Industry insiders met with President Donald Trump's advisers, who asked that compromises be found this month for the Senate's crypto bill.

Patrick Witt, executive director of the President's Council of Advisers on Digital Assets

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Bitcoin is the 'newest, coolest software': Inside Kevin Warsh’s complicated crypto history

The former Federal Reserve governor has invested in crypto firms, criticized bitcoin’s role as money and argued for a U.S. digital dollar.

Kevin Warsh. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images/Modified by CoinDesk)

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President Donald Trump nominates Kevin Warsh as Fed Chair

The president confirmed his pick on Friday to replace the incumbent Jerome Powell when his term ends in May.

U.S. President Donald Trump (Nikhilesh De/CoinDesk)

Markets

Bitcoin climbs above $89,000 as U.S. dollar tumbles on President Trump's remarks

The president said he isn't concerned about the dollar's recent declines, sending the greenback plunging even lower.

Donald Trump points at the audience during a press conference at the White House.

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Rick Rieder, a rising favorite for Trump's Fed chair pick, sees bitcoin as new gold

As Trump mulls the next leader of the U.S. Federal Reserve, the BlackRock executive has caught a surge of online wagers, and he'd bring a pro-crypto view.

Rick Rieder of BlackRock (Cindy Ord/Getty Images for Yahoo)

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WH advisor Patrick Witt defends stablecoin yields: 'consumers win when there’s choice'

Patrick Witt, Executive Director of President's Council of Advisors for Digital Assets, joins CoinDesk's Sam Ewen to discuss the presence of crypto at Davos 2026 and President Trump’s renewed pledge to make America the global center of innovation. Witt breaks down the tension between traditional banks and the crypto industry, and its impact on the market structure battle.

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