Bitcoin disengages from equities: historical correlation broken

UPDATE: Charles Hoskinson says "how do #Cardano $ADA dApps compete in a world of SOL and ETH? Bitcoin DeFi, XRP DeFi, new things like privacy enhancement, then suddenly you can have an anonymous DEX, prediction market, and intents so that people can't trade against you." $NIGHT

NOW: Trump says Fed Chair Jerome Powell “kills every rally,” arguing rates should be cut when strong economic data comes out.

Canadian dollar weakens as Iran uncertainty clips risk appetite

US consumer prices increased in December, lifted by higher costs for rents and food, after a government shutdown artificially lowered inflation in November. Read more

TermMax Launches Fixed-Rate DeFi Market

JUST IN: Ouroboros Leios surpasses 677,000 lines of code. The CIP is finalized and merged, advancing closer to mainnet integration in 2026, to bring a 60x improvement in the throughput of #Cardano $ADA.

UPDATE: Altcoin Daily says "is $250,000 $BTC too bullish? What are those demand factors?" Charles Hoskinson says "supply is relatively constrained, you have institutional purchasing, so you naturally have a push up, just by Fortune500 and nation states taking positions." $ADA

U.S. CPI Prints 0.3% in Dec; BTC Holds $92K as Rate-Hold Odds Firm

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Senator Cynthia Lummis introduces the Blockchain Regulatory Certainty Act, which "establishes clear federal standards for when crypto developers and service providers are exempt from money transmitter regulations." $ADA $NIGHT