Kevin Warsh, nominated by Trump to lead the Fed, called the central bank rigid in a Nov. 16, 2025 Wall Street Journal op-ed, BlockBeats reports. He argued AI and pro-growth policies favor faster gains and urged four changes: revising forecasts, reattributing inflation causes, redeploying balance sheet resources to households and SMEs, and easing small-bank regulation.

The US Producer Price Index rose 0.5% month-on-month in December, exceeding the consensus forecast of 0.2%, BlockBeats reports. The annual PPI for December reached 3.0%, above the expected 2.7%. The data were released on Jan. 30.

Trader and chart analyst Peter Brandt, known for calling Bitcoin's 2018 crash, shared a chart update on Jan. 30 indicating ETH has formed a symmetric triangle pattern while total crypto market cap shows a right-angle broadening formation, BlockBeats reports. He noted bulls must push a breakout to regain control, adding similar historical patterns have often preceded volatility or declines and currently favor bears. Brandt said Bitcoin is likely to bottom between August and October before staging a strong rally.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren raised concerns over Donald Trump's plan to nominate Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair on Jan. 30, BlockBeats reports. As the Senate Banking Committee's top Democrat, Warren questioned Warsh's independence from the White House at the confirmation's first stop. She urged Republicans to delay the nomination until the DOJ finishes its probe into Chair Jerome Powell and what she described as a "political witch hunt" against Powell and Governor Lisa Cook.

Whales shifted positions between 10:00 and 20:00 on Jan 30, HyperInsight data show. "Maji" closed an ETH long position for −$1.584 million and re-longed; "DASH Largest Short" opened a 20x leveraged long on $20.53 million in silver. "Long-term BTC Short" set BTC limit buys at $75,123-76,228; "pension-usdt.eth" closed an ETH short for +$2.721 million and re-shorted; "Lightning Reversal" gained $103,000 from a BTC short and opened a 25x short on 5,806.6 ETH.

OKX will list ZAMA for spot trading on Feb. 2, with the ZAMA/USDT spot market opening at 21:00 (UTC+8), BlockBeats reports. The exchange will convert existing ZAMA/USDT pre-market contracts into standard perpetual contracts within a three-hour window starting at 21:00 (UTC+8) the same day. OKX said the contract conversion will be completed during that period provided the index remains stable.

The entity dubbed "Strategy counterparty" closed Bitcoin short positions on Jan. 30 while increasing long exposure to Ethereum and Solana, HyperInsight data show. The address added 6,494.93 ETH worth $17,799,230.76 and 182,507.23 SOL worth $21,770,570.42 through rollover transactions.

CryptoQuant analyst MorenoDV said on Jan. 30 that Bitcoin's aSOPR (Adjusted Spent Output Profit Ratio) has recorded progressively lower highs and lower lows since early 2024 even as the price climbed from about $40,000 to above $100,000, indicating weakening conviction as holders take profits earlier in each rally. The metric has been moving within a descending channel where touches to the upper boundary align with local price tops and contacts with the lower boundary align with local bottoms, and Bitcoin is now testing the lower band under extreme fear with around one-third of total supply at an unrealized loss. Historically, aSOPR below 1.0 combined with a large share of coins in loss has often coincided with tactical short-term buying opportunities ahead of rebounds, but MorenoDV warned that if the current support level breaks and other technical indicators confirm bearish momentum, the market would shift into a capitulation phase.

CME's FedWatch Tool on January 30 showed a 15.3% probability the US Federal Reserve will cut rates by 25 basis points by March, with an 84.7% chance rates remain unchanged. By April, markets priced in a 29.7% likelihood of a cumulative 25-basis-point cut, a 67.2% probability of no change, and a 3.2% chance of a 50-basis-point reduction. By June, the implied probability of a cumulative 25-basis-point cut rose to 48.3%, with a 33.7% chance of unchanged rates and a 16.4% likelihood of a cumulative 50-basis-point cut, CME data show.