Furqan Ali Khan

Bitcoin price dips fast as crypto market joins Big Tech in market dive

Bitcoin’s price dipped hard on Thursday to a low of $83,757 as the crypto market experienced a sell-off sparked by investor fears around AI spending.

The biggest and oldest cryptocurrency was recently priced slightly higher at $83,788 after dropping over 6% over a 24-hour period, according to CoinGecko. Over the past week, it has dropped by 6% and is down year-to-date.

Ethereum also took a hit and was trading for nearly $2,792 — a 24-hour dip of more than 7%. While other major coins and tokens such as XRP and Solana also experienced similar daily drops.

The crypto sell-off came as big tech stocks dipped on news that Microsoft earnings showed the software giant had reported record spending. Investors are worried that AI expenditure is too big and results are taking too long to bear fruit.

“Regardless of the fact that many in the Bitcoin space see Bitcoin as the world’s hardest money and stack Bitcoin regardless of price, the vast majority of the market still sees Bitcoin as a tech trade,” Timot Lamarre, director of market research at Unchained, said.

Bitcoin and the wider crypto market has in the past moved along with US equities — particularly tech stocks.
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Bitcoin Faces Key Support Test After Fed Meeting—Will Powell Trigger a Breakout?

The Federal Reserve held rates at 3.5% to 3.75% on January 28, 2026, with two dissents from governors who preferred a 25 basis point cut.

Bitcoin tests the 100-week moving average at $87,145 with a break below $86,000 targeting the $80,000-$82,000 zone.

ETF outflows reached $1.33B weekly as institutional demand weakened following the Fed decision.

Rate cut probability sits at 16% for March and 30% for April, removing near-term catalysts for Bitcoin upside.

The Bitcoin Fed meeting verdict is in. The Federal Reserve held rates steady at 3.5% to 3.75% on January 28, 2026, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) now faces a critical support test. The Bitcoin price is consolidating near key support levels, with volatility compressing in a way that often precedes sharp moves in either direction.

Powell struck a neutral tone, describing the economy as on "firm footing" while noting inflation "remains somewhat elevated." The decision itself offered no immediate catalyst, but the policy stance shapes what comes next. With rate cuts unlikely before June and ETF outflows accelerating, Bitcoin's direction depends on whether support holds and institutional demand returns.

BTC Price Hits Six-Week Low on Geopolitical and Fed Pressure

Bitcoin price dropped more than 5% on Thursday to $84,564, its lowest close since December 19. The drop followed Bitcoin trading at nearly $90,400, less than a day earlier, highlighting the rapid nature of the reversal. The asset is now well below its all-time high (ATH) of $126,000. Losses extended beyond Bitcoin to the broader crypto market. Ethereum, Cardano, XRP, and Solana all fell by at least 6% or more. Selling pressure increased as prices moved below short-term support levels.

Market stress wascompounded by geopolitical risk. According to a report, the United States was sending a second warship to the Middle East. Iran also declared that it had begun preparations for fresh military exercises in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz. Global markets remained under pressure from such events, with increased buying amid defensive positioning.

The BTC price drop was also a function of macroeconomic conditions. The Fed left interest rates between 3.50% and 3.75%. Federal Reserve officials signaled that they were in no rush to cut interest rates, noting that the labor market was stabilizing and inflation remained somewhat elevated.

BTC Price Crashes Below $85K Amid U.S.-Iran Tensions and Hawkish Fed Pivot

The BTC price declined below $85,000 as the Fed's policy, U.S.-Iran tensions, and heavy...

Bitcoin fell over 5% to $84,564, marking its lowest level since December 19.

Geopolitical tensions and a hawkish Fed stance weakened risk appetite.

Leverage flush triggered $319M liquidations, led by long positions.

The BTC price is facing renewed selling pressure, with prices sliding to a multi-week low amid heightened volatility. The move followed a sharp reversal from recent highs and reflected weaker risk sentiment driven by macroeconomic signals, geopolitical developments, and heavy liquidation activity across crypto markets.
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Bitcoin Hits 2-Month Low as Gold and Stocks Give Up Gains, Crypto Liquidations Top $800M

The price of Bitcoin fell to a two-month low on Thursday, wavering alongside equities and precious metals as Microsoft’s post-earnings tumble deepened.

The leading digital asset by market cap recently changed hands around $84,400, a 5% decrease over the past day, according to CoinGecko. Altcoins including Ethereum and Solana notched steeper declines, falling 6.4% and 6.8% to $2,800 and $117, respectively.

Crypto liquidations surged, with more than $800 million worth of leveraged positions forcibly closed over the past day, according to CoinGlass. Nearly $700 million worth of losses stacked up for long positions. And a $31 million position was wiped out on Hyperliquid.

Following its blistering past $5,600 per ounce on Wednesday, the price of gold decreased 0.6% to $5,300. Silver meanwhile dropped 0.8% to $112 per ounce.

Microsoft shares fell more than 12% to recently change hands around $422, according to Yahoo Finance. Although the tech behemoth’s second-quarter earnings results surpassed Wall Street expectations, a slowdown in cloud sales growth and CapEx spending sparked investor jitters.
The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite plunged more than 2%, erasing much of its year-to-date gains. The index hit a record high earlier this week alongside the S&P 500, which fell 1.1%.
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Caterpillar stock rises as power equipment sales lift profits

Caterpillar (CAT) stock rose 1.5% in premarket trading after its earnings showed it's still a beneficiary of the AI data center build-out, but also that it expects to take another major hit from tariffs in 2026.
The construction and mining equipment maker reported an adjusted profit of $5.16 per share for the quarter, up from $5.14 ⁠per share a ‌year earlier. Revenue rose to $19.1 billion from $16.2 billion. Those figures were above Wall Street's expectations of $4.71 earnings per share and revenue of $17.7 billion, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The results were boosted by sales of power generation equipment to AI data center developers. Sales in Caterpillar's power and energy segment rose 23% year over year to $9.4 billion.
"I think what often gets overlooked is that AI is really an industrial story," Gabelli Funds portfolio manager Brian Sponheimer told Yahoo Finance. "As this data center rollout has happened, ... it's created structural demand for industrial-grade power solutions, and no company is really as well situated to drive that supply than Caterpillar."

However, Caterpillar is still facing headwinds from higher tariffs. Reuters reported that Caterpillar warned of a $2.6 billion tariff impact in 2026. In the fourth quarter, operating profit fell 9%, largely due to unfavorable manufacturing costs
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Caterpillar stock rises as power equipment sales lift profits

Caterpillar (CAT) stock rose 1.5% in premarket trading after its earnings showed it's still a beneficiary of the AI data center build-out, but also that it expects to take another major hit from tariffs in 2026.
The construction and mining equipment maker reported an adjusted profit of $5.16 per share for the quarter, up from $5.14 ⁠per share a ‌year earlier. Revenue rose to $19.1 billion from $16.2 billion. Those figures were above Wall Street's expectations of $4.71 earnings per share and revenue of $17.7 billion, according to S&P Global Market Intelligence.

The results were boosted by sales of power generation equipment to AI data center developers. Sales in Caterpillar's power and energy segment rose 23% year over year to $9.4 billion.
"I think what often gets overlooked is that AI is really an industrial story," Gabelli Funds portfolio manager Brian Sponheimer told Yahoo Finance. "As this data center rollout has happened, ... it's created structural demand for industrial-grade power solutions, and no company is really as well situated to drive that supply than Caterpillar."

However, Caterpillar is still facing headwinds from higher tariffs. Reuters reported that Caterpillar warned of a $2.6 billion tariff impact in 2026. In the fourth quarter, operating profit fell 9%, largely due to unfavorable manufacturing costs
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Stock market today: Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq futures rise as Tesla, Meta, Microsoft diverge after earnings

Gains in US stock futures slackened on Thursday as investors digested the latest megacap tech earnings ahead of Apple's report, while gold (GC=F) and oil (BZ=F) rallied amid fears of US military strikes on Iran.

Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 (NQ=F) and the S&P 500 (ES=F) were both up roughly 0.2%. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures (YM=F) nudged up above the flatline as stocks pared an earlier premarket advance that followed Wednesday's muted performance.
The S&P 500 (^GSPC) is gearing up for another bid on topping 7,000 as Meta (META) shares surged over 8% in premarket, thanks to a surprisingly strong quarterly revenue outlook. The first of the "Magnificent Seven" megacaps to report earnings also plans to spend up to $135 billion on its data center build-out this year, a boost to its push to win the AI race.
While that AI ambition was welcomed, Microsoft (MSFT) stock slid nearly 7% despite its higher-than-anticipated capital spending as investors reacted to a slowdown in quarterly cloud sales growth.

Meanwhile, Tesla (TSLA) gained over 2%, as a strategy shift from EVs to robots and a quarterly earnings beat outshone its first-ever decline in annual revenue. Investors are now gearing up for Apple’s (AAPL) quarterly earnings, due after the closing bell.
The tech cheers helped investors tune out an escalation in US-Iran tensions, stoked by President Trump's warning to Iran that it must agree a nuclear deal quickly or be hit with military strikes. Crude oil futures climbed to build on Tuesday's four-month high as US ships massed in the region. Gold surged, briefly topping a record $5,500 an ounce, as a declining dollar (DX-Y.NYB) added to the rush for shelter.
Wall Street is also digesting the Federal Reserve's first monetary policy decision of 2026, in which it kept interest rates unchanged.
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Bitcoin, Ethereum Steady as Fed Leaves Interest Rates Unchanged

The Federal Reserve held its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, formalizing a data-dependent approach to balancing the U.S. labor market against inflationary risks, amid ongoing White House pressure to accelerate monetary easing.

The decision, which was widely expected, kept the federal funds rate at a target range of 3.50% to 3.75%. The move followed three consecutive 25-basis-point cuts late last year that had sought to engineer a “soft landing” for the economy.

Uncertainty about the economic outlook remains elevated,” the Fed said in a statement. “Job gains have remained low, and the unemployment rate has shown some signs of stabilization. Inflation remains somewhat elevated.”

During its latest policy meeting, two members of the Federal Open Markets Committee broke away from the group’s decision. Stephen Miran, whose term expires this month, advocated for a 25-basis-point cut, as well as Christopher Waller. Both are Trump appointees

In December, a 9-3 vote among FOMC members had the most dissents since 2019, with divisions emerging over the labor market’s resiliency and inflation’s persistence.

Powell suggested that the central bank is in a less difficult position than it was in December, where lowering interest rates to stimulate the economy had the potential to bolster inflation.
Bitcoin and Ethereum respectively changed
hands around $89,500 and $3,000, according to CoinGecko. They had both advanced 2% over the past day, after being beaten back from their highest points in several weeks amid Trump’s renewed bid for Greenland.
With U.S. President Donald Trump expected to soon name a replacement for Fed Chair Jerome Powell, whose term expires in May, the conclusion of the central bank’s first gathering in 2026 underscored a wait-and-see approach toward changes to borrowing costs.
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Why DeFi Technologies (NEOE:DEFI) Is Down 10.4% After Mounting Class Actions Over Alleged Misstatements

In the past year, DeFi Technologies has been hit by a wave of U.S. securities class actions alleging misleading disclosures around its DeFi arbitrage strategy, competition, and 2025 revenue guidance, following a revenue forecast cut and CEO role change.

At the same time, its Valour subsidiary secured UK regulatory approval to list Bitcoin and Ethereum staking ETPs for retail investors, underscoring a push to expand regulated digital-asset products even as legal and disclosure risks intensify.

Against this backdrop, we’ll examine how the mounting class action lawsuits over alleged misstatements reshape DeFi Technologies’ investment narrative and risk profile.
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Strategy Bitcoin Bet Deepens As Equity Sales And Insider Moves Diverge

Strategy Inc. (NasdaqGS:MSTR) is continuing to issue new equity and preferred stock to buy additional Bitcoin, expanding its corporate holdings of the cryptocurrency.

Regulatory filings show insiders selling shares during recent market weakness, raising questions about management sentiment.

The company’s approach is drawing attention as its share price trades at $161.58 and investors weigh dilution risks against its Bitcoin accumulation focus.
For you as a shareholder or potential investor, the key context is that Strategy, trading at $161.58, has become one of the largest public corporate holders of Bitcoin by repeatedly tapping equity and preferred stock markets. The stock has had a very large 3 year return and a 134.9% return over 5 years, but also a 51.9% decline over the past year, which frames current debate about dilution and confidence in the equity story.
Looking ahead, the big questions are how long Strategy can rely on fresh share and debt issuance to grow its Bitcoin reserves and how investors will price the stock if it continues to trade at a discount to the value of its underlying holdings. As the company keeps pursuing this balance sheet model through different market cycles, you may want to watch insider activity, capital raising terms, and any shifts in management’s commitment to this Bitcoin heavy approach.
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The Fed didn’t lower the federal funds rate at its January meeting. How will this decision affect mortgage rates?

The Federal Reserve, also known as “the Fed,” is the central bank of the U.S. and plays a significant role in shaping the nation’s monetary policy. One of its key functions is setting interest rates. Those rates determine how much Americans earn on their savings and how much they pay to borrow — including when buying a home. The Fed indirectly impacts mortgage rates by setting what’s called the federal funds rate, and that rate impacts a wide variety of financial products, including home loans.

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Gold tops $5,300 amid weak dollar 'supercharging' rally

Gold (GC=F) futures jumped above $5,300 per ounce on Wednesday as a weak dollar fueled the debasement trade, driving investors away from fiat currencies and government bonds.

The greenback stabilized on Wednesday after sliding to its lowest level since early 2022, as President Trump shrugged off concerns about a weakening currency.

A weaker dollar has helped drive the price of bullion higher, extending year-to-date gains to 20%.

"Dollar weakness is supercharging the rise in gold ... adding fuel to the fire for the crazy rise in precious metals," said Robin Brooks, senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.
Expectations of easier Fed policy may also be contributing to the debasement trade, in which investors buy hard assets to protect purchasing power from eroding fiat currencies.

"Unchecked fiscal debt creation continues to erode confidence in fiat currencies," Ole Hansen, head of commodity strategy at Saxo Bank, said in a note on Wednesday.
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Bank of America announce $1,000 Trump account match as corporate America support for retirement scheme deepens

JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Bank of America (BAC) said Wednesday morning that they will match the US government’s $1,000 contribution to so-called Trump accounts for thousands of their US employees.

Trump accounts are a government program included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that the President signed into law last year. The tax-advantaged investment accounts are available for American children born between January 2025 and the end of December 2028 and come with a one-time $1,000 contribution from the US Treasury.

“JPMorganChase has demonstrated a long-term commitment to the financial health and well-being of all of our employees,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said in a statement. “By matching this contribution, we’re making it easier for them to start saving early, invest wisely, and plan for their family’s financial future,” Dimon added.

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Federal Reserve keeps rates unchanged in 10-2 vote

The Federal Reserve kept interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, in a 10 to 2 decision.

Governors Chris Waller and Stephen Miran dissented in favor of a 25 basis point cut.

After cutting rates three times at the end of last year, investors had anticipated the Fed would hold rates steady at the conclusion of their two-day policy meeting on Wednesday afternoon.

Attention now shifts to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s press conference, where markets will look for signals on when the central bank might lower rates again.
The press conference comes amid growing scrutiny of Fed independence, following Powell’s public criticism of the Trump administration earlier this month over a DOJ subpoena related to his testimony on headquarters renovations.
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Powell on DOJ probe: 'I have nothing for you on that today'

Fed chair Jerome Powell did not want to answer questions related to the DOJ probe into his testimony over headquarters renovations.

"I have nothing for you on that today," said Powell when asked whether the central bank had responded to grand jury subpoenas received earlier this month.

Powell had criticized the probe in a video released in January, insinuating it was politically motivated by the Trump administration for not caving to policy pressure.

The move to release commentary about the suspmotivations behind the subpoenas stunned Fed watchers.
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Powell on Fed independence: 'We haven't lost it. I don't believe we will'

Fed chair Jerome Powell reiterated why it's important to maintain Federal Reserve independence in the US.

"Every advanced economy and democracy in the world has come around ot the this practice, " said Powell. "If you lose that, it would be hard to restore the credibility of the institution."

"We haven't lost it. I don't believe we will. I certainly hope we won't," he added.

The remarks follow a video Powell released earlier this month suggesting that a DOJ probe into his testimony on headquarters renovations is politically motivated and tied to the central bank’s monetary policy.

President Trump has repeatedly criticized Powell for not lowering interest rates enough.

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Powell says Lisa Cook case is 'perhaps the most important legal case in the Fed's 113-year history'

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday touted Fed governor Lisa Cook's case before the Supreme Court as "perhaps the most important legal case in the Fed's 113-year history."

“That case is perhaps the most important legal case in the Fed's 113-year history," Powell said, when asked why he attended the hearing last week. "As I thought about it, I thought it might be hard to explain why I didn't attend."

The case on whether President Trump could remove Lisa Cook from her role is considered a major test of the central bank’s independence and could reset precedent. Powell has also faced pressure after the Department of Justice opened a criminal investigation into him and the Fed.

The Federal Reserve Act currently mandates that the president can only remove a Fed governor "for cause."

On Jan. 21, the Supreme Court heard arguments over an emergency request from Trump to overturn an injunction blocking Cook's removal. In comments during an interview in Davos with CNBC, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent criticized Powell's appearance as overtly political.

“I actually think that’s a mistake, because if you’re trying not to politicize the Fed, for the Fed chair to be sitting there trying to put his thumb on the scale is a real mistake,” Bessent said during the interview with CNBC.
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$ JTO (Jito) Coin — Overview & Analysis

What is Jito (JTO)?
JTO is the governance token of the Jito Network, a core infrastructure protocol built on the Solana blockchain. Jito provides MEV-powered liquid staking and validator optimization tools, letting users stake SOL while earning extra yield via MEV strategies and earning a liquid token (JitoSOL) that can be used across DeFi. Governance holders vote on protocol upgrades, fees, and treasury decisions.
Current Market Context
JTO’s price has been volatile and remains well below its all-time high (~$5.6).

Recent sentiment has been bearish to mixed, with some technical rebound signals but broader crypto market risk-off dragging altcoins like JTO down.

Bullish Factors
Solid utility within the Solana liquid staking ecosystem.

Growth in DeFi and increased MEV capture could support long-term value.

Bearish Factors
High volatility and broad market weakness keep price pressure.

Utility is mostly governance; limited direct revenue capture mechanisms currently.

What are the three major duties of the Federal Reserve?

The Federal Reserve's main responsibilities are guiding the American economy with monetary policies, minimizing risks to banks and consumers, and overseeing the transfer of funds between banks and the U.S. government.
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