The Brutalist Report

Coindesk

• Meta and Microsoft continue going big on AI Spending. Here's how bitcoin miners could benefit [25d]
• World token jumps 27% as Sam Altman reportedly eyes a biometric social network to kill off bots [25d]
• Bitcoin remains subdued as gold races to new record above $5,400 following Jerome Powell remarks [25d]
• Tesla made no changes to bitcoin holdings in Q4 as it booked $239 million digital asset loss [25d]
• Paxos' gold token rakes in record inflows as crypto investors turn to the yellow metal [25d]
• White House to meet with crypto, banking executives to discuss market structure bill [25d]
• Optimism governance approves OP token buyback plan tied to superchain revenue [25d]
• Crypto's political power supercharged with $193 million in Fairshake, thanks to new cash [25d]
• Federal Reserve holds policy steady as early rate cut bets vanish and bitcoin stalls [25d]
• Coinbase rolls out prediction markets to all U.S. customers [25d]
• MegaETH mainnet to go live Feb. 9 in major test of ‘real-time’ Ethereum scaling [25d]
• Crypto Long & Short: Risk Ratings: DeFi’s Maturity Test [25d]
• Wall Street giants push back on exemptions for tokenized securities in SEC meeting [25d]
• Circle shares rise 4% as Polymarket-driven USDC growth prompts analyst upgrade [25d]
• The UK government says banks need to stop blocking crypto firms if the country wants to become a digital hub [25d]
• Coinbase opposition won't stymie U.S. crypto market structure bill, HSBC says [25d]
• The Protocol: Ethereum to roll out new AI agents standard soon [25d]
• Robinhood CEO says tokenized stocks could prevent another GameStop freeze [25d]
• Strive clears Semler debt off books, buys more bitcoin after $225 million preferred stock sale [25d]
• Peter Thiel and Galaxy-backed Citrea wants to turn idle bitcoin into a high-speed bank account [25d]
• CoinDesk 20 Performance Update: AAVE Gains 2.9%, Leading Index Higher [25d]
• Criminal use of crypto spikes after years of steady decline, TRM report says [25d]
• UK advertising watchdog bans Coinbase ads as 'irresponsible' [25d]
• Fidelity Investments Starts its own stablecoin in a massive bet that future of banking is on blockchain [25d]
• Bullish bitcoin traders grab crash protection as Friday's $8.9B expiry nears [25d]
• Long-term bitcoin holders resume selling as price lags behind traditional markets [25d]
• Tether is buying up to $1 billion of gold per month and storing it in a 'James Bond' bunker [25d]
• WisdomTree expands tokenized fund access to Solana in multichain push [25d]
• Traders bet on calm as Fed rate cut looms [25d]