Point of View: The Federal Reserve Has Over-Eased, with a 65% Chance of Stagflation in the United States

On January 30, El Salvador’s Central Bank announced a $50 million gold investment, while the country’s government will continue holding Bitcoin.

**January 30th** Flying Tulip—a unified on-chain financial system founded by Sonic Labs founder Andre Cronje—has raised an additional $25.5 million in a private token sale, bringing its total institutional funding to $225.5 million. The project has also secured an extra $50 million via the Impossible Finance platform and plans to host a public token sale on CoinList. As of now, Flying Tulip has received over $1.36 billion in investment commitments, with roughly $400 million still available for allocation. BlockBeats previously reported that the CoinList public sale is targeted to raise $200 million, representing 20% of the total FT token supply (20 billion tokens). The token is priced at $0.10, with a corresponding fully diluted valuation (FDV) of $1 billion. The sale kicks off at 00:00 UTC on February 3 and runs through 21:00 UTC on February 6, with a minimum purchase requirement of $100. Flying Tulip aims to integrate spot trading, lending, perpetual contracts, insurance,

On January 30, US-based Bit Digital (BTBT) announced plans to completely cease Bitcoin mining operations, shifting its focus to expanding Ethereum infrastructure, staking, and its high-performance computing strategy. In a shareholder letter, CEO Sam Tabar stated that mining is no longer the most capital-efficient option. The company will concentrate its digital asset exposure on Ethereum to drive sustainable, liquidable, and compounding long-term growth.

On January 30, according to monitoring data from OnchainLens, BitMine—Ethereum’s first institutional holder—has staked an additional 314,496 ETH, valued at $8.87 billion. BitMine’s total staked ETH has now reached 2,831,392, worth $79.8 billion.

Jan. 30: Trump to announce Fed chair nominee tomorrow morning (local time)

Jan 30 — Bloomberg reports SpaceX is weighing a potential merger with Tesla, while also exploring a combination with AI firm xAI as an alternative. Any such deal could draw significant interest from infrastructure funds and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds, and may require large-scale financing. Sources note a final decision has not been made yet, with details subject to change. Representatives for Musk, SpaceX, xAI and Tesla did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Per Bitget market data, Tesla’s stock surged more than 4.84% in after-hours trading following the news.