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**Jan 12 – Sources familiar with the matter said Wednesday that some of former President Donald Trump’s allies were stunned by his administration’s decision to subpoena Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell.** The group worries legal action against Powell could disrupt the bond market, and fears he may be reluctant to step down once his chair term ends in May. Powell holds a seat on the Fed’s Board of Governors through 2028 and has not signaled whether he plans to follow the traditional post-term exit from the central bank. Trump aides and allies are currently weighing the fallout from targeting Powell, including potential unintended consequences. Key concerns: how Wall Street will respond when markets open Monday—with the bond market likely interpreting the move as a threat to Fed independence—and uncertainty over Trump’s push to replace Powell with a new chair. Evercore ISI analysts noted in a report: “We are stunned by this deeply troubling development, which endangers the ce

On January 12, Bitget market data shows spot silver surged past $84 an ounce, posting an intraday gain of 5.09%.

January 12: At 11:57 AM, per monitoring from HyperInsight, a whale closed out a 100 BTC long position with an average entry price of $90,133.34, netting a $165,000 profit. The whale then shorted 462.3 PAX Gold (PAXG) tokens at 10x leverage (average entry price: $4,550.06) — the position currently holds an unrealized loss of $13,000.

Dune Data reported on Jan. 12 that nominal trading volume in prediction markets has grown for six straight weeks, hitting fresh all-time highs. For the week ending Dec. 29, that volume topped $5.3 billion. However, last week’s volume saw a slight dip, falling to $4.766 billion.

On January 12, on-chain analyst Ai Auntie (@ai_9684xtpa) reported 3 hours ago that address 0x358…eC57c transferred 10 million LISA tokens to Binance’s wallet (the exchange’s Alpha wallet), worth $1.65 million at the time. Tracing the funds’ origin, the address is linked to the project team’s SafeProxy address. Half an hour after the transfer, LISA’s price flash crashed—potentially due to a sell-off via limit orders. Accordingly, this token transfer may be the direct cause of LISA’s price collapse.