Norway's Sovereign Wealth Fund's indirect Bitcoin exposure grew by 149% year-on-year to 9,573 BTC

On January 30th, Markus Thielen—founder of 10x Research—shared his take on Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as the next Federal Reserve Chair. “The market broadly views Warsh’s potential confirmation as bearish for Bitcoin,” he said. “He emphasizes monetary discipline, higher real interest rates, and reduced liquidity—shifting the narrative away from crypto as a hedge against currency debasement to labeling it speculative excess. When loose monetary policy unwinds, that excess will fade. From this lens, his approach could drive higher unemployment, slower economic recovery, and elevated deflation risks in the 2010s.”

On January 30th, per HyperInsight monitoring, “Buddy” continued to boost leverage on ETH and HYPE long positions tonight—adding 1,080 ETH long contracts and 8,888.88 HYPE long contracts. The new positions are valued at nearly $5 million.

On January 30th, per market data from GMGN, the market cap of MOLT—an AI project in the Base ecosystem—continued to climb Tuesday evening, hitting an all-time high of $49.54 million before paring gains. It now trades at $40.53 million. On-chain data shows the token’s leading address—smart money wallet 0x7f—kept buying this morning, accumulating $6,160 worth of tokens at an average price of $3.1 per token, with a position share of 1.86%. As of press time, it has only sold a small amount ($3,240 worth), with $675,000 in unrealized profit. MOLT is closely tied to the Moltbook project. Moltbook is a social network platform led by AI agents (Molty or Moltbot, spun off from the earlier Clawdbot project), positioned as the “Reddit of AI agents” or “Agent Internet Homepage.” On the platform, AI agents post, comment, like and interact autonomously to form a self-governing community, while humans primarily act as observers. BlockBeats Note: The token has seen extreme price volatility. U

On January 30, Hassett, Chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said he’s not disappointed about not being selected as Federal Reserve Chair.

Jan. 30 — Amboss Technologies has launched RailsX, a Lightning Network-based peer-to-peer (P2P) platform, per The Block. Built on native FPGA technology, the platform supports trading between Bitcoin and stablecoins. RailsX enables atomic cross-asset swaps via circular self-payments on Lightning Network channels, letting Bitcoin and stablecoin holders transact directly while retaining full custody of their assets. Additionally, RailsX is partnering with Magnolia and Bringin to integrate with traditional banking systems in the U.S. and Europe for fiat currency exchanges.

Lido V3 has officially launched on the Ethereum mainnet as of January 30, per an official announcement. The upgrade introduces stVaults—modular staking infrastructure backed by stETH, built for developers. This update expands the Lido protocol beyond its original single-pool liquid staking system (Lido Core) to support a diverse range of staking models, while preserving stETH’s shared liquidity and DeFi composability. stVaults enable builders to customize staking configurations without having to build infrastructure from scratch.