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Crypto’s latest sell-off isn’t just a price story. It’s showing up on balance sheets, inside spot exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and even in how infrastructure gets used when markets turn.This week, Ether’s (ETH) slide is leaving treasury-heavy companies nursing massive paper losses, while Bitcoin (BTC) ETFs are giving a new wave of investors their first real taste of downside volatility. At the same time, extreme weather is reminding miners that hash rate still depends on power grids, and a former crypto miner-turned-AI darling shows how yesterday’s mining infrastructure has quietly become today’s AI backbone.This week’s Crypto Biz newsletter breaks down BitMine Immersion…

The wheat complex posted gains across the three markets on Thursday. Chicago SRW futures closed 7 to 9 cents higher in the front months. KC HRW futures were 7 to 9 cents in the green on the day. MPLS spring wheat was up 4 to 6 cents at the close. Export Sales data from this morning showed 373,877 MT of wheat sold in the week of January 29. That was down 33.02% from the previous week and 14.81% below the same week last year. The largest buyer was the Philippines, with 89,200 MT sold to Taiwan, and 67,900 MT to Mexico.…

APIA, Samoa, Feb. 6, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Phemex, a user-first crypto exchange, announced the launch of Phemex TradFi, a new futures trading offering that allows users to access traditional financial assets, including stocks and precious metals, on a 24/7 basis. Futures linked to commodities, foreign exchange, and global indices will be introduced in subsequent phases. The launch marks Phemex’s entry into multi-market derivatives, enabling traders to manage exposure to both crypto and traditional assets within a single, USDT-settled futures framework. To support early adoption, Phemex is introducing a 0-Fee TradFi Futures Carnival, offering three months of zero trading fees, starting…

The $200 Billion Spending Shock The big shock was Amazon’s announcement that it expects to spend about $200 billion in capital expenditures in 2026. Wall Street was looking for something closer to $146 billion. That’s not a small miss. That’s a massive jump, and it immediately raised red flags about cash flow and profitability. Why Capex Matters More Than You Think For everyday investors, capex might sound like boring accounting jargon, but it matters a lot. Capital spending is real money going out the door for things like data centers, AI infrastructure, chips, warehouses, and delivery networks. When a company…

Tether has made a $100 million strategic equity investment in Anchorage Digital, formalizing an existing relationship between the stablecoin issuer and the federally regulated US crypto bank.According to a post by Tether on Thursday, the investment builds on the companies’ prior collaboration, which includes Anchorage Digital’s role as the issuer of USAt, which launched on Jan. 27.USAt is dollar–pegged stablecoin designed to operate in the United States under the federal payment stablecoin framework established by the GENIUS Act in July 2025.Anchorage Digital Bank, founded in 2017 in San Francisco, is the first federally chartered digital asset bank in the United…

Corn futures ended the Wednesday session with contracts a penny to 2 cents higher across the front months. The CmdtyView national average Cash Corn price was up 2 cents at $3.96 1/4. Some spillover support was from the rally in soybeans. USDA reported a private export sale of 130,480 MT of corn to unknown destinations this morning. Weekly data will be out on Thursday, with traders looking for between 0.8-2.1 MMT in corn sold for the week ending on 1/29. Don’t Miss a Day: From crude oil to coffee, sign up free for Barchart’s best-in-class commodity analysis.   EIA data from this…

The U.S. Treasury avoided surprises in its quarterly refunding announcement, outlining issuance plans that largely matched market expectations while reinforcing its reliance on Treasury bills to finance rising federal spending.  U.S. Department of the Treasury said it will issue $125 billion in coupon securities this quarter, including $58 billion in 3-year notes, $42 billion in 10-year notes, and $25 billion in 30-year bonds at auctions next week. Auction sizes for notes and bonds will remain unchanged through May and are expected to stay steady for “the next several quarters.”  While longer-dated issuance remains capped, Treasury emphasized that bills will continue to shoulder a greater share of funding…

The comments came during Bessent’s Congressional testimony on Wednesday in a tense exchange with California Representative Brad Sherman.United States Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testified before Congress on Wednesday and reiterated that the US will retain Bitcoin (BTC) acquired through asset seizures but will not direct private banks to purchase more BTC in the event of a market downturn.California Congressman Brad Sherman, a major critic of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, asked Bessent: “Does the Treasury Department or the various components of the Federal Open Market Committee have the authority to bail out Bitcoin?”Sherman then asked Bessent if he plans to direct private…

Key Takeaways A woman claiming to be Justin Sun’s former girlfriend alleges he manipulated TRX prices on Binance in 2017–2018 using employee-linked accounts. The accuser says she is willing to cooperate with a U.S. SEC investigation. Justin Sun and Binance have not publicly responded to the claims. Justin Sun, the founder of the Tron blockchain and one of the crypto industry’s most high-profile entrepreneurs, is facing allegations of market manipulation after a woman claiming to be his former girlfriend accused him of orchestrating a “pump and dump” scheme involving the TRX token on the Binance exchange. The allegations were made…

George town, Cayman Islands, February 4th, 2026, Chainwire Tramplin, a premium staking platform built on Solana, backed by iTreasury Ventures, today announced its public launch, introducing a proven real-world savings model rebuilt for crypto. Built on Solana’s native staking architecture, Tramplin features a premium bonds-inspired reward redistribution mechanism designed to give smaller SOL holders access to meaningful upside without compromising capital safety. By collecting staking rewards and redistributing them probabilistically, Tramplin creates opportunities for potential outsized returns while ensuring users retain full control of their principal. The project’s mission is to empower SOL holders—the backbone of the Solana ecosystem—by offering upside potential…