US Stock Market Opens Lower, Most Cryptocurrency-Related Stocks Down

January 31st. Binance founder CZ addressed key concerns during an AMA today: Regarding recent events, let’s clear up the top complaint I’ve seen: some allege Binance was behind the October 10 market crash. Here’s what you need to know: First, the tariff announcement dropped prior to the market decline—this drop had nothing to do with Binance’s systems or actions. Every other major exchange in the space was also handling a surge in trading volume tied to that news; that’s an undeniable fact. Second, claims that Binance engaged in wash trading or intentionally suppressed prices are false. Binance does not trade crypto to profit. Both the platform and I personally hold a large Bitcoin position, but this is disclosed on our balance sheet as our own capital—unlike firms like MicroStrategy, which raise investor funds to buy Bitcoin. From a balance sheet perspective, Binance may be one of the world’s largest Bitcoin holders. Additionally, the logic of “wash trading causing a crash

On January 31, Federal Reserve Governor Milan stated: "I expect Wash will take my seat on the Federal Reserve Board. Wash is a great choice." (FX168)

January 31: Per market sources, the U.S. Department of Justice has released additional documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein.

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