The Trump administration is preparing for the nomination of the Fed Chair in Washington

On February 13th, OnchainLens monitoring data shows that whale address "0x4A2" deposited $2 million worth of USDC into HyperLiquid and opened long positions on ETH and SOL with 20x leverage. Previously, the same whale had accumulated losses exceeding $6.88 million.

On February 13th, OnchainLens data indicates a newly created wallet withdrew 310 BTC (valued at ~$20.86 million) from Binance. Wallet address: bc1qlaxaer76d5cvh997vwm8dhcqsylul2qy2w4gjr

On February 13, at the **opening bell** of U.S. stock markets: - The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 0.03%, the S&P 500 edged down 0.01%, and the Nasdaq Composite slipped 0.12%. Among cryptocurrency-linked equities: - MicroStrategy (MSTR) gained 4.41%, Coinbase (COIN) jumped 7.35%, Circle (CRCL) rose 4.71%, Sporttrade (SBET) advanced 2.35%, and Bitfarms (BMNR) climbed 4.00%. ### Notes on U.S. language habits: 1. **"Opening bell"** is the standard term for market open (more natural than "opening"). 2. Explicit index names (e.g., *Dow Jones Industrial Average*, *Nasdaq Composite*) are common in financial news. 3. Verbs like *dipped/edged down/slipped* (for small declines) and *gained/jumped/advanced/climbed* (for gains) add variety (avoids repeating "fell/rose"). 4. Adding company full names (with ticker symbols in parentheses) is typical for clarity in financial briefs. 5. Concise, bullet-point structure aligns with U.S. news style for quick updates.

February 13 — Regan Capital analyst Skyler Weinand said soft January U.S. inflation data won’t boost the odds of Federal Reserve rate cuts in the coming months. The reason? This week’s earlier labor data was stronger than expected: 130,000 new jobs added in January, and the unemployment rate hit 4.3%. “The Fed simply can’t cut rates right now—after all, the economy just posted six-figure job growth,” he noted. Weinand expects the Senate to confirm Woosh as Powell’s successor as Fed chair, but doubts he can build consensus on rate cuts. “We might not see any changes to the Fed’s policy rate this year,” he added. CME’s FedWatch Tool shows investors are currently pricing in at least two rate cuts this year. (FX678)

On February 13, it was reported that Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF)—founder of collapsed crypto exchange FTX—could have amassed over $800 billion if early-stage investments hadn’t been locked by asset freezes. Among those holdings: - SBF once invested $500 million in AI startup Anthropic. With generative AI’s rapid growth, that stake is now worth roughly $70 billion based on current valuations. - He accumulated ~$60 million in SOL when the token traded around $8; at SOL’s all-time high market cap, that position would have peaked at ~$21 billion. - A $100 million bet on Mysten Labs (developer of the Sui blockchain) now values the stake at over $8 billion. - In traditional finance, SBF holds ~7.5% of Robinhood’s equity—worth around $10 billion based on the platform’s current market value. However, after FTX’s 2022 collapse and ongoing legal proceedings, relevant assets have been seized by authorities. SBF was previously found to have misappropriated customer funds to fund high-ris

Feb. 13 — Seema Shah, Chief Global Strategist at Principal Asset Management, noted the current environment isn’t yet sufficient to warrant a recent Federal Reserve rate cut. Ongoing labor market strength gives policymakers cover to hold interest rates steady. As tariff impacts fade, further inflation slowdown in H2 should clear the way for looser monetary policy. (Source: Golden Finance)