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President Donald Trump’s monthslong and contentious search for a new commissioner to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics may be ending.On a Truth Social post on Friday, Trump announced that he intends to nominate Brett Matsumoto, a longtime agency economist, to lead the BLS.The BLS commissioner role has been vacant since August, when Trump fired Erika McEntarfer after the release of a jobs report showing weak employment growth. Trump alleged, without providing evidence, that the data had been politically manipulated. The allegation and removal have since undermined public trust in one of the federal government’s most closely watched statistical agencies,…
Journalist Hassan Shittu Journalist Hassan Shittu Part of the Team Since Jun 2023 About Author Hassan, a Cryptonews.com journalist with 6+ years of experience in Web3 journalism, brings deep knowledge across Crypto, Web3 Gaming, NFTs, and Play-to-Earn sectors. His work has appeared in… Share Last updated: January 30, 2026 The U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has conditionally approved Nubank to establish a national bank, which possibly preconditions the establishment of regulated crypto custody services in the country.The grant, which came 121 days after the company filed its application on Sept. 30, 2025, permits the company to…
Local businesses across the US forwent income for the day to protest the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and the fatal shooting of Renee Good and Alex Pretti by federal agents in Minneapolis.In what was billed a “National Shutdown,” organizers called for a 24-hour general strike, asking students to skip school, business owners to close up shop, and consumers to refrain from spending for the day.Some small and medium-sized businesses from coast to coast posted on their social media stating that they’d be closed on Friday as part of the demonstrations. Others said that they’d remain open to support their workers,…
Author Alejandro Arrieche Author Alejandro Arrieche Part of the Team Since Dec 2024 About Author Alejandro is a seasoned financial analyst and adept business expert with over seven years of experience in dissecting complex business topics and vital market trends. His insightful writing, which has… Share Last updated: January 30, 2026 XRP is attracting serious attention from large investors, even as its price trades below the $2 mark.New data from Santiment reveals that 42 new whale wallets holding over 1 million XRP have been created since the start of the year. This is a clear sign that high-net-worth investors may…
A new trove of emails released Friday is shedding more light on the relationship between Kathryn Ruemmler, who is now Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer, and Jeffrey Epstein — who sent her expensive gifts, including an Hermès bag.”So lovely and thoughtful! Thank you to Uncle Jeffrey!!!” Ruemmler wrote in 2018 after Epstein had something delivered to her New York apartment.Ruemmler’s relationship with Epstein, a convicted sex offender, has been closely examined. Multiple disclosures of once-private emails have shown the pair had a much deeper relationship than was previously publicly known.Goldman spokesperson Tony Fratto said in a statement that it is “well…
Silver’s vertical sprint to a record around $120 per ounce on January 29 has flipped into a punishing reversal.The prices crashed on Friday as leveraged bets unwind and the dollar snaps back.After some venues briefly printed intraday lows in the low-$90s on Friday, silver has since sliced through the closely watched $80 threshold.Market mechanics: what broke and why it matters Copy link to section The speed of the downdraft stunned even veteran metals desks.Silver surged to all‑time highs near $120, capping an annual gain of roughly 300%, a 12‑month run that multiple analysts had started to describe as bubble‑like.Then came…
Web 3 Journalist Tim Hakki Web 3 Journalist Tim Hakki Part of the Team Since Feb 2024 About Author A journalist and copywriter with a decade’s experience across music, video games, finance and tech. Share Last updated: January 30, 2026 When prompted with careful instructions, Alibaba’s KIMI AI model generates explosive price projections for XRP, Solana, and Shiba Inu over the next eleven months.The model suggests that all three major altcoins will deliver fresh all-time highs (ATHs) this year. Below is KIMI AI’s assessment of all three cryptocurrencies that it believes may be smart plays.XRP ($XRP): KIMI AI Predicts XRP…
Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, was released on Friday following his arrest in Los Angeles on Thursday night.Lemon’s arrest came after protesters interrupted a service at a church in St. Paul, Minnesota. Lemon has said that he was reporting as a journalist when he entered the Cities Church on January 18. Protesters said that one of the church’s pastors worked for Immigration and Customs Enforcement.”Last night, the DOJ sent a team of federal agents to arrest me in the middle of the night for something that I have been doing for the last 30 years, and that is covering…
Web 3 Journalist Tim Hakki Web 3 Journalist Tim Hakki Part of the Team Since Feb 2024 About Author A journalist and copywriter with a decade’s experience across music, video games, finance and tech. Share Last updated: January 30, 2026 We’re almost at the end of January, and the 2026 bull run we were expecting hasn’t materialised for a number of macroeconomic reasons. Still, market history suggests that quieter phases are the best times for investors to stockpile crypto at a relative discount to prepare for the next bull run.In the wake of Coinbase stepping back from its backing of…
Markets are lurching between ambition and anxiety.Elon Musk is plotting a moonshot merger that could redefine tech’s next IPO, while Washington braces for a Fed leadership shake-up that threatens central bank independence.Commodities are flashing speculative excess as copper spikes, even as crypto cracks under capital flight.From orbiting AI dreams to hard-nosed macro reality, today’s moves underscore one theme: volatility is back, and conviction is thinning fast.Musk’s space play gets a tech boost Copy link to section Elon Musk is cooking up something audacious: merging SpaceX with xAI before taking the rocket company public this year.Reuters broke the exclusive on Thursday,…