• US initial jobless claims at 207K, below expectations of 224K and down from 223K - [EI]

• US 4Q GDP grew at an annual rate of 2.3%, below the estimated 2.6% - [DB]

• Lagarde confident that Bitcoin won't be included in EU reserves - [Tree]

• S&P 500 opens up 0.4%, NASDAQ gains 0.3% - [DB]

• Spot gold reaches record high of $2,790.10/oz, surpassing October peak - [DB]

• NYSE proposes to list and trade shares of Grayscale XRP Trust under NYSE Arca Rule 8.201-E - [PN]

• Bankman-Fried's parents consider seeking Trump pardon for their son - [Tree]

• OpenAI in talks for investment round that could value it at up to $340 billion - [Tree]

• S&P 500 closes up 0.6%, NASDAQ rises 0.2% - [DB]

• Coinbase Derivatives files with CFTC to list Solana futures, nano Solana futures, and Hedera futures - [Tree]

• Tether launches USDt on Bitcoin's Lightning Network - [Tree]

• SEC approves Bitwise spot Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF - [PN]

• ETF flows on January 30, 2025: Bitcoin ETFs see $588.1M net inflows, Ethereum ETFs see $67.8M net inflows - [EI]

• Gold reaches $2,800 per ounce for the first time - [DB]

• Trump to meet with NVIDIA CEO at the White House - [DB]

• Grayscale Investments has launched the Grayscale Dogecoin Trust - [NN]

• S&P 500 opens up 0.5%, NASDAQ rises 0.8% - [DB]

• Tether reports $13 billion in profits for 2024, reaching all-time highs in U.S. Treasury holdings, USD₮ circulation, and reserve buffer in Q4 2024 attestation - [Tree]

• NASDAQ 100 gains 1.2%, recovering from significant selloff - [DB]

• OpenAI launching new O3-MINI model today in response to DeepSeek - [DB]

• Google introduces NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs to Google Cloud with preview of A4 VMs - [IH]