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According to Iranian media reports on the 8th, the Iranian Experts Assembly has made a final decision on the new Supreme Leader candidate.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has confirmed that he will run in the 2028 U.S. presidential election. Previously disclosed information reveals that he owns at least $1 million in Bitcoin and does not intend to divest this asset. He has also publicly stated that he is a staunch supporter of Bitcoin, believing that decentralization, a capped supply, neutral currency, and other hard assets like gold and silver can stabilize the dollar and prevent currency devaluation.

According to Iranian media reports, conference member Ayatollah Khatami stated that the candidates for the leader have been determined. The Leadership Council is currently performing the duties of managing the country and will appoint the new Supreme Leader as soon as possible.

According to ABC News, Trump claimed that all the Iranian leadership candidates he considered are now deceased.

Arkham analyst Emmett Gallic corrected his earlier statement regarding Trump Media Technology Group selling 2,000 BTC. He stated that the relevant tweet has been deleted and clarified that the company is not selling Bitcoin but is delivering 2,000 BTC as collateral to a counterparty.Gallic mentioned that since the relevant Bitcoin is no longer under the company's control, it has been removed from the balance sheet. According to the arrangement, the counterparty can decide whether to re-collateralize or otherwise dispose of the collateral, including selling it.

According to Gate's market data, the U.S. stock market opened lower. Although Nvidia's performance exceeded expectations, it failed to alleviate investors' concerns about the disruptive risks posed by artificial intelligence and the sustainability of profit growth among large tech companies. Nvidia, which has the largest weight in the S&P 500 index, saw its stock price drop by over 3%. Craig Johnson, chief market technician at Piper Sandler, stated that investors must actively adjust their asset allocation to adapt to the constantly changing trends in market sectors. Meanwhile, as Nvidia increases its commitments in supply, prices of memory and storage stocks rose, with SanDisk's stock price increasing by 2%.

The prediction market platform Kalshi has publicly disclosed its first cases of regulatory violations, involving former California gubernatorial candidate Kyle Langford and video editor Artem Kaptur from YouTube star MrBeast's team.Langford was fined $2,246.36 and banned from using the platform for five years for posting a video on X platform showing his bet on his own election victory, violating the platform's rules that prohibit candidates from betting in related election markets. Kaptur was accused of using insider information to trade approximately $4,000 in related markets during his tenure at MrBeast, resulting in significant profits; he was fined $20,397.58 and suspended for two years. MrBeast's parent company, Beast Industries, stated that it has initiated an internal investigation and emphasized a zero-tolerance policy for such behavior.Kalshi has reported both cases to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the fines will be donated to nonprofit organizations. The platform revealed that it has conducted over 200 investigations into insider trading in the past year.

"Fed's mouthpiece" Nick Timiraos stated that the content not mentioned in this Federal Reserve meeting minutes is more worthy of attention. He pointed out that in several meetings last year until December, staff predicted that the inflation rate would fall to 2% by 2027, but the December minutes pushed the timeline back to 2028.In the January meeting minutes, there was no specific mention of when the inflation rate would reach 2%, only indicating that the values were "slightly higher and balanced" compared to the December forecast, and it was expected that the impact of tariffs would end after mid-year, with inflation returning to the previous downward trend. The previous mention of "reaching 2% by 2028" did not reappear.Nick Timiraos hinted that this reflects a weakening confidence from the Federal Reserve regarding the inflation path, influenced by tight resource utilization and rising import prices. The official minutes confirmed a slightly higher forecast than in December but did not specify a return year, highlighting policy uncertainty.

Public information shows that Zhao Changpeng attended the World Liberty Forum event held at Trump's Mar-a-Lago today, but did not deliver a formal speech.Zhao Changpeng X Platform responded, "I benefited greatly from listening to the speech of the CFTC chairman on site."

Strategy founder Michael Saylor posted on the X platform: "Markets closed. Bitcoin open. Happy Hodlday," but did not disclose any information about increasing Bitcoin holdings, suggesting that he may not have made any purchases last week.

CZ issued a response stating that over the past two days, some rather imaginative FUD has been observed, and he clarified each point:Regarding a circulating Polymarket screenshot that asked, "Will someone throw something at CZ's face during the crypto event in 2026," CZ stated that this event does not exist on Polymarket or any prediction market, and there is no so-called $7 million trading volume; the related screenshot is fabricated.On the claim that "CZ canceled the super cycle," CZ bluntly said this is an overinterpretation. He only mentioned that he is "not as confident as before."Concerning the rumor that "Binance sold $1 billion in Bitcoin," CZ clarified that it was Binance users who sold, not Binance itself. Changes in Binance wallet balances typically occur only when users withdraw funds; many users still keep their assets on Binance as a wallet after trading.Additionally, in response to the doubts about the SAFU fund not buying BTC, CZ stated that Binance has clearly mentioned it will complete the conversion within 30 days, suggesting that Binance's initial plan might be to gradually complete the purchases within these 30 days; then, close to the end of the 30 days, or on a weekly basis, transfer the funds to the corresponding addresses. Of course, it is impossible to see them buying through DEX. Considering Bitcoin's market cap of about $1.7 trillion, the impact of buying $1 billion in Bitcoin in batches over 30 days on the Bitcoin price and whether it enhances market confidence is left for the market to judge.

According to Jinshi, U.S. President Trump stated that any candidate for the Federal Reserve Chair would perform excellently. Hassett has done a great job, and I just don't want Hassett to leave this position.

According to Fortune, in the past two weeks, Rick Rieder's odds of becoming the next Federal Reserve Chair on Polymarket have surged to nearly 50%, clearly leading over the second-ranked Kevin Warsh (29%) and the third-ranked Christopher Waller (6%). Rieder's career has been almost entirely on the front lines of the global bond market, working as a trader and asset manager, deeply involved in the market, interpreting and profiting from central bank policy signals. Simply put, no one understands the bond market better than Rick Rieder. And in Trump's policy decision-making, nothing is more important than "whether the bond market is up or down."Currently, Rieder is responsible for BlackRock's global fixed income business, managing up to $2.4 trillion, which accounts for about one-sixth of the $14 trillion in assets under management at the world's largest asset management firm. A former CEO who worked with Rieder described him as "extremely personable" and stated that Rieder "has a very good understanding of how the market operates and is able to maintain independent judgment."If Rieder takes over as Federal Reserve Chair in May, he will face extremely daunting challenges. His stance on the federal funds rate has long been clear and is more aligned with Trump's camp. In an interview with CNBC on January 12, Rieder stated, "The Fed needs to lower rates to 3% (currently 3.50%--3.75%), which I believe is closer to a balanced level." The problem is that the Fed is currently implementing two policies that could potentially raise inflation. In mid-December last year, the central bank reversed its previous quantitative tightening (QT) policy. Additionally, the Fed is also reducing the amount of reserves that banks must hold at the central bank.