{"id":414326,"date":"2026-01-18T05:25:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/414326\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:25:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T05:25:38","slug":"serious-concern-trump-just-quietly-revealed-a-bitcoin-price-game-changer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/414326\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Serious Concern\u2019\u2014Trump Just Quietly Revealed A Bitcoin Price Game-Changer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bitcoin and crypto prices have surged into 2026, with bitcoin nearing $100,000 and adding 10% since its December lows (just as Bank of America\u2019s chief executive issues a huge $6 trillion crypto warning<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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The bitcoin price remains well below its October peak of $126,000, however, even as traders bet on a 2026 Federal Reserve flip<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Now, as Goldman Sachs says a major catalyst could be about to ignite the market<\/a>, U.S. president Donald Trump has said the dovish economic adviser Kevin Hassett is unlikely to be named as the new Fed chair\u2014a blow to the burgeoning bitcoin price rally.<\/p>\n

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ForbesBank Of America CEO Issues Serious $6 Trillion Crypto Warning As Bitcoin Surges Toward $100,000 PriceBy Billy Bambrough<\/a>\"Trump,<\/p>\n

U.S. president Donald Trump has said Federal Reserve chair front-runner Kevin Hassett is unlikely to be named to the role, something that could cause a bitcoin price shock.<\/p>\n

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“Kevin Hassett is so good \u2026 if I move him, I would lose you. It\u2019s a serious concern to me,” \u200dTrump said during an event at the White House in comments reported<\/a> by Reuters.<\/p>\n

“I actually want to keep you where you are, if you want \u200cto know the truth,” Trump said, sending the Polymarket odds of Hassett being named as Fed chair Jerome Powell\u2019s replacement sharply lower and boosting his rival, the former Fed governor Kevin Warsh to almost 60%. <\/p>\n

Trump has repeatedly signalled he would name Hassett as the new Fed chair in recent months, with Hassett\u2019s odds hitting almost 90% on Polymarket in December.<\/p>\n

Later, at another event in Florida, Trump said he\u2019d made his decision on who to nominate for Fed chair. \u201cIn my mind, done,\u201d he said in comments reported<\/a> by the Financial Times. <\/p>\n

While Warsh has invested in crypto companies and is an advisor to the institutional crypto bank Anchorage, he\u2019s seen as a less dovish than Hassett, meaning interest rates may stay higher for longer if he\u2019s revealed as Trump\u2019s pick.<\/p>\n

Expectations that interest rates may fall sharply in 2026 once Trump replaces Powell have supported bitcoin, crypto and equity markets in recent months.<\/p>\n

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Forbes\u2018Very Surprised\u2019\u2014Bitcoin And Crypto Braced For Huge $8 Trillion Wall Street Price \u2018Shocker\u2019By Billy Bambrough<\/a><\/p>\n

The bitcoin price has bounced back from its December lows, climbing toward $100,000 per bitcoin as traders brace for Donald Trump’s Federal Reserve chair reveal.<\/p>\n

Forbes Digital Assets<\/p>\n

Hassett would have been \u201cmore dovish than Kevin Warsh and therefore more supportive for crypto,\u201d Aurelie Barthere, principal research analyst at Nansen, said in emailed comments.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, Trump revealed he\u2019s inclined to nominate either Hassett or Warsh as Powell\u2019s replacement in a Reuters interview. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe two \u200dKevins are very good,” Trump said. “You have some other good people too, but I’ll be announcing something over the next couple of weeks.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bitcoin and crypto prices have surged into 2026, with bitcoin nearing $100,000 and adding 10% since its December…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414327,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[931,10565,28,13408,12,2800,3479],"class_list":["post-414326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-bitcoin","tag-bitcoin-price","tag-business","tag-crypto","tag-donald-trump","tag-federal-reserve","tag-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}