Bitcoin Battles $88K as Precious Metals Shine and Institutional Crypto Shifts Accelerate

Today on Chain Reaction, we explore why gold and silver are crushing Bitcoin in the debasement trade, with gold near forty-three hundred fifty dollars per ounce while BTC struggles around eighty-eight thousand dollars. We dive into major institutional moves as the Senate confirms pro-crypto regulators to lead the CFTC and FDIC, Coinbase files lawsuits defending prediction markets, and PayPal expands PYUSD into AI infrastructure financing. Plus, we cover Jump Trading's four billion dollar lawsuit tied to Terra's collapse, the Bank of Japan's historic rate hike, and whether Bitcoin's traditional four-year cycle is actually breaking down. From Trump Media's six billion dollar fusion power merger to North Korean hackers stealing two billion dollars in crypto this year, it's been a dramatic week in digital assets.