Bitcoin Holds Above Seventy-Four Thousand as Altcoins Pull Back and Federal Reserve Chair Nominee Reveals Major Crypto Holdings

Bitcoin maintains support above seventy-four thousand dollars as Asia recouped Iran war losses, while Solana, Cardano, and Dogecoin pull back. Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh disclosed extensive cryptocurrency holdings including positions in DeFi protocols, layer-2 networks, and Bitcoin infrastructure-though ethics rules will require full divestiture before confirmation. Goldman Sachs filed for a Bitcoin Premium Income ETF, joining BlackRock in packaging bitcoin as yield-generating products. Meanwhile, Bitcoin developers proposed BIP-361, a controversial plan requiring holders to migrate coins to quantum-resistant addresses or face permanent freezing, sparking fierce community backlash. Spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded four hundred twelve million dollars in inflows as Goldman's filing signals intensifying Wall Street competition in crypto products. XRP rallied toward one dollar thirty-eight on news that Japan's Rakuten integrated the token for payments across forty-four million users and five million merchants. Plus: JPMorgan CFO warns stablecoins risk becoming regulatory arbitrage, and North Korean hackers deployed AI-enabled social engineering in recent attacks targeting crypto firms.