According to CoinMeta, the minutes of the Federal Reserve meeting show that if inflation does not continue to decline, officials are inclined to maintain high interest rates. In addition, Trump claimed that the United States has control over the Strait of Hormuz and that oil prices will fall significantly. Spot gold prices broke through $4,520 per ounce, with a daily increase of 4.29%. Trump also stated that the U.S. is considering purchasing large amounts of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. The U.S. Treasury Department will at least double the scale of its long-term government bond repurchase operations. Two large Bitcoin short-position holders are approaching the liquidation line, with a short position value of about $93.24 million. Maya Protocol was attacked by six vulnerabilities, resulting in the theft of $1.4 million in Bitcoin.