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  • Lawmakers think stablecoins are GENIUS: Inside the new US stablecoin bill
    by Andjela Radmilac on June 17, 2025 at 12:39 pm

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  • Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong seen at 10 Downing Street amid push for UK crypto overhaul
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 17, 2025 at 12:04 pm

    Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong recently met with senior policymakers in the United Kingdom to support the country’s ongoing efforts to shape clear crypto regulations. In a June 16 post on X, Armstrong revealed he had been in London, pictured outside Downing Street, for discussions focused on positioning the UK as a leading crypto hub. While The post Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong seen at 10 Downing Street amid push for UK crypto overhaul appeared […]

  • Elizabeth Warren criticizes GENIUS Act over stablecoin concerns ahead of final vote
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 17, 2025 at 11:04 am

    Senator Elizabeth Warren has voiced fresh concerns about the GENIUS Act, a bill designed to regulate stablecoins in the US financial system, ahead of its final vote scheduled for later today. In a June 16 statement on X, Warren claimed the bill could allow billionaires to launch stablecoins that monitor user activity and gain an The post Elizabeth Warren criticizes GENIUS Act over stablecoin concerns ahead of final vote appeared first on […]

  • Canada beats US to launch first spot XRP ETF amid Ripple-SEC legal pause
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 17, 2025 at 9:14 am

    Ripple Labs and the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have jointly asked the Second Circuit Court to extend the suspension of the agency’s appeal. According to a June 16 court filing, both parties are pushing to delay the appeal to avoid further litigation following their previous settlement. This request follows an earlier effort to The post Canada beats US to launch first spot XRP ETF amid Ripple-SEC legal pause appeared first on […]

  • Bitcoin gives up rally after Trump denies Iran-Israel ceasefire role, calls Tehran to evacuate
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 17, 2025 at 8:18 am

    Bitcoin tumbled back to $106,000 in early Tuesday trading after U.S. President Donald Trump denied claims he was involved in brokering a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, shaking markets that had priced in potential de-escalation. The late-night Truth Social post from Trump, published just before midnight Eastern time, blasted French President Emmanuel Macron and dismissed The post Bitcoin gives up rally after Trump denies Iran-Israel […]

  • Bitcoin delivers 90% risk-adjusted return to 60/40 portfolios with 10% allocation, 2x gold’s risk efficiency
    by Gino Matos on June 16, 2025 at 11:00 pm

    Investors who added 10% in Bitcoin (BTC) to their “60/40 portfolio” strategies got a 90% risk-adjusted return in the past 12 months, outperforming gold’s 51% return in the same period. On a June 16 post via X, the profile Ecoinometrics highlighted BTC’s performance through June 13 and charted the result against total return. A 60/40 The post Bitcoin delivers 90% risk-adjusted return to 60/40 portfolios with 10% allocation, 2x gold’s […]

  • Dozens of memecoin-related X accounts including Pumpfun suspended for unknown reasons
    by Gino Matos on June 16, 2025 at 10:15 pm

    The official Pump.fun account and the personal handle of its founder Alon Cohen were seemingly suspended by X on June 16, along with a cohort of other accounts tied to the memecoin sector. As of press time, neither X nor the people behind the suspended accounts explained the reason for the suspensions. Users noticed that The post Dozens of memecoin-related X accounts including Pumpfun suspended for unknown reasons appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bybit unveils TradFi platform to blend crypto and traditional markets
    by Assad Jafri on June 16, 2025 at 9:30 pm

    Bybit launched a new platform on June 16 that allows users to trade gold, forex, stock CFDs, global indices, and commodities directly within its app, a first for any major crypto exchange. The launch of Bybit TradFi expands the company’s offerings beyond digital assets, positioning it as a full-service financial hub aimed at bridging the The post Bybit unveils TradFi platform to blend crypto and traditional markets appeared first on […]

  • Bitcoin reclaims $108k amid upward consolidation as war tensions show signs of easing
    by Gino Matos on June 16, 2025 at 8:54 pm

    Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $108,000 threshold on June 16 as tensions of war escalating in the Middle East fell after reports surfaced that Iran was open to negotiations with the US and Israel. Bitcoin’s move up regained the price level surrendered on June 12 while markets processed the initial flare-up in Israeli-Iranian hostilities.  The “Bitfinex Alpha” The post Bitcoin reclaims $108k amid upward consolidation as war tensions show […]

  • JPMorgan files ‘JPMD’ trademark for digital asset payment services, hinting at potential stablecoin
    by Gino Matos on June 16, 2025 at 7:49 pm

    JPMorgan filed a trademark application for the mark “JPMD,” covering trading, exchange, transfer, and payment services tied to virtual currency, digital tokens, and blockchain-enabled money.  According to reports from June 16, the filing lists electronic fund transfers, real-time token trading, custody services, and secure online financial transactions. The document identifies JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as The post JPMorgan files […]

  • Green Energy Stocks Puke As Senate Bill Targets Early End To Tax Credits
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 12:05 pm

    Green Energy Stocks Puke As Senate Bill Targets Early End To Tax Credits Solar and renewable energy stocks crashed in premarket trading after Senate Republicans unveiled a draft of a bill that would end wind and solar tax credits by 2028, while providing incentives for other energy sources like nuclear, hydropower, and geothermal (which would extend to 2036). According to Reuters, the draft tax bill released by Senate Finance […]

  • Only Bitcoin & Gold Can Stop Governments From Destroying The Currency
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 11:45 am

    Only Bitcoin & Gold Can Stop Governments From Destroying The Currency Authored by Daniel Lacalle, Allow me to remind you of a few uncomfortable truths. Government spending is out of control in developed nations. Furthermore, no interventionist government wants to cut spending or balance the budget. Government spending empowers politicians, and reducing it means losing the grip on the economy. Interventionist governments […]

  • Tanker Collision Near Strait Of Hormuz Amid GPS Signal Degradation
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 11:20 am

    Tanker Collision Near Strait Of Hormuz Amid GPS Signal Degradation In the early morning hours of Tuesday, crude oil tankers Adalynn and Front Eagle collided in the Gulf of Oman, about 24 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan in the United Arab Emirates, just outside the critical Strait of Hormuz chokepoint. The maritime incident occurred amid ongoing regional instability and increased GPS signal degradation, most likely linked to […]

  • These Are America’s Cheapest New Cars
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 10:55 am

    These Are America’s Cheapest New Cars Finding a new car for under $20,000 is becoming increasingly difficult, with only 3 models below the threshold The average price of a new car in the U.S. is around $48,000 Car prices in the U.S. have increased significantly since the COVID-19 pandemic, squeezing budget-conscious buyers. In 2025, things are getting even tougher, with only three models starting below $20,000 when new. To […]

  • EU Aims To Cut All Russian Gas Imports By 2027
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 10:30 am

    EU Aims To Cut All Russian Gas Imports By 2027 Authored by Tsvetana Paraskova via OilPrice.com, As the European Union seeks to end its dependency on Russian energy, the European Commission is set to propose this week a ban on new contracts for natural gas supply with Russia on the basis of trade law, which needs a majority vote approval instead of a unanimous EU call.  EU companies will be banned from signing new contracts for […]

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  • “Everyone Should Immediately Evacuate Tehran!”, Trump Warns
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 9:45 am

    “Everyone Should Immediately Evacuate Tehran!”, Trump Warns Update (1840ET): President Trump just posted an ominous warning on his social media platform TruthSocial Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran! A rather worrying shift from […]

  • The US Fertility Rate Is At All-Time Lows
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 9:45 am

    The US Fertility Rate Is At All-Time Lows For over a century, the fertility rate in the United States has reflected sweeping demographic and societal changes. This dataset, visualized by USAFacts using data from the CDC, captures the trend from 1909 through 2023. The data shows the U.S. general fertility rate peaked in 1957 at 122.9 births per 1,000 women aged 15–44. By 2023, that rate had fallen to 54.5—less than half […]

  • BritCard: Inside Labour’s “Progressive” Digital ID
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 9:00 am

    BritCard: Inside Labour’s “Progressive” Digital ID Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, A new report from a British government think tank offers some clear insights into the Starmer administration’s plan to introduce a universal digital ID. That digital ID – in one form or another – is a major part of the endgame is not any kind of revelation. We’ve known that was the plan for years, but the report tells us […]

  • Visualizing The Economic Value Of The Arctic
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 8:15 am

    Visualizing The Economic Value Of The Arctic The Arctic is gaining global attention as melting ice unlocks access to vast natural resources. From “ecosystem services” like climate regulation to lucrative mineral and oil reserves, this chilly region’s economic value is surprisingly large. In this graphic, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu breaks down the Arctic’s annual economic value based on the results of a 2017 study from […]

  • UK Gold Mining Company Bluebird To Convert Revenues Into Bitcoin
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 7:30 am

    UK Gold Mining Company Bluebird To Convert Revenues Into Bitcoin Authored by Oscar Zarraga Perez via BitcoinMagazione.com, Bluebird Mining Ventures Ltd., a pan Asian gold project development company, recently announced a major strategic shift. It plans to convert future revenues from its gold mining projects into bitcoin and adopt bitcoin as a treasury reserve asset.  Strategy shift to covert gold into digital gold – #bitcoin […]

  • How Can Europe Replace US Support For Ukraine?
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 6:45 am

    How Can Europe Replace US Support For Ukraine? The Kiel Institute for the World Economy has released a new report outlining how Europe could replace U.S. support for Ukraine both financially and militarily. The organization has calculated that European governments as a whole will need to nearly double their aid flow from the current €44 billion per year to €82 billion per year, which equates to an increase from roughly 0.1 […]

  • UK Turning Into ‘National Health State’, Says Think Tank
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 6:00 am

    UK Turning Into ‘National Health State’, Says Think Tank Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times, The UK is turning into a “National Health State,” the Resolution Foundation has said, after Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced a £29 billion annual increase in NHS funding. The think tank’s analysis of Reeves’s Spending Review estimates that by the end of financial year 2028–29, the health service will account […]

  • Chronocide: How Technocracy Is Erasing The Past, Present, & Future
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 3:25 am

    Chronocide: How Technocracy Is Erasing The Past, Present, & Future Authored by Niall McCrae via Off-Guardian.org, The past is another country, according to LP Hartley’s opening line of The Go-Between. Nowadays, we may say the same of the present, as the pace of technological and demographic change quickens. As for the future, what confidence and certainties can we have for our children and grandchildren? Countries might […]

  • Illegal Alien Economy: How Foreign Nations Exploit US Borders For Profit
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 2:35 am

    Illegal Alien Economy: How Foreign Nations Exploit US Borders For Profit Authored by Brandon Smith via Alt-Market.us, Well, the tensions over mass illegal immigration in the US are finally coming to a boil after 4 years of open borders under the Biden Administration and six months of obstruction by Democrat politicians and judges interfering with deportations. The progressive establishment position on illegals is clear: Make it […]

  • Population Projections: The World’s Top Countries By 2100
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 2:10 am

    Population Projections: The World’s Top Countries By 2100 By the end of this century, global demographics could look dramatically different than they do today. While some countries will be growing, others will be in the midst of long-term declines. Using the latest data from the UN’s 2024 World Population Prospects, this infographic, via Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu, visualizes how the world’s most populous countries are […]

  • Trump’s Truth Social Files S-1 For Dual Bitcoin & Ether ETF
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 1:45 am

    Trump’s Truth Social Files S-1 For Dual Bitcoin & Ether ETF Authored by Helen Partz via CoinTelegraph.com, US President Donald Trump’s social media platform, Truth Social, filed an S-1 form with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch a dual exchange-traded fund (ETF) for Bitcoin and Ether. Filed on Monday, the S-1 form proposes the issuance and trading of Truth Social Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF, sponsored by […]

  • Trump Calls Expelling Russia From G8 “A Big Mistake” That Led To Ukraine War
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 1:20 am

    Trump Calls Expelling Russia From G8 “A Big Mistake” That Led To Ukraine War “This was a big mistake,” Trump told reporters Monday just ahead of the G7 meeting in Canada, in reference to booting Russia from what was then known as the Group of 8. “You wouldn’t have that war” – in reference to the over three-year long Ukraine war.  He described that this action under the Obama administration likely greatly contributed to President […]

  • Gold: The Global Financial System’s Lie-Detector?
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 12:55 am

    Gold: The Global Financial System’s Lie-Detector? Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via vongreyerz.gold, Is gold calling out a broken global financial system? One Big…Lie? Earlier this year, I was asked to give my most “heretic” opinion about the global financial system. This was an unusual yet bold question, and after a brief pause, I answered that the entire system was…, well: “A lie.” This may seem like a […]

  • The Ghost In The Machine
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2025 at 12:05 am

    The Ghost In The Machine Authored by Nick Trimmer via The Fifth Estate, The Chinese Communist Party has a long, proud history of spycraft and theft [ZH: And let’s be honest, every advanced nation does this – but read on…]. They hack U.S. defense contractors to steal technology that is then crudely reconstructed into 5th-generation fighter jets that couldn’t outrun a decommissioned Concorde and warships whose only […]

  • Impossible Foods’ Legal Blitz Leaves Investors With Nothing But Empty Plates
    by Tyler Durden on June 16, 2025 at 11:40 pm

    Impossible Foods’ Legal Blitz Leaves Investors With Nothing But Empty Plates In a bizarre twist of corporate warfare, Impossible Foods, the once-hyped darling of the alt-meat industry, appears to have squandered investor resources in misguided legal crusades with its valuation crashing from a $7.5 billion Series H peak in late 2021 to just $1.5 billion as of May, according to PM Insights. With U.N. support, and an FDA […]

  • Support For Renewables Slides As Fossil Fuel Interest Grows
    by Tyler Durden on June 16, 2025 at 11:15 pm

    Support For Renewables Slides As Fossil Fuel Interest Grows By Pam Radtke of Floodlight Republicans and Democrats alike are less likely to support renewable energy than they were five years ago, according to a survey released last week by the Pew Research Center. The results mirror growing pockets of opposition to solar farms, reignited political support for coal plants, and moves by President Donald Trump and congressional […]

  • More Americans Plan Summer ‘Staycations’; Cincinnati Named Top Spot: Survey
    by Tyler Durden on June 16, 2025 at 10:50 pm

    More Americans Plan Summer ‘Staycations’; Cincinnati Named Top Spot: Survey A new Bankrate survey reveals that 46% of Americans plan to travel this summer. Of the remaining 54%, 65% say affordability is keeping them from venturing out – and will be taking ‘staycations’ near home.  Cincinnati skyline in Cincinnati on May 9, 2025. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times One of the top issues among those choosing ‘staycations’ is the cost […]

  • The Prisoner’s Dilemma Of AI
    by Tyler Durden on June 16, 2025 at 10:25 pm

    The Prisoner’s Dilemma Of AI Authored by Sofia Karstens via The Brownstone Institute, Democracy and capitalism as we know it have long coexisted in a tense but workable marriage. But now there’s a third party in the relationship: AI. Unlike previous disruptions, this one isn’t going anywhere. AI is not just a disruptive mistress – it’s a permanent, exponential presence. The question is no longer whether democracy and […]

  • Mossad Spent Eight Months Preparing Surprise Attack On Iran: Report
    by Tyler Durden on June 16, 2025 at 9:40 pm

    Mossad Spent Eight Months Preparing Surprise Attack On Iran: Report Via The Cradle The Israeli military operation launched against Iran on June 13, striking nuclear facilities, missile sites, and senior leadership targets follows eight months of covert planning by Israeli intelligence and military agencies, Axios reported. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the goal of the operation is to “eliminate” Iran’s […]

  • Randi Weingarten Quits DNC After David Hogg Ouster
    by Tyler Durden on June 16, 2025 at 9:20 pm

    Randi Weingarten Quits DNC After David Hogg Ouster Two of the most powerful figures in organized labor have dramatically cut ties with the Democratic National Committee – a stunning rebuke to new DNC Chair Ken Martin as internal tensions roil the party. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, speaks at a press conference in Tamarac, Fla., on May 3, 2023. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Randi Weingarten, longtime […]

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