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  • US Treasury signals regulated crypto privacy may have a future in the US
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on March 9, 2026 at 8:30 pm

    Treasury’s mixer language points to a new U.S. line on crypto privacy A new Treasury report says lawful users may use mixers for financial privacy on public blockchains. The language leaves Treasury’s money-laundering case intact, while opening room for privacy tools that can operate inside regulated U.S. crypto markets. In a report to Congress this The post US Treasury signals regulated crypto privacy may have a future in the US appeared […]

  • Are US stablecoins just CBDCs in disguise? Look closely and the differences start to blur
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on March 9, 2026 at 6:15 pm

    America may reject the name “CBDC” while still building the conditions for CBDC-like control through private dollar infrastructure. Washington has ruled out a retail Federal Reserve digital dollar in legal form. At the same time, the stablecoin regime now taking shape can normalize freeze, block, reject, and temporary hold functions across private dollar tokens and, The post Are US stablecoins just CBDCs in disguise? Look closely and the […]

  • New Bitcoin indicator reveals we just avoided a major drop — but one level could decide the next breakout
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on March 9, 2026 at 4:29 pm

    Bitcoin spent the weekend mostly within a familiar price channel, then slipped lower before recovering as traders reacted to the developing impact of the Iran war. However, while real-world macro events now dictate Bitcoin’s movements more than fundamentals or adoption levels, where on the chart it stops to test the waters has not changed. Bitcoin The post New Bitcoin indicator reveals we just avoided a major drop — but one level could decide […]

  • XRP is bleeding with over $50 billion in unrealized losses as 60% of supply goes underwater
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 9, 2026 at 2:20 pm

    XRP remains under significant pressure as the latest oil shock and broader market unease push investors toward a more defensive stance. The Ripple-linked digital asset has fallen 26% this year to about $1.34 and is down 54% over the past six months, according to CryptoSlate data. In the latest 24-hour session, XRP slid from about The post XRP is bleeding with over $50 billion in unrealized losses as 60% of supply goes underwater appeared first […]

  • Bitcoin traders focus on $61k as oil surges past $115 and weak jobs data rattle markets
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 9, 2026 at 11:01 am

    Bitcoin slid below $70,000 this weekend after a weak US jobs report, and another jump in oil prices revived stagflation concerns and pushed investors out of risk assets. The largest cryptocurrency fell as low as $65,660, according to CryptoSlate’s data, less than a week after reaching a monthly high near $74,000. The move put Bitcoin The post Bitcoin traders focus on $61k as oil surges past $115 and weak jobs data rattle markets appeared […]

  • Fantium CEO Jonathan Ludwig says sports tokenization needs utility, alignment, and real access
    by News Desk on March 9, 2026 at 6:48 am

    In the latest SlateCast episode, Fantium CEO and co-founder Jonathan Ludwig joined CryptoSlate Editor-in-Chief Liam “Akiba” Wright and CEO Nate Whitehill to discuss why he returned to building, how Fantium structures athlete financing, and why its broader sports-token vision is focused on utility rather than pure speculation. Across the conversation, Ludwig framed tokenization as a The post Fantium CEO Jonathan Ludwig says sports […]

  • New model proves miners need Bitcoin above $74k to break even on power – but other costs push it over 6 figures
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on March 8, 2026 at 8:15 pm

    Riot case study shows US Bitcoin miners can clear power costs long before they clear full profit Bitcoin mining costs are often reduced to a single number: the “cost to mine one BTC.” In reality, that figure depends on what layer of the business you measure. Electricity determines whether machines should run today, operating expenses The post New model proves miners need Bitcoin above $74k to break even on power – but other costs push it […]

  • Seven internet cables were cut at once — Bitcoin barely noticed, but researchers found a real chokepoint
    by Gino Matos on March 8, 2026 at 6:15 pm

    When seabed disturbances off Côte d’Ivoire severed seven submarine cables in March 2024, the regional internet impact earned an IODA severity score above 11,000. For Bitcoin, the global effect was negligible. The affected region hosted roughly five nodes, about 0.03% of the network, and the impact fell within normal fluctuations at -2.5%. No price movement The post Seven internet cables were cut at once — Bitcoin barely noticed, but […]

  • SEC pressure on crypto giants fades as Trump-linked project draws $75M from Justin Sun
    by Gino Matos on March 8, 2026 at 3:15 pm

    On Mar. 5, Justin Sun reached a $10 million settlement with the SEC to resolve a civil fraud case that alleged he generated $31 million through wash-trading-style transactions and undisclosed celebrity promotions. The settlement, which requires court approval and includes no admission of wrongdoing, moves the case toward dismissal. The same day, US banking regulators The post SEC pressure on crypto giants fades as Trump-linked project draws […]

  • 161,000 US jobs just disappeared after a revision as Bitcoin navigates increasingly messy macro data
    by Andjela Radmilac on March 8, 2026 at 1:10 pm

    US markets move in seconds when the jobs report hits. February payrolls fell by 92,000 jobs, the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%, and prior months were revised down by 69,000. Together, that’s 161,000 fewer jobs than the numbers showed at the start of the year. But the number traders react to first often isn’t the The post 161,000 US jobs just disappeared after a revision as Bitcoin navigates increasingly messy macro data appeared first on […]

  • “Legacy Of Imbeciles”: Corpus Christi Careens Toward Water-Shortage Catastrophe
    by Tyler Durden on March 10, 2026 at 1:25 am

    “Legacy Of Imbeciles”: Corpus Christi Careens Toward Water-Shortage Catastrophe Submitted by Dylan Baddour via Inside Climate News (emphasis ours), The imminent depletion of water supplies in Corpus Christi threatens to cut off the flow of jet fuel to Texas airports and other oil exports from one of the nation’s largest petroleum ports, triggering potential shockwaves through energy markets in Texas and beyond. Without […]

  • Five Iran Women Soccer Players Defect In Australia, Trump Urges Immediate Asylum 
    by Tyler Durden on March 10, 2026 at 1:00 am

    Five Iran Women Soccer Players Defect In Australia, Trump Urges Immediate Asylum  The ongoing Iran war is a rare modern conflict where warring powers can in an unprecedented manner (generally-speaking in terms of the modern age) address each other directly over social media. For example Iranian top official accounts are busy trying to troll Washington in defiance, even as the US bombs fall. “9 days into Operation Epic Mistake, oil […]

  • FBI Obtains Election Records From Arizona Senate
    by Tyler Durden on March 10, 2026 at 12:35 am

    FBI Obtains Election Records From Arizona Senate Authored by Petr Svab via The Epoch Times, The FBI has collected a large volume of Arizona election records from the state’s Senate as part of a grand jury investigation. The subpoena indicates a broader scope of the investigation into irregularities in the 2020 election. The records pertain to the Arizona State Senate’s 2020 audit of Maricopa County, according to a March 9 X […]

  • Security Fears Suddenly Emerge Over Trump’s Visit To China
    by Tyler Durden on March 10, 2026 at 12:10 am

    Security Fears Suddenly Emerge Over Trump’s Visit To China President Donald Trump’s forthcoming high-stakes visit to China will be restricted to Beijing alone due to both a demanding schedule and heightened security concerns, according to a report in the South China Morning Post. “Unfortunately, his schedule is very tight. There is no room to squeeze in a visit to a second city,” one source told the SCMP. “While the […]

  • From Redcoats To Robots: AI Is Challenging Our Republic’s Future
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 11:45 pm

    From Redcoats To Robots: AI Is Challenging Our Republic’s Future Authored by Jonathan Turley, This week, thousands of workers are receiving pink slips. They are not being let go due to inflation or outsourcing to foreign countries. To the contrary, they are being fired because booming sectors of the economy no longer need them. Indeed, it is an economy that may need fewer and fewer humans. Amazon this week announced further job […]

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  • Jesse Jackson’s Son Rips Obama, Biden For Hijacking Father’s Memorial To Attack Trump
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 11:20 pm

    Jesse Jackson’s Son Rips Obama, Biden For Hijacking Father’s Memorial To Attack Trump In a move that is sure to raise eyebrows within Democrat circles, Jesse Jackson Jr. lashed out on former Presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden for hijacking his late father’s memorial with not-so-veiled attacks on President Donald Trump. The son of the late Rev. Jesse Jackson, who passed away last month at 84 after a lifetime battling for the […]

  • Solar And Storage Could Reshape Rural Electricity Markets
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 10:55 pm

    Solar And Storage Could Reshape Rural Electricity Markets Authored by Leonard Hyman & William Tilles via OilPrice.com, Rural electric cooperatives may face disruption from cheaper on-site renewables. Co-ops serve about 12% of the U.S. population but operate over 40% of the nation’s power lines. Financial pressure could grow across the system, as co-ops remain tied to long-term fossil power contracts with […]

  • Investigation Suggests US Navy Likely Behind Attack That Killed 150 Schoolgirls In Iran
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 10:30 pm

    Investigation Suggests US Navy Likely Behind Attack That Killed 150 Schoolgirls In Iran It’s looking more and more like the US Navy was responsible for killing more than 150 Iranian schoolgirls in the first hours of Operation Epic Fury, according to separate analyses of new video performed by research firm Bellingcat and the New York Times, who each tapped weapons experts to study the footage. Their conclusions contradict […]

  • Identity Politics Trumps Public Safety On The Chicago Transit Authority
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 10:05 pm

    Identity Politics Trumps Public Safety On The Chicago Transit Authority Authored by George Shay via American Greatness, The Legacy of Jesse Jackson Makes All of Us Less Safe If you ride the trains or buses in Chicago with any regularity, you don’t worry about microaggressions. You worry about being maced, mugged, or shoved onto the tracks—or, in one grotesque recent case, set on fire. That’s the lived experience of […]

  • Watch: Antifa Activist Accidentally Sets Himself On Fire While Burning American Flag
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    Watch: Antifa Activist Accidentally Sets Himself On Fire While Burning American Flag In a stroke of karmic hilarity, an Antifa activist briefly caught fire while attempting to burn an American flag outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Portland, Oregon. The incident, which occurred last week, was captured on video during a livestream of the Antifa-led protest. Footage showed a far-left activist dousing an […]

  • Travelers To Face 3-Hour Delays In Airports: TSA
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 9:15 pm

    Travelers To Face 3-Hour Delays In Airports: TSA Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Travelers in the United States are facing significant delays at airports due to the ongoing federal government shutdown, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) stated on March 8 in a post on social media. “Today, travelers are facing TSA lines of up to nearly 3 hours long at some major airports,” said Lauren Bis, […]

  • Goldman’s Global Affairs Chief Warns Of Middle East Spillover Threats
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 8:50 pm

    Goldman’s Global Affairs Chief Warns Of Middle East Spillover Threats West Texas Intermediate crude futures spiked as high as $111 a barrel on Sunday evening as the deepening Middle East conflict sent panic through oil markets, with supplies from key Gulf producers going offline and the Strait of Hormuz remaining paralyzed into week two. The key question on some energy desks is whether this energy shock will force President Trump […]

  • A Cycle-Low For Public Rectitude: Anything Goes To Maintain Democrats’ Matrix Of Moneygrubbing
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 8:25 pm

    A Cycle-Low For Public Rectitude: Anything Goes To Maintain Democrats’ Matrix Of Moneygrubbing Authored by James Howard Kunstler, Farther Along Don’t lose the plot. Embrace the suck. This is the world’s hard time, for now. The birth of anything can be a bloody horror. It can even look like death. Don’t be too afraid to see what comes on the other side of this awful spectacle. So many Americans are rooting and wishing for […]

  • Trump Threatens Harder Strikes If Iran Hits Global Oil Supply, Pledges US ‘Excursion’ Nearly Complete
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    Trump Threatens Harder Strikes If Iran Hits Global Oil Supply, Pledges US ‘Excursion’ Nearly Complete Summary: Trump pledges Iran ‘excursion’ going to be ended soon, but warned “Iran will be hit harder” if it starts up again, or if Tehran targets global global oil supplies. When asked by reporter, Trump refuses to say if new Ayatollah has a target on his back. Trump tells Republican conference it is going to be a […]

  • Satellite Data Shows Iran Moving Crude Through Hormuz Chokepoint, Putting Kharg Island In Focus
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    Satellite Data Shows Iran Moving Crude Through Hormuz Chokepoint, Putting Kharg Island In Focus Ten days into the U.S.-Israeli Operation Epic Fury against Iran, which has forced shut-ins at major Gulf oil and gas facilities, disrupted production at key oil fields, sent stockpiles soaring, sparked a global energy crisis (Brent crude hit $119/bbl highs overnight) and severely disrupted commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, […]

  • Even Dems Are Questioning Rep. Swalwell’s Eligibility To Run For Governor
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 7:25 pm

    Even Dems Are Questioning Rep. Swalwell’s Eligibility To Run For Governor Authored by Luis Cornelio via HeadlineUSA, Rep. Eric Swalwell has long maintained his primary residence in Washington, D.C., despite representing large portions of California in Congress. Now that he is running for California governor, his apparent on-paper-only California residency is under scrutiny – even from fellow Democrats.  Eric Swalwell / IMAGE: […]

  • Iran Hails Deadly Cluster Bomb Attack On Central Israel: ‘First Wave Under New Ayatollah’
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 7:05 pm

    Iran Hails Deadly Cluster Bomb Attack On Central Israel: ‘First Wave Under New Ayatollah’ Since the start of Operation Epic Fury against Iran, Israel has suffered some rare mass casualty events and major destruction of sectors of its cities, especially in Tel Aviv. The official death toll stands at eleven civilians killed, and dozens wounded and injured; while Israel’s military just suffered two troop deaths in southern Lebanon. […]

  • The Real Threat Is Artificial Credit, Not Artificial Intelligence
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 6:45 pm

    The Real Threat Is Artificial Credit, Not Artificial Intelligence Authored by George Ford Smith via the Mises Institute, Artificial intelligence is rapidly becoming one of the most capital-intensive industries in history. Consider: Semiconductor fabrication plants cost tens of billions of dollars. Massive data centers consume extraordinary amounts of electricity, sending power bills soaring. Specialized engineering talent commands […]

  • Democrats Sue Trump Over Tariff Workaround
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    Democrats Sue Trump Over Tariff Workaround A coalition of 24 Democratic attorneys general and governors filed a lawsuit Thursday in the U.S. Court of International Trade, targeting President Trump’s newly imposed global tariffs under Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974. Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky and Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania joined as plaintiffs since both states have Republican attorneys general, leaving the governors […]

  • Pentagon, FAA Will Conduct Anti-Drone Laser Tests In New Mexico
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 6:05 pm

    Pentagon, FAA Will Conduct Anti-Drone Laser Tests In New Mexico Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, The Pentagon and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) agreed to conduct an anti-drone “high-energy laser test” in New Mexico over the weekend. The announcement comes a little more than a week after the FAA had to suddenly close airspace around Fort Hancock, Texas, because of what the agency at the time called […]

  • NY Fed: Inflation Expectations Dropped To 1 Year Low Ahead Of Iran War Amid Improving Household Finances
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 5:45 pm

    NY Fed: Inflation Expectations Dropped To 1 Year Low Ahead Of Iran War Amid Improving Household Finances While the latest NY Fed consumer expectations report shows sentiment from February, and does not account for the surge in oil prices as a result of the Iran war, the trend continues to be supportive which would be good news for the US economy if the current energy price spikes proves to be transitory.  In what was the calm […]

  • Under Federal Pressure, More Gender Clinics Halt Procedures On Minors
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 5:25 pm

    Under Federal Pressure, More Gender Clinics Halt Procedures On Minors Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times, Mounting political, financial, and legal pressures are poised to put more youth gender clinics out of business – or could force them to scale back services. During the first two months of 2026, about a half-dozen U.S. gender clinics announced they would pause or discontinue some treatment programs for minors, […]

  • Suspects Linked to IED At Gracie Mansion Made Pro-ISIS Statements In Custody
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 5:05 pm

    Suspects Linked to IED At Gracie Mansion Made Pro-ISIS Statements In Custody When “suspicious devices” turned up outside Gracie Mansion on Saturday during dueling protests, the media quickly sought to gaslight the public about what really happened.  “Two people in custody after ‘suspicious devices’ ignited outside NYC mayor’s official residence,” NBC New York reported. FAKE NBC NEWS NY PUSH FALSE NARRATIVE OF NYC MAYOR ZO […]

  • Ending Iran War Will Be Mutual Decision With Israel, Trump Says
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 4:45 pm

    Ending Iran War Will Be Mutual Decision With Israel, Trump Says Authored by Victoria Freedman via The EPoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump on March 8 said the decision on when to end the Iran War will be a mutual one that he will make with input from Israel. “I think it’s mutual … a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account,” Trump told […]

  • US Orders Americans Out Of Southeast Turkey After Reports Of CIA Arming Kurds
    by Tyler Durden on March 9, 2026 at 4:25 pm

    US Orders Americans Out Of Southeast Turkey After Reports Of CIA Arming Kurds Within the opening days of the Iran-US-Israel war, the State Department urged Americans across 14 countries in the Middle East region to urgently depart. There’s since been an ongoing US government facilitated evacuation effort. Private tour groups have also been coordinating to get people out. For example, stranded tourists in Israel have rushed south, […]

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