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- Why a selloff in gold and silver is dragging bitcoin downby Shaurya Malwa on June 27, 2026 at 6:11 pm
Bitcoin has long been lumped in with precious metals as a hedge against a weakening dollar. That trade is unwinding on a hawkish Fed, and bitcoin is falling alongside the metals it was supposed to rival.
- What Robinhood’s recent layoffs say about the current state of crypto investmentsby Ryan Horst on June 27, 2026 at 4:30 pm
Despite the trading platform’s restructuring and the wave of crypto companies making cuts, signaling a late bear market, Altcoin Pro’s Horst, Anderson and Zhuleku explain there’s no reason to panic.
- Tether putting $23 billion gold stockpile to work with bullion-backed loansby Jamie Crawley on June 27, 2026 at 3:00 pm
The stablecoin issuer is extending its tokenized gold strategy by allowing holders of XAUT to borrow against their bullion, mirroring bitcoin-backed lending without selling the underlying asset.
- Polymarket hack updated to $3.1 million days after the platform promised users full refundsby Olivier Acuna on June 27, 2026 at 2:13 pm
The prediction markets giant is under investigation in connection with false or deceptive marketing practices, according to news reports.
- Coinbase and OKX try to lure in Binance’s EU users after it failed to secure a MiCA licenseby Olivier Acuna on June 27, 2026 at 2:11 pm
Brian Armstrong of Coinbase and Star Xu of OKX offered new users sign up bonuses of up to 8% of their deposits or transfers from other accounts.
- Binance founder CZ blames crypto’s sour 2026 on mix of AI, global tension, 4-year cycleby Nikhilesh De on June 27, 2026 at 1:00 pm
There is no single cause for the crypto market’s 50% decline over the past year, the Binance founder told CoinDesk.
- Strategy’s valuation has fallen below the value of its bitcoin holdingsby James Van Straten on June 27, 2026 at 12:08 pm
For years, investors had valued the firm well above its bitcoin holdings, giving Strategy massive flexibility to raise capital as needed — a situation Michael Saylor and team took full advantage of.
- Ripple CEO stays bullish on bitcoin but says Saylor’s strategy has hurt cryptoby Shaurya Malwa on June 27, 2026 at 7:58 am
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse called Strategy’s preferred-stock funding model “financial engineering” that distracted the market, pointing to STRC’s slide to a record low as the evidence. He runs the company behind XRP, a bitcoin rival.
- Dogecoin and Hyperliquid’s HYPE led weekly crypto losses as AI stocks lure buyersby Shaurya Malwa on June 27, 2026 at 7:43 am
A rotation out of chipmakers lifted much of the stock market, with the equal-weight S&P 500 at a record. Crypto was not part of it. Ether fell 8% on the week and the memecoins dropped harder.
- Aave, Solana ecosystem tokens lead crypto rebound as bitcoin steadies near $60,000by Krisztian Sandor on June 26, 2026 at 8:15 pm
Tokenized stock trading fueled fresh momentum across the Solana ecosystem, while Aave founder hinted at token buybacks coming under new framework.
- U.S. House Democrat, who may soon run key committee, condemns crypto in 401(k)sby Jesse Hamilton on June 26, 2026 at 7:38 pm
Maxine Waters, the ranking Democrat on House Financial Services, asked the chief of the Department of Labor to withdraw its proposal on alternative assets.
- Former Ethereum Foundation leader warns of funding gap as governance shiftsby AI Boost on June 26, 2026 at 6:37 pm
A former Ethereum Foundation member says the network must quickly build new funding institutions as the Foundation steps back.
- Anti-trafficking group says Clarity Act’s Section 604 could weaken accountabilityby AI Boost on June 26, 2026 at 6:24 pm
An anti-human trafficking advocate said a Clarity Act provision could weaken accountability despite existing criminal laws.
- Virtuals’ Jansen Teng says AI agents are evolving into autonomous economic actorsby AI Boost on June 26, 2026 at 6:04 pm
The next phase of AI agents may be less about chat and more about earning, spending and coordinating.
- Securitize expects to raise $400 million as tokenization firm nears public debutby Krisztian Sandor on June 26, 2026 at 3:04 pm
The BlackRock-backed tokenization specialist expects to close its SPAC merger next week and start trading on the NYSE, pending shareholder approval.
- CoinDesk 20 performance update: AAVE jumps 8.9%, leading index higherby CoinDesk Indices on June 26, 2026 at 1:22 pm
Solana (SOL) gained 4.5%, joining Aave (AAVE) as a top performer.
- Wall Street’s IPO revival hasn’t reached dot-com euphoria levels, Goldman Sachs saysby Will Canny on June 26, 2026 at 12:25 pm
U.S. IPO issuance has rebounded sharply in 2026, but the bank said the current surge lacks the deal volume and speculative excess that defined the dot-com era.
- With crypto ending the first half in the red, bitcoin’s solace is it beat Strategyby Omkar Godbole on June 26, 2026 at 11:36 am
Your day-ahead look for June 26, 2026
- Bitcoin bounces from $58,000 as derivatives signal more pain in the pipelineby Oliver Knight on June 26, 2026 at 11:03 am
BTC touched its lowest level since September 2024 before rebounding to $59,770, while ETH slipped further and another $1 billion in futures positions were wiped out.
- All eyes on Strategy’s June 30 ex-dividend date and monthly STRC dividend rate resetby James Van Straten on June 26, 2026 at 10:28 am
Investors are watching the preferred stock’s ex-dividend date and monthly dividend rate reset closely.
- Binance tells EU users it will no longer provide services after failing to secure MiCA licenseby Olivier Acuna on June 26, 2026 at 10:19 am
A day after withdrawing its MiCA license application in Greece and saying it is ‘not leaving Europe,’ Binance notified users across the European Union that it will suspend some services.
- Ethereum treasury firm Sharplink buys ether for the first time in eight monthsby Shaurya Malwa on June 26, 2026 at 9:47 am
The second-largest corporate ether holder purchased 5,000 ETH worth about $7.85 million on Thursday, its first inflow since October, even as it sits on a paper loss of roughly $1.8 billion.
- Japanese financial services giant SBI Holdings to buy Bitbank for $289 millionby Jamie Crawley on June 26, 2026 at 8:31 am
SBI said the purchase of the crypto exchange is set to close in October.
- Grant Cardone says he will keep buying bitcoin using real estate cash flowsby Shaurya Malwa on June 26, 2026 at 8:25 am
The real estate investor pitched his model as a treasury company backed by cash-flowing property rather than stock sales, framing the slide in bitcoin as a chance to accumulate.
- Too big to fail: Strategy’s $13 billion bitcoin paper loss alone dwarfs hundreds of prominent tokensby Omkar Godbole on June 26, 2026 at 6:37 am
Strategy’s paper loss exceeds the market caps of hundreds of tokens, highlighting the extreme concentration of risk in the crypto market right now.
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- “Iran Is Not Really A Threat To The US”; Curt Mills On Pulling The Chips Off The Table Re:Hormuzby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 8:55 pm
“Iran Is Not Really A Threat To The US”; Curt Mills On Pulling The Chips Off The Table Re:Hormuz President Trump’s Iran agreement remains under pressure after a fresh round of retaliatory strikes by the U.S. in and around the Strait of Hormuz. Iran allegedly targeted a commercial cargo ship with attack drones, U.S. forces responded by striking Iranian missile, drone, and radar sites. So the ceasefire is shaky but it seems ….. […]
- Russiagate Prosecutor Calls Audible On ‘Grand Conspiracy’by Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Russiagate Prosecutor Calls Audible On ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Authored by Paul Sperry via RealClearWire, Although Donald Trump’s defenders describe the Russia hoax and other efforts to frame the president as a “grand conspiracy,” RealClearInvestigations has learned that the man now leading the probe of that scandal is pursuing multiple conspiracy prosecutions that are smaller and more manageable, according to several sources with […]
- Apple Wants To Buy Memory From China As Soaring Chip Prices Spark Inflation Shockby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 7:10 pm
Apple Wants To Buy Memory From China As Soaring Chip Prices Spark Inflation Shock Last Thursday, in the aftermath of Apple’s biggest one day plunge since Liberation Day, and second biggest single-day drop ever… …. when the company lost over a quarter trillion dollars in market cap after the company’s unprecedented price increase announcement which for some products was as much as 50% as Apple decided to pass on soaring […]
- Ukraine Closes Week Of Record Drone Attacks On Russia By Hitting Important Weapons Plantby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 6:35 pm
Ukraine Closes Week Of Record Drone Attacks On Russia By Hitting Important Weapons Plant Ukraine announced Saturday that it used its Flamingo cruise missiles overnight to strike Russia’s Titan-Barrikady weapons plant, which reportedly manufactures parts for its powerful Oreshnik missile. The military plant is in Volgograd, formerly Stalingrad, which is a major industrial city in southwest Russia. Writing on X, President Zelensky […]
- Supreme Court’s Alito Offers Unusual Response To Sotomayor’s Dissent In Immigration Caseby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 6:00 pm
Supreme Court’s Alito Offers Unusual Response To Sotomayor’s Dissent In Immigration Case Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, At a recent Supreme Court sitting, Justice Samuel Alito took the unusual step of responding from the bench to Justice Sonia Sotomayor’s spoken dissent from an immigration-related opinion he wrote. This combination photo shows Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Sept 16, 2024, in New York, left, and Justice […]
- Trump Shares New US Passport Design On Truth Socialby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 4:50 pm
Trump Shares New US Passport Design On Truth Social Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump on Friday shared on social media a rendering of what he said was the new U.S. passport design, underscoring a message of welcome paired with a call for good behavior while visiting. The new U.S. passport design shared by President Donald Trump on his Truth Social on June 26, 2026. @realDonaldTrump via Truth […]
- Trump Admin Allows Release Of Anthropic’s Mythos To Certain US Companiesby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 3:40 pm
Trump Admin Allows Release Of Anthropic’s Mythos To Certain US Companies Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, American artificial intelligence company Anthropic said on June 26 that the government has authorized it to release Claude Mythos 5, its most advanced AI model, to certain U.S. organizations, reversing a previous order that suspended access over security concerns. Anthropic logo is seen in an illustration photo. […]
- Hezbollah Supporters Block Roads, Encircle Govt Buildings In Beirut Over Israel Deal: ‘They Sold Us Out’by Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 3:05 pm
Hezbollah Supporters Block Roads, Encircle Govt Buildings In Beirut Over Israel Deal: ‘They Sold Us Out’ Mass protests broke out in Beirut on Friday into Saturday, with supporters of Hezbollah voicing their outrage at the Lebanese government having just signed a ‘trilateral peace framework’ with Israel and the United States, despite the IDF occupation of southern territory and sporadic Israeli bombings persisting. Hundreds of […]
- Friedman Was Right, Just Mostly Misquoted…by Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Friedman Was Right, Just Mostly Misquoted… Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, Milton Friedman’s famous one-liner that anchors half the inflation debates on financial television leaves out the part where the actual economics live. Once you put it back in, the doomist case gets a lot smaller. Per Bylund recently wrote a sharp piece for The Daily Economy arguing that CPI and GDP have become Goodhart’s Law […]
- Iran Responds With Drone Attack On Bahrain, Another Hit On Ship In Hormuzby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 1:55 pm
Iran Responds With Drone Attack On Bahrain, Another Hit On Ship In Hormuz A lot of escalation has ensued in the last 48 hours, starting when Thursday Tehran struck a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, after which by the end of Friday US CENTCOM confirmed a series of fresh attacks on Iranian missile and drone storage sites as well as coastal radar installations, reportedly on Sirik Island located near the Strait of Hormuz. […]
- Federal Court Clears Way For Gulf Of America Energy Developmentby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 1:20 pm
Federal Court Clears Way For Gulf Of America Energy Development Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, A federal court has quashed a lawsuit objecting to federal supervision of oil and gas operations in the Gulf of America following the government’s steps of exempting those activities from the Endangered Species Act (ESA), citing national security reasons. The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland […]
- Feds Nab Iranian In Montenegro Over Alleged $3.4BN Cyberattack Campaign Targeting US Institutionsby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 12:45 pm
Feds Nab Iranian In Montenegro Over Alleged $3.4BN Cyberattack Campaign Targeting US Institutions In the years leading up to President Trump coming into office and ordering Operation Epic Fury targeting the Islamic Republic for regime change, which failed to accomplish this (early-stated) goal, Iran had frequently been accused of orchestrating major cyberespionage campaigns targeting the United States and its allies. But rarely was […]
- EU Joins US-Led Pax Silica Alliance To Secure AI Supply Chainsby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 12:10 pm
EU Joins US-Led Pax Silica Alliance To Secure AI Supply Chains Authored by James Xu via The Epoch Times, The European Commission, Germany, Greece, and the Netherlands have joined the U.S.-led Pax Silica partnership, expanding a group focused on securing supply chains for artificial intelligence and other critical technologies. Semiconductor chips on a circuit board of a computer on Feb. 25, 2022. Florence Lo/Illustration/Reuters […]
- Zelensky Telegraphs 40-Day Pressure Offensive On Russia, Fueling Fears Of Slide Toward WW3by Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 11:35 am
Zelensky Telegraphs 40-Day Pressure Offensive On Russia, Fueling Fears Of Slide Toward WW3 The Ukraine war is quite obviously escalating, especially regarding Ukrainian leaders seeking to “bring the war” to Russian soil, amid nightly drone attacks which have come in the hundreds and even thousands of late. President Volodymyr Zelensky is seeking to seize on the momentum of repeat drone hits on Russian refinery and energy […]
- When Extremists Run The Governmentby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 11:00 am
When Extremists Run The Government Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Two can certainly play the “extremist” game… Politicians, government bureaucrats, central bankers, spy agencies, and mainstream news outlets lie to us every day. For some people, the previous sentence is patently obvious. For others, that sentence represents “fringe” thinking. For certain law enforcement agencies in North […]
- US Strikes Iran In Retaliation To Hormuz Ship Attackby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 10:15 am
US Strikes Iran In Retaliation To Hormuz Ship Attack Update (5:00pm ET): As was expected, the US retaliated against Iran one day after Tehran struck a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a tit-for-tat exchange similar to one observed a week ago, and one which threatened to break the two countries’ fragile ceasefire although we doubt there will be further escalation. US Central Command said that American aircraft on Friday […]
- Russia’s Lavrov Admits That Anchorage Only Bought Time For Ukraine To Rearmby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 3:25 am
Russia’s Lavrov Admits That Anchorage Only Bought Time For Ukraine To Rearm Authored by Andrew Korybko, Lavrov sheepishly said during a roundtable event last week that “I do not even want to suspect that Alaska, like the actions of the Europeans, was designed to buy time to rearm the Kyiv regime. I don’t even want to think about it. But in reality, things turned out the way they did.” This came three and a half […]
- The Average Asian American Household Makes More Than Double That Of Blacksby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 3:00 am
The Average Asian American Household Makes More Than Double That Of Blacks Median household income differs significantly across racial and ethnic groups in the United States, with one group sitting well above the rest. In 2024, Asian households reported a median income of $121,700, nearly $30,000 higher than White alone, non-Hispanic households and more than double the median income of Black households. These differences reflect a […]
- The Other Problem With Socialismby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 2:35 am
The Other Problem With Socialism Authored by Chris Talgo via American Thinker, In 1976, Margaret Thatcher said during a television interview, “Socialist governments traditionally do make a financial mess. They always run out of other people’s money.” Over the years, that quote has been whittled down to the renowned proverb: The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people’s money. This is a powerful […]
- Trump Expands Critical Minerals Push With Army Basesby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 2:10 am
Trump Expands Critical Minerals Push With Army Bases The Trump administration is taking another step to strengthen the nation’s critical minerals supply chain, announcing plans to build a series of mineral processing facilities on U.S. military bases through partnerships with private industry, according to Bloomberg. The initiative marks the first time commercial mineral processing operations will be located on Army installations. […]
- Psychology Journal Under Fire For Retracting Publication Challenging Claims Of Racismby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 1:45 am
Psychology Journal Under Fire For Retracting Publication Challenging Claims Of Racism Authored by Jonathan Turley via JonathanTurley.org, We have previously discussed academic journals canceling publications that challenge the orthodox views of mainstream scholars. The latest such example can be found in the Journal of the New Zealand College of Clinical Psychologists, which pulled the 2025 article of Arna Mitchell who questioned […]
- Rebound In Used Luxury Watches Continuesby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 1:20 am
Rebound In Used Luxury Watches Continues During the COVID-era flood of free money, from stimulus checks to the Federal Reserve’s zero-interest-rate policy, luxury watch prices skyrocketed to the moon. But once that liquidity boom faded and interest rates were pushed sharply higher to rein in the inflation monster fueled by helicopter money, the secondary luxury market slid into a multi-year correction. Over the last year and a […]
- Virginia School District Sued Over Concealing Student ‘Gender Transitions’ From Parentsby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 12:55 am
Virginia School District Sued Over Concealing Student ‘Gender Transitions’ From Parents Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, A federal lawsuit was filed against Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) on behalf of an FCPS parent, alleging that the school district’s “gender transition” policy violates parents’ constitutional rights. Fox News reports that the lawsuit, filed by America First Legal (AFL), alleges that Fairfax […]
- Trump-Backed Colombian President-Elect Gives Guerrillas “One Month To Surrender” As Socialist Era Endsby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 12:30 am
Trump-Backed Colombian President-Elect Gives Guerrillas “One Month To Surrender” As Socialist Era Ends Colombia’s president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella gave drug cartels and guerrilla groups one month to surrender, marking a massive U-turn from the soft-on-crime policies of the socialist regime under incumbent President Gustavo Petro. “To all those acting outside the law, you have one month to arrange your submission,” […]
- How To Push Back Against The ‘Advancing Beast’ Systemby Tyler Durden on June 27, 2026 at 12:05 am
How To Push Back Against The ‘Advancing Beast’ System Authored by Leo Hohmann via substack, The big-picture lesson from the Covid era should have been obvious. It should have screamed loud and clear to every freedom-loving American: The power elites who run things at the local, state and federal levels want to tag and track our movement, but not just our movement. They want to track our diet, our healthcare, our purchasing habits, […]




















































