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  • Elon Musk’s wealth has now surpassed Bitcoin market cap amid SpaceX’s continued rally
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 17, 2026 at 7:10 pm

    Elon Musk’s personal fortune has surpassed the market value of Bitcoin, a milestone that shows how quickly SpaceX’s public-market debut has reshaped both wealth rankings and the broader conversation around speculative risk. According to Bloomberg’s Billionaire Index, Musk’s net worth rose to about $1.32 trillion as SpaceX shares traded above $200, extending a rally that The post Elon Musk’s wealth has now surpassed Bitcoin market cap […]

  • World Cup bettors are losing millions on Polymarket’s “safe” favorites
    by Gino Matos on June 17, 2026 at 5:05 pm

    Spain controlled the ball for nearly 75% of the match and took 27 shots at Cape Verde’s goal on June 14, a stat line that usually ends in a win. Cape Verde’s 40-year-old goalkeeper, Vozinha, walked away with player-of-the-match honors after a 0-0 draw that cost Polymarket bettors millions and made one obscure wallet roughly The post World Cup bettors are losing millions on Polymarket’s “safe” favorites appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Strategy’s $10 billion STRC Bitcoin yield product sinks to yearly low as market demands higher payout
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 17, 2026 at 3:25 pm

    Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) flagship dividend-paying preferred stock is trading at its weakest level this year, pressuring one of the company’s most important tools for raising capital to buy Bitcoin. The $10.5 billion variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, which trades under the ticker STRC, closed Tuesday at $91.79. The settlement marked its third-lowest close since trading began The post Strategy’s $10 billion STRC Bitcoin […]

  • Oil finally loses its grip on Bitcoin – but now liquidity takes over the sell pressure
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 17, 2026 at 1:55 pm

    Brent below $80 removed one pressure point, but BTC still needs rates, ETF flows, and risk appetite to turn. The post Oil finally loses its grip on Bitcoin – but now liquidity takes over the sell pressure appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Wall Street is paying up for Bitcoin miners’ AI infrastructure before most of it is built
    by Gino Matos on June 17, 2026 at 12:45 pm

    A megawatt leased to an AI tenant now commands a different price on Wall Street than a megawatt sitting in a Bitcoin miner’s pipeline, and the distance between the two has become the central pricing question for the entire sector. VanEck’s latest framework for valuing publicly traded miners shows that companies with signed AI and The post Wall Street is paying up for Bitcoin miners’ AI infrastructure before most of it is built appeared first […]

  • Prediction markets can hedge corporate losses – Who decides if they pay out?
    by Gino Matos on June 17, 2026 at 11:05 am

    A trading desk facing a possible $1 million loss if a specific tariff takes effect by the third quarter typically hedges that risk through currency or commodity proxies, instruments that move with the broader noise around a tariff decision. A prediction market contract skips the proxy by letting the desk buy I heard it the The post Prediction markets can hedge corporate losses – Who decides if they pay out? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin’s Iran rally enters a 60-day test as oil shock fears shift to the Fed
    by Gino Matos on June 17, 2026 at 9:39 am

    Iran’s foreign minister said negotiations with the US will begin the same day both countries sign a memorandum of understanding, with a 60-day window afterward to resolve the nuclear issue and secure sanctions relief. Bitcoin reacted to the framework itself, a memorandum signed before any of its harder terms were settled. Brent crude fell about The post Bitcoin’s Iran rally enters a 60-day test as oil shock fears shift to the Fed appeared […]

  • Solstice’s Ryan Day on why sustainable DeFi yield depends on business fundamentals, not token incentives
    by CryptoSlate Interviews on June 16, 2026 at 9:30 pm

    Crypto yield has always carried a credibility problem. The same market that learned to demand proof after incentive-heavy protocols unwound still tends to compress risk into a single APY. That tension sits at the center of Solstice’s pitch: whether stablecoin-native, delta-neutral strategies can become usable yield infrastructure without recreating the same opacity, reflexive incentives, and The post Solstice’s Ryan Day on why sustainable […]

  • Bitcoin DeFi’s demand problem is becoming harder to ignore
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 16, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    The Layer 2 had uptime, transactions and integrations, but BTCFi demand is moving through wrappers and institutions. The post Bitcoin DeFi’s demand problem is becoming harder to ignore appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • SpaceX is trading like a $2T meme stock after its record IPO
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 16, 2026 at 6:35 pm

    SpaceX’s first week as a public company is starting to look less like a conventional stock-market debut and more like a high-leverage crypto asset. Shares of Elon Musk-led company, trading under the ticker SPCX, extended their post-IPO rally Tuesday as investors piled into one of the smallest public floats ever attached to a company valued The post SpaceX is trading like a $2T meme stock after its record IPO appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • America At 250: Survey Finds Enduring Patriotism, Growing Anxiety
    by Tyler Durden on June 18, 2026 at 3:25 am

    America At 250: Survey Finds Enduring Patriotism, Growing Anxiety Authored by Karlyn Bowman and Nicole Penn via RealClearPolitics, As we approach the nation’s semiquincentennial celebrations, the American Enterprise Institute released a new public opinion survey exploring Americans’ views about the nation’s past and present. The survey is part of AEI’s America at 250 initiative, and it expands on a survey conducted 30 years ago by […]

  • China’s Alibaba Unveils AI Brains Designed To Power The Next Generation Of Robots
    by Tyler Durden on June 18, 2026 at 3:00 am

    China’s Alibaba Unveils AI Brains Designed To Power The Next Generation Of Robots Authored by Jijo Malayil via Interesting Engineering, Chinese firm Alibaba has launched its first embodied AI model family, which links large language models with real-world robotic actions. The Qwen-Robot suite includes three distinct models, each targeting a different layer of physical intelligence.Unitree/YouTube The Qwen-Robot suite was developed […]

  • Drug Czar On How She Is Taking On The Cartels And China
    by Tyler Durden on June 18, 2026 at 2:35 am

    Drug Czar On How She Is Taking On The Cartels And China Authored by Darlene McCormick Sanchez via The Epoch Times, The dim tunnel passage hugs narrow, winding concrete steps that lead 55 feet down, with a ceiling no higher than 4 1/2 feet, making it a claustrophobe’s nightmare. The underground passage stretching from Tijuana, Mexico, to a warehouse in California near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry known as “Buy 4 Less” is about 2,000 […]

  • Welcome To Baltimore: Chaos, Gunfire, And Roaming Youth Mobs Transform Bar District Into Warzone
    by Tyler Durden on June 18, 2026 at 2:10 am

    Welcome To Baltimore: Chaos, Gunfire, And Roaming Youth Mobs Transform Bar District Into Warzone One of Baltimore City’s premier bar and restaurant districts was transformed into a warzone over the weekend, with roaming gangs of underage kids, large unruly crowds, fights, and even a shootout that seemed like a scene from the crime drama The Wire. Urban decay in Baltimore is rampant and is a symptom of failed left-wing leadership, […]

  • Majority Of Americans Say It Would Be Good For Society If More People Were Religious: Poll
    by Tyler Durden on June 18, 2026 at 1:45 am

    Majority Of Americans Say It Would Be Good For Society If More People Were Religious: Poll Authored by Victoria Friedman via The Epoch Times, A majority of U.S. adults (65 percent) say they believe that it would be good for society if more Americans were religious, according to a poll by Gallup. A man prays following an Ash Wednesday Mass at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, on Feb. 22, 2023. Chip […]

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  • COVID Origins, Lab-Leak Accountability, And The Next Pandemic Threat
    by Tyler Durden on June 18, 2026 at 1:20 am

    COVID Origins, Lab-Leak Accountability, And The Next Pandemic Threat The Hudson Institute hosted Dr. Steven Quay on Monday afternoon for a discussion on COVID-19 origins, during which he presented genetic evidence from his new book, The Code as Witness, arguing that the virus originated through gain-of-function research in a Chinese lab. Years later, there has still been no accountability for what Quay argues was a Chinese lab leak […]

  • “The Situation Has Become Unsustainable”: Apple To Hike Prices To Offset Soaring Memory Costs
    by Tyler Durden on June 18, 2026 at 12:52 am

    “The Situation Has Become Unsustainable”: Apple To Hike Prices To Offset Soaring Memory Costs Up until now, Americans primarily hated the flood of data centers popping up around the country like mushrooms (at least those that haven’t been canceled or delayed due to regulatory pushback, lack of electricity or outright hostility) because of surging electricity prices and the rising tide of unemployment as chabots gradually make […]

  • From Diablo Canyon Closure Fights To Record-Speed Renewals: The Nuclear Reversal 
    by Tyler Durden on June 18, 2026 at 12:30 am

    From Diablo Canyon Closure Fights To Record-Speed Renewals: The Nuclear Reversal  The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) clocked another subsequent license renewal (SLR) in under 12 months. Southern Nuclear’s application for the two-unit Edwin I. Hatch plant in Georgia cleared the finish line on June 11, extending both boiling water reactors from 60 to 80 years of operation. Hatch-1 is now licensed through August 2054. […]

  • How Deep Are The Newsoms In It?
    by Tyler Durden on June 18, 2026 at 12:05 am

    How Deep Are The Newsoms In It? Authored by Stephen Green via PJMedia.com, This deep… It seems impossible — or just too revolting — to keep up with the financial hanky-panky of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and First Partner (gag) Jennifer Siebel Newsom. But thanks to a couple of investigative reporters with stronger stomachs than I have, let’s see if I can’t put everything you need to know into one easily digestible […]

  • These Are The States Starting To Panic About AI Taking Over
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 11:40 pm

    These Are The States Starting To Panic About AI Taking Over Residents of Washington state are more concerned about artificial intelligence replacing jobs than workers anywhere else in the United States, according to a new report released in June 2026. The study, conducted by IP address provider Floxy, comes amid growing concerns about workplace automation after more than 54,000 American jobs were reportedly lost to AI-related […]

  • Fire Erupts At Massive Food Storage Warehouse In Southern California
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 11:21 pm

    Fire Erupts At Massive Food Storage Warehouse In Southern California A large fire is ripping through a massive cold-storage facility in Boyle Heights, Southern California, a critical node in the region’s cold-food supply chain. Local outlet KTLA reports the fire at Preferred Freezer Services, Big Bear #7, located at 1400 S. Los Palos St. in Los Angeles, was first reported around 2:35 p.m. local time. “First-arriving units […]

  • US Embassy Warns Americans Against Renting Jet Skis In The Bahamas
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 11:15 pm

    US Embassy Warns Americans Against Renting Jet Skis In The Bahamas Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, The U.S. Embassy in Nassau issued a security alert on June 15, urging American citizens to avoid renting jet skis in The Bahamas, citing security risks and a lack of safety regulation enforcement. The warning comes amid reports of sexual assault cases involving jet ski operators and injuries linked to jet ski […]

  • Musk Supports Nuremberg-Style Trials After UK Rape-Gang Inquiry Release
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 11:15 pm

    Musk Supports Nuremberg-Style Trials After UK Rape-Gang Inquiry Release Via Remix News, After Restore Britain leader Rupert Lowe released the Rape Gang Inquiry Report, which documented the systemic rape and often torture of up to 250,000 young British girls at the hands of predominately Muslim rape gangs, SpaceX and Tesla founder Elon Musk agreed with calls for Nuremberg-style trials for the perpetrators and those who enabled the […]

  • “Zero Hormuz Dependency”: UAE Races To Rewire Energy Flows, Bypassing Chokepoint Chaos
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 10:50 pm

    “Zero Hormuz Dependency”: UAE Races To Rewire Energy Flows, Bypassing Chokepoint Chaos The shuttered Strait of Hormuz is expected to reopen within days, though conflicting reports suggest the US-Iran memorandum of understanding could be formally signed as early as today, Thursday, or Friday. Either way, the interim peace deal appears likely to be signed within the next 48 hours, setting the stage for energy flows through the […]

  • James Harden Arrested On Hypocritical Firearms Charge In Texas
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 10:25 pm

    James Harden Arrested On Hypocritical Firearms Charge In Texas Via Gun Owners of America, NBA player James Harden was arrested over the weekend in Texas for “unlawful carry of a firearm in a motor vehicle.” But wait, how can carry in a vehicle be unlawful in a state like Texas, where constitutional carry is the law of the land? On Saturday, June 13 at around 3am, Harden was driving a Mercedes sedan that was part of a group […]

  • Trump And Iran Sign MOU Deal Ahead Of Schedule
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 10:15 pm

    Trump And Iran Sign MOU Deal Ahead Of Schedule Summary: The US and Iran have remotely signed their memorandum of understanding to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz ahead of schedule, and the agreement is now in effect, Axios reports. Trump admits energy stockpiles “run out in about four weeks”  MoU signing could be As Early As Today  Trump Says Will “Drop Bombs” If Bad Final Deal  14-Point US-Iran Draft Deal […]

  • Congress Moves To Boost Drone Funding As “War Unicorns” See Possible Procurement Supercycle
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    Congress Moves To Boost Drone Funding As “War Unicorns” See Possible Procurement Supercycle Needham analysts see increasing congressional support for drones and counter-drone technologies as lawmakers advance the latest FY27 National Defense Authorization Act and related appropriations bills. This is bullish for defense-tech “war unicorns” specializing in drones, robotics, autonomy, and counter-UAS systems, as the Trump war economy […]

  • Rare Earth Stocks Pop After G7 Unveils Plan To Reduce Dependence On China For Critical Minerals
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    Rare Earth Stocks Pop After G7 Unveils Plan To Reduce Dependence On China For Critical Minerals Rare earth stocks spiked on Wednesday after G7 leaders agreed to strengthen coordination on critical minerals as they seek to reduce dependence on China-dominated supply chains, according to a new report from Reuters. Without naming China directly, the group set a goal of limiting reliance on any single external supplier of rare earths […]

  • Silt, Anchovies, And Economic Disaster
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    Silt, Anchovies, And Economic Disaster Authored by Matt Badiali via DailyReckoning.com, Silt and anchovy scales. Sometimes the greatest scientific discoveries start with the simplest things. Today, meteorologists are worried about a severe global event. It’s part of an atmospheric pattern that wasn’t recognized until the late 1960’s. But it has had major economic impact over the decades. And it will have an impact this […]

  • “Chinese Empire Is Next”: Townsend Warns Beijing’s Energy Dominance Is Rewriting The Global Order
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    “Chinese Empire Is Next”: Townsend Warns Beijing’s Energy Dominance Is Rewriting The Global Order Veteran energy economist Dr. Anas Alhajji said during last night’s ZeroHedge debate that Iranian crude trading activity reflects a serious peace deal sticking. Alhajji joined Jeff Currie, co-chair of Abaxx Exchange, and Erik Townsend of Macro Voices to weigh in on the Iran deal’s implications for oil prices, which he believes are […]

  • Trucking Group Asks Federal Court To Strip New York, California Of CDL Authority
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 9:00 pm

    Trucking Group Asks Federal Court To Strip New York, California Of CDL Authority Authored by Noi Mahoney via FreightWaves, The Small Business in Transportation Coalition (SBTC) has filed a court petition seeking to force federal regulators to decertify the commercial driver’s license programs of New York and California. The Small Business in Transportation Coalition said the U.S. Department of Transportation has failed to enforce […]

  • Trump Invokes Defense Production Act As US Moves To Rebuild Weapons Stockpiles
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Trump Invokes Defense Production Act As US Moves To Rebuild Weapons Stockpiles The Trump administration is seeking a major increase in defense spending while simultaneously using executive authority to accelerate weapons production, reflecting growing concern over U.S. munitions inventories after the war with Iran, according to NBC. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth met with Senate Republicans this week to rally support for a proposed […]

  • Of The Elite, By The Elite, For The Elite
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    Of The Elite, By The Elite, For The Elite Authored by John C. Eastman via The American Mind, For generations, Democrats have portrayed themselves as the party of ordinary Americans – factory workers, waitresses, truck drivers, police officers, construction workers, and middle-class families trying to get ahead. Yet one of the most striking features of modern American politics is how often Democrat leaders, activists, and media […]

  • Fed Holds Rates Unchanged (As Expected), ‘Dots’ Signal Hawkish Bias As Warsh Takes Over
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 7:50 pm

    Fed Holds Rates Unchanged (As Expected), ‘Dots’ Signal Hawkish Bias As Warsh Takes Over Tl;dr: No rate change (as expected) but a dramatically hawkish shift in The Fed’s bias (9 members seeing at least one hike this year). Statement smilled down dramatically, also biases towards hawkish focus on price stability (inflation) over employment: “The Committee will deliver price stability”. “The market is focused on the dot plot for […]

  • Crypto Scammers Using Couriers To Collect Cash, Avoid Detection: FBI
    by Tyler Durden on June 17, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    Crypto Scammers Using Couriers To Collect Cash, Avoid Detection: FBI Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, Crypto scammers are using couriers to pick up cash from victims in person to avoid being traced by banks, the FBI is warning. The fraudsters first approach targets, typically seniors, with business or romantic proposals via social media, texts, or a fake cryptocurrency investment profile, the bureau said in a […]

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