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  • Trump’s Bitcoin made in America push runs into a power problem the tax bill cannot fix
    by Gino Matos on June 30, 2026 at 9:30 am

    Congress is moving to fix how the US tax code treats crypto mining and staking rewards, and for validators and their institutional clients, the fix is long overdue. H.R. 9175, the Tax Clarity for Mining and Staking Act, would let miners and stakers defer tax on newly minted tokens until they sell them, ending a The post Trump’s Bitcoin made in America push runs into a power problem the tax bill cannot fix appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin’s $60,000 test is not over after Strategy’s $2.5B STRC backstop
    by Gino Matos on June 30, 2026 at 8:08 am

    Strategy’s preferred stack and Bitcoin’s price are facing two separate tests this week, and only one of them has been resolved. The company’s Digital Credit Capital Framework centers on a $2.55 billion dollar-denominated reserve, a revised STRC dividend policy, $2 billion in combined buybacks, and a board-authorized BTC monetization program. MSTR rose roughly 6% in The post Bitcoin’s $60,000 test is not over after Strategy’s $2.5B STRC […]

  • Bitcoin’s $60K breakdown sets up a volatility shock as traders load up on downside hedges
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 29, 2026 at 7:15 pm

    Bitcoin’s break below the $60,000 area has pushed digital asset markets into a more defensive phase, ending months of narrow trading and exposing a market structure that traders say could amplify the next major move. CryptoSlate’s data show the largest cryptocurrency had been moving sideways since February, when it first tested the $60,000 area. That long The post Bitcoin’s $60K breakdown sets up a volatility shock as traders load up on […]

  • MSTR jumps after Strategy says it may sell more Bitcoin to fund dividends and buybacks
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 29, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) shares rose Monday after the Bitcoin holder moved to reassure investors that it can meet its preferred stock obligations, authorizing up to $2 billion in buybacks and opening the door to Bitcoin sales that could fund dividends, interest payments, and repurchases. The company, led by Executive Chairman Michael Saylor, announced a new The post MSTR jumps after Strategy says it may sell more Bitcoin to fund […]

  • What states can still do to crypto after GENIUS and CLARITY
    by Andjela Radmilac on June 29, 2026 at 5:30 pm

    Illinois just became the first state to tax crypto by the transaction. The new 0.2% levy hits nearly every trade, transfer, or custody service an exchange runs for an Illinois resident, and it takes effect January 1, 2027. Governor JB Pritzker signed the Digital Asset Tax Act in mid-June, tucked inside a $55.9 billion budget. The post What states can still do to crypto after GENIUS and CLARITY appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Aave rally makes DeFi lending look more like a bank to investors
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on June 29, 2026 at 4:15 pm

    Aave’s latest market move is becoming a referendum on how investors value DeFi lending as its economics begin to resemble those of financial infrastructure. The token rallied as AAVE traded around $94.32 on June 27, up 13.16% over 24 hours. At the same time, a reported Standard Chartered bull case described Aave in automated-bank terms, The post Aave rally makes DeFi lending look more like a bank to investors appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Why a collapse in $1 trillion AI spending boom could hit Bitcoin traders first
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 29, 2026 at 3:10 pm

    Over the past year, the artificial intelligence trade has become one of the main pillars supporting global risk appetite. However, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is now warning that the same spending boom could become a source of financial stress if expected returns fail to arrive. The Basel-based organization, which advises central banks, said The post Why a collapse in $1 trillion AI spending boom could hit Bitcoin traders first […]

  • Bitcoin treasury investors are turning on companies diluting them to keep buying
    by Andjela Radmilac on June 29, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    On June 22, Strategy sold $335.5 million of its own common stock, set aside roughly $300 million of it in cash to bring its reserve up to $1.4 billion, and bought a total of 520 Bitcoin with what was left. So the company that wrote the entire corporate Bitcoin playbook spent the bulk of a The post Bitcoin treasury investors are turning on companies diluting them to keep buying appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Polymarket’s $3.3B World Cup boom exposes the longshot trap inside prediction markets
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 29, 2026 at 12:30 pm

    Prediction markets are drawing one of their largest sports audiences yet from the World Cup, but the surge is creating an unusual picture beneath the headline numbers. World Cup-linked contracts on Polymarket have generated more than $3.3 billion in trading volume, a level that puts the tournament well ahead of this year’s Super Bowl, which The post Polymarket’s $3.3B World Cup boom exposes the longshot trap inside prediction markets […]

  • CLARITY Act chances of passage this year falls to 50% after Trump’s new demands
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on June 29, 2026 at 11:15 am

    The CLARITY Act, the crypto industry’s most important bill in Congress, is running out of time. The bill, which would establish federal rules for the crypto industry, is increasingly at risk of slipping deeper into the 2026 election year amid renewed partisan fights and a new demand from President Donald Trump that has made an The post CLARITY Act chances of passage this year falls to 50% after Trump’s new demands appeared first on […]

  • Which Continents Have The Most Drug Users?
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 8:15 am

    Which Continents Have The Most Drug Users? North America leads the world in the use of cannabis, opioids and amphetamines.  According to numbers published today in the UN’s World Drug Report, North Americans between the ages of 15 and 64 were 75 percent to 90 percent more likely to have consumed these drugs in 2024 than residents of second-ranked Oceania. The odds of dying of an accidental opioid overdose in the United States […]

  • ‘Muslim Theme Park Experience’ Sparks Fierce Backlash In ‘Two-Tier’ UK
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 7:30 am

    ‘Muslim Theme Park Experience’ Sparks Fierce Backlash In ‘Two-Tier’ UK Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A theme park in Britain has received intense backlash for marketing exclusive access, halal vendors and Islamic stalls, effectively sidelining non-Muslims. Gulliver’s Land in Milton Keynes is handing its rides and grounds to a day promoted as reserved exclusively for the Muslim community. Organisers described it as […]

  • Latvia Unveils Joint Drone Plant With Ukraine, PM Touts Site’s Closeness To Russian Border
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 6:45 am

    Latvia Unveils Joint Drone Plant With Ukraine, PM Touts Site’s Closeness To Russian Border Latvia has announced confirmation its government has inked a new deal for Ukraine to assist in a Ukrainian drone manufacturing plant on Latvian soil, right near the border with Russia, as well as close to the Belarusian border. Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said following an emergency cabinet meeting held in Latgale that his […]

  • 83% Of French In Favor Of Deportation Of Criminals And Long-Term Unemployed Foreigners
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 6:00 am

    83% Of French In Favor Of Deportation Of Criminals And Long-Term Unemployed Foreigners Via Remix News, An overwhelming number of French people, totaling 83 percent, say they support the deportation of specific categories of foreigners currently residing in France, focusing particularly on delinquents, criminals, or the long-term unemployed, according to a recent CSA survey conducted for Europe 1, CNews, and the JDD. For young […]

  • Fear Is Overwhelming Us
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 3:25 am

    Fear Is Overwhelming Us Authored by Guy de la Bédoyère via DailySceptic.org, Fear is implanted in us as a preservative from evil but its duty, like that of other passions, is not to overbear reason, but to assist it. It should not be suffered to tyrannise in the imagination, to raise phantoms of horror or to beset life with supernumerary distresses. Samuel Johnson in the Rambler (1761) No-one’s disputing that very hot […]

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  • World’s Largest Chipmaker, Taiwan Semi, Accelerates Local DRAM Supply Chain With Winbond Collaboration
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 3:17 am

    World’s Largest Chipmaker, Taiwan Semi, Accelerates Local DRAM Supply Chain With Winbond Collaboration In a time of heightened scrutiny on the memory supply chain, overnight the world’s largest chipmaker, Taiwan’s TSMC, is reportedly building out a domestic DRAM supply chain in Taiwan amid a severe global memory shortage, bringing in Winbond as a partner, UDN reported. TSMC and Winbond are collaborating on a localized DRAM supply […]

  • China Imposes Export Curbs On 40 Japanese Firms As Tensions With Tokyo Rise
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 3:01 am

    China Imposes Export Curbs On 40 Japanese Firms As Tensions With Tokyo Rise China imposed new export controls Monday on 40 Japanese entities it says are contributing to the country’s “remilitarization,” as tensions with Tokyo rise. China’s Commerce Ministry on Monday placed 20 Japanese entities, including the National Institute for Defense Studies and research centers for ground, naval, and air systems, as well […]

  • The US Economy In A Nutshell: Privatize The Gains, Socialize The Costs
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 2:35 am

    The US Economy In A Nutshell: Privatize The Gains, Socialize The Costs Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, Correspondent Simons Chase insightfully summarized this dynamic: Privatize the Gains, Socialize the Costs. In my post Five Dynamics That Make Sense of an Increasingly Chaotic World, #3 is the distribution of risk, costs and consequences to a diffused populace while concentrating the gains into the pockets of […]

  • Supergirl Movie A “Girl Boss” Bomb With Disastrous Opening Weekend
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 2:10 am

    Supergirl Movie A “Girl Boss” Bomb With Disastrous Opening Weekend There’s no more excuses.  Filming for James Gunn’s Supergirl summer blockbuster started in January of 2025, with most of the US celebrating the defeat of woke politics and the downfall of DEI.  There was no confusion in 2025; woke is dead.  Gunn was well aware and decided to make an insufferable feminist “girl boss” movie anyway.  In other words, his failure is […]

  • LA Does Not Love LA
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 1:45 am

    LA Does Not Love LA Authored by Arthur Schaper via American Greatness, Rolling down Imperial Highway Sweet Nasty Redhead on my side Santa Ana winds blowing hot from the north We were born to ride. I love Randy Newman, and I love his signature song “I Love LA.” When he won the mayor’s race in 2001, James Hahn played that anthem to celebrate his victory. From city attorney to mayor, Hahn worked to ensure some decency and […]

  • “Unbelievable Damage”: 131-Mph Windstorm Snaps Wind Turbines In Half Across South Dakota
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 1:20 am

    “Unbelievable Damage”: 131-Mph Windstorm Snaps Wind Turbines In Half Across South Dakota An early morning storm ripped through Highmore, South Dakota, about 220 miles east of Rapid City, producing a reported 131 mph wind gust that, if sustained, would fall within Category 4 hurricane strength on the Saffir-Simpson scale. The South Dakota Mesonet station at Highmore has reported winds of 76 gusting to 131 mph at 6:25 am. NWS has […]

  • Philippines Becomes World’s Top Solar Panel Buyer
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 12:55 am

    Philippines Becomes World’s Top Solar Panel Buyer By Charles Kennedy of OilPrice.com People in the Philippines are flocking to install solar power ​on rooftops and escape the burden of soaring electricity prices, making it the world’s biggest spender on solar panels since ‌the war in Iran started.  Top Philippines power distributor Meralco has raised prices by 10% since the Middle East conflict began in late February. Now, a […]

  • John Fetterman Warns Mamdani About Defying SCOTUS Immigration Order
    by Tyler Durden on June 30, 2026 at 12:30 am

    John Fetterman Warns Mamdani About Defying SCOTUS Immigration Order The Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a pair of clean immigration wins last week, and New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani responded by announcing he would ignore them. Now Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) is sounding the alarm. The Court ruled 6-3 Thursday in Mullin v. Doe to allow the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for hundreds […]

  • Alaska Judge Overrules Election Officials, Lets ‘Fake’ Dan Sullivan Stay On Ballot
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 11:40 pm

    Alaska Judge Overrules Election Officials, Lets ‘Fake’ Dan Sullivan Stay On Ballot A retired elementary school teacher from Petersburg just punched his ticket back onto Alaska’s Republican U.S. Senate primary ballot after he was accused of being a deliberate spoiler and struck from the ballot. Dan Sullivan of Petersburg announced his campaign for the U.S. Senate on May 29 to challenge incumbent U.S. Sen. Dan Sullivan. (Photo […]

  • RFK Jr. Says 1 Million Obamacare Enrollees Lacked Social Security Numbers
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 11:15 pm

    RFK Jr. Says 1 Million Obamacare Enrollees Lacked Social Security Numbers Authored by AG News Staff via American Greatness, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said 1 million people were enrolled in Obamacare health plans without Social Security numbers, as the Trump administration pledged to intensify efforts to combat fraud in federal health care programs. Kennedy disclosed the figure in a video posted to […]

  • Venezuelan Housing Projects Collapsed “Like Sandcastles” As Twin Quakes Expose Socialist Rot
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 10:50 pm

    Venezuelan Housing Projects Collapsed “Like Sandcastles” As Twin Quakes Expose Socialist Rot Spanish daily newspaper ABC.es reports that some of the worst quake damage in Venezuela is concentrated in Caraballeda and Catia La Mar, where high-rise towers built under the Great Housing Mission Venezuela, or Gran Misión Vivienda Venezuela (GMVV), were reduced to rubble. The Chávez-era socialist housing program is now facing scrutiny […]

  • Builders Vs. Gatekeepers
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 10:25 pm

    Builders Vs. Gatekeepers Authored by Monty Donohew via American Thinker, A viral X post by @r0ck3t23 featuring Marc Andreessen hopes to ignite fresh debate in tech and political circles. In the clip, Andreessen articulates a blunt frustration familiar to anyone who has tried to build anything substantial in modern America: “Right now, in many cases in many places, no you can’t.” The target is regulatory gridlock preventing […]

  • Rate On China’s New Overnight Liquidity Tool Comes Below Estimates, Hints At Imminent Easing
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    Rate On China’s New Overnight Liquidity Tool Comes Below Estimates, Hints At Imminent Easing Last week we showed four China-linked charts which made it very clear that, laughable flatlined 5% GDP notwithstanding, China’s economy appears to be on the verge of yet another collapse (explaining the unprecedented drop in both Chinese oil imports and refining output): between autos, real estate, banks and overall consumption, the economy […]

  • The Party Of ‘Our Democracy’ Has Nothing Left But Chaos
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    The Party Of ‘Our Democracy’ Has Nothing Left But Chaos Authored by James Howard Kunstler, “. . . there is no saving the Left. Whatever happens to them, it will have to happen without people like you or me trying to get them to return to any place of sanity.” – Sasha Stone on Substack A punishing heat-dome creeps over the eastern half of the country just in time for the gala Fourth of July week. The days are brutal, but […]

  • “Thanks For The Mammaries”: Hooters Shutters Every Location In Four Blue States
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    “Thanks For The Mammaries”: Hooters Shutters Every Location In Four Blue States Iconic chicken-wing chain Hooters, famous for buxom waitresses wearing skimpy orange and white uniforms, appears to be throwing in the towel on its 35-year struggle to stay politically incorrect. As Ben Sellers writes for HeadlineUSA.com, while some restaurants, like Cracker Barrel, have successfully fought off the takeover of corporate wokeness, […]

  • DOJ Sues States Over Alleged Failure To Turn Over Food Stamp Data
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 9:00 pm

    DOJ Sues States Over Alleged Failure To Turn Over Food Stamp Data Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration has sued four states, accusing them of withholding crucial data on food stamp applicants. Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania refused to turn over information to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that would let federal officials identify fraud, Trump administration […]

  • Johnson Says Reconciliation Is The Only Path For The SAVE Act
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Johnson Says Reconciliation Is The Only Path For The SAVE Act Speaker Mike Johnson returned to the Capitol this afternoon after several hours at the White House, telling reporters that the only viable path to enact the SAVE Act is to attach it to a reconciliation bill – and that work is already underway. “The only way to get the SAVE Act to the president’s desk, we’ve been shown many times, is to put it on a reconciliation bill, […]

  • Citizen Vigilante Should Terrify Western Governments
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    Citizen Vigilante Should Terrify Western Governments Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, This movie is a warning to globalists… Director Uwe Boll just released a movie that is ticking off all the right people.  Called Citizen Vigilante, it is an unapologetic rejection of globalism, mass migration, Islamic conquest, and “woke” leftism.  The movie bashes politicians, judges, NGOs, and law enforcement […]

  • Hormuz Tanker Traffic Plunges After Fresh US-Iran Strikes
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    Hormuz Tanker Traffic Plunges After Fresh US-Iran Strikes Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz tumbled since late last week, as ship owners and operators froze up amid the renewed hostilities between Iran and the US over the weekend. The Thursday attack on the container ship Ever Lovely prompted some shipowners to pull back and wait for additional information about how safe transiting the Strait is. The U.S. military on […]

  • “You’re Next!”: Democrats Discover The Mob Has A Mind Of Its Own
    by Tyler Durden on June 29, 2026 at 7:25 pm

    “You’re Next!”: Democrats Discover The Mob Has A Mind Of Its Own Authored by Jonathan Turley, “You’re next!” This chant, at the victory celebration of the Democratic Socialists this week, was a message not for the oligarchs or the billionaires, but for House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) and the Democratic establishment. They were threatening that Jeffries would be the next to lose his House seat to a socialist […]

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