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  • Bitcoin eyes new liquidity as the Fed’s $18.5 billion repo spike reignites money printer chatter
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 19, 2026 at 9:10 pm

    Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, continued its price struggles as traders weighed two stress-tinged signals from the US financial ecosystem. This week, there was a sudden $18.5 billion Federal Reserve overnight repo operation, and Blue Owl Capital has decided to permanently halt redemptions from a retail-focused private credit fund. In another era, either The post Bitcoin eyes new liquidity as the Fed’s $18.5 […]

  • XRP sentiment hits a 5-week high as money rotates away from Bitcoin and Ethereum
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 19, 2026 at 7:35 pm

    XRP is attracting institutional money and a burst of bullish positioning, even as much of the crypto industry remains stuck in a risk-off tape. According to a CoinShares report, XRP is the best-performing crypto token this year, attracting around $150 million in fresh capital, while Bitcoin and Ethereum have registered cumulative outflows of around $1.5 billion. The The post XRP sentiment hits a 5-week high as money rotates away from Bitcoin […]

  • Bitcoin ETFs will go to zero sooner than we think if outflows don’t slow down as $8.5B leaves since October
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 19, 2026 at 5:05 pm

    The headline may look like ragebait but at the current outflow rate its an objective truth. Since Bitcoin hit its all-time high last October, US spot Bitcoin ETFs have seen outflows on 55 days out of 89. If this doesn’t turn around before the next halving there will be a lot less BTC inside ETF The post Bitcoin ETFs will go to zero sooner than we think if outflows don’t slow down as $8.5B leaves since October appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin faces a new selloff if oil holds $70 after spike and the Fed turns less patient
    by Gino Matos on February 19, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    Oil isn’t supposed to be the story in 2026. The macro narrative powering “cuts soon, liquidity soon” trades relies on disinflation staying intact. However, Brent jumped 4.35% to $70.35 on Feb. 18, and WTI surged 4.59% to $65.19 after headlines revived the risk of a US-Iran conflict and Russia-Ukraine talks ended without breakthroughs. This isn’t The post Bitcoin faces a new selloff if oil holds $70 after spike and the Fed turns less patient […]

  • If CLARITY stalls, on-chain perps stay offshore — and US traders get pushed out
    by Gino Matos on February 19, 2026 at 2:15 pm

    Hyperliquid launched a policy center in Washington on Feb. 18, seeded with 1 million HYPE tokens worth roughly $28 million, led by Jake Chervinsky, the crypto lawyer who spent years building the industry’s Capitol Hill playbook. The Hyperliquid Policy Center operates as a 501(c)(4) focused on decentralized finance and perpetual derivatives. This isn’t just another The post If CLARITY stalls, on-chain perps stay offshore — and US traders get […]

  • Crypto VC funding surging again sounds like a rally, until you trace where the money actually lands
    by Gino Matos on February 19, 2026 at 12:30 pm

    Dragonfly Capital closed its fourth fund at $650 million this week, the same size as its 2022 vehicle, raised into a venture market Fortune calls a “mass extinction event.” The headline reads like a vote of confidence: institutional capital returning, crypto winter thawing, alt season loading. But peel back one layer and the picture warps. The post Crypto VC funding surging again sounds like a rally, until you trace where the money actually […]

  • A $1.2T shift toward Bitcoin may be starting — and one grim index says altcoins may never rally
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 19, 2026 at 10:59 am

    Bitcoin’s grip on the crypto market is tightening again, and the numbers behind that shift help explain why a broad basket of altcoins is unlikely to beat the top crypto. Data from CoinMarketCap indicate that Bitcoin’s dominance is edging upwards towards 60% of the total crypto market capitalization. In comparison, altcoins’ dominance has been trending The post A $1.2T shift toward Bitcoin may be starting — and one grim index says altcoins […]

  • New IRS crypto tax form shows what you sold for (not what you paid) and one-click filing could make you overpay
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 18, 2026 at 10:10 pm

    At 7:12 a.m. on a random Tuesday in February, an email lands with a subject line that looks harmless enough: “Your tax forms are ready.” For Maya, a part-time designer who bought a little Bitcoin during the 2021 hype, then sold small chunks across a couple of apps when life got expensive, it feels like The post New IRS crypto tax form shows what you sold for (not what you paid) and one-click filing could make you overpay appeared first on […]

  • Peter Thiel dumps all ETH treasury shares after “Ethereum’s MicroStrategy” fell 95% since August
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 18, 2026 at 8:10 pm

    Peter Thiel went to zero in ETHZilla, and the ETH treasury company trade just got a lot more real On Feb. 17, an amended 13G/A posted to ETHZilla’s investor site listed Peter Thiel and Founders Fund-related vehicles at zero shares and 0.0% beneficial ownership. The filing also stamped a “date of event” of Dec. 31, The post Peter Thiel dumps all ETH treasury shares after “Ethereum’s MicroStrategy” fell 95% since August appeared first […]

  • Bitcoin whales added 200,000 BTC in a month — but short-term demand is fading at the same time
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 18, 2026 at 6:05 pm

    Bitcoin’s ongoing price struggles is turning into a market defined less by “bad news” and more by mechanics, the kind that can keep a downtrend alive even when selling looks tired. According to CryptoSlate’s data, the BTC price is down approximately 46% from the record high near $126,000 set in early October 2025 and trading The post Bitcoin whales added 200,000 BTC in a month — but short-term demand is fading at the same time appeared […]

  • US Investigating Portland Public Schools For Racial Discrimination
    by Tyler Durden on February 20, 2026 at 1:05 am

    US Investigating Portland Public Schools For Racial Discrimination Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Federal officials are investigating Portland Public Schools in Oregon for alleged racial discrimination in the district’s Center for Black Student Excellence (CBSE) program, the U.S. Department of Education stated on Feb. 17. The U.S. Department of Education building in Washington on April 28, […]

  • Watch: Iran, Russia, China Joint Drills Kick Off In Crowded Waters As NOTAM Issued
    by Tyler Durden on February 20, 2026 at 12:40 am

    Watch: Iran, Russia, China Joint Drills Kick Off In Crowded Waters As NOTAM Issued The previously reported Iran-Russia-China joint naval drills have kicked off Thursday in Iran’s increasingly crowded southern waters, as the United States continues expanding its military presence in the Arabian Sea. Iranian Navy Rear Admiral Hassan Maqsudlu has made it clear that part of the purpose of the exercise is to “prevent any unilateral […]

  • Disaster On The Potomac: What Role DEI Played In America’s Worst Sewage Spill
    by Tyler Durden on February 20, 2026 at 12:15 am

    Disaster On The Potomac: What Role DEI Played In America’s Worst Sewage Spill Via American Greatness, More than 240 million gallons of raw sewage has spilled into the Potomac River since a pipe burst last month, and the lackluster response of the DC Water Board is raising questions about the competency of those in charge. Dr. Unique Morris-Hughes was appointed as Chair of the DC Water Board by the Democratic Mayor of […]

  • Boasberg Rubber-Stamps DOJ Request To Keep FBI-Twitter Payments Secret
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 11:50 pm

    Boasberg Rubber-Stamps DOJ Request To Keep FBI-Twitter Payments Secret When the Twitter files hit in December of 2022, they revealed that the Biden administration had paid Twitter at least $3.4 million between October 2019 and February 2021 to reimburse the pre-Musk, left-leaning social media giant for a flood of requests.  During this period, the Biden DOJ was going after vaccine skeptics, lab-leak proponents, 2020 election […]

  • Hawaii Bills Would Allow Gov’t To Quarantine People, Enter Property, Seize Firearms, & Suspend Laws
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 11:25 pm

    Hawaii Bills Would Allow Gov’t To Quarantine People, Enter Property, Seize Firearms, & Suspend Laws Authored by Jon Fleetwood, The Hawaii Legislature is advancing companion legislation that would formally codify sweeping emergency powers for the governor and county officials—including authority to quarantine individuals, enter private property without consent, suspend laws, and seize control of infrastructure—under the […]

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  • Done With Winter? Not So Fast As Weekend Snowstorm Risk Rises For US East
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 11:00 pm

    Done With Winter? Not So Fast As Weekend Snowstorm Risk Rises For US East Meteorologists on X are posting new weather models showing a setup for a potentially serious winter storm threat that could blanket parts of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast with wintry precipitation from Sunday into Monday. The elevated risk of a major snow threat is notable because the peak of Northern Hemisphere winter in the Lower 48 has already passed and […]

  • Small Businesses Compete… Why Can’t Credit Card Companies?
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    Small Businesses Compete… Why Can’t Credit Card Companies? Authored by Adam Temple via RealClearPolitics, Families aren’t the only ones who’ve been struggling with affordability for years. So have the small businesses that power the American economy and create the majority of new jobs. There’s no shortage of commonsense ideas to give job creators relief, but President Trump just highlighted one of the most important: Stop […]

  • Trump’s War Room Assesses The Midterms: It’s The Economy, Stupid
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 10:20 pm

    Trump’s War Room Assesses The Midterms: It’s The Economy, Stupid The 2026 midterms are (as always) shaping up to be the most consequential off-year election in a generation, and the people closest to Donald Trump know it.  If Republicans lose the House or Senate, Trump’s second-term agenda will be stopped dead in its tracks. That reality brought Trump administration officials, pollsters, and House Republicans together Tuesday […]

  • Medical Groups Sue FTC Over Probe Into Gender Dysphoria Treatments
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    Medical Groups Sue FTC Over Probe Into Gender Dysphoria Treatments Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Two medical groups on Feb. 17 sued the federal government over its probe into the organizations’ recommendations for children with gender dysphoria, or the belief that they are a different gender. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in Washington on Aug. 6, 2024. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times The […]

  • NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Kills Plan To Allow Robotaxi Operations Outside NYC
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    NY Gov. Kathy Hochul Kills Plan To Allow Robotaxi Operations Outside NYC New York Governor Kathy Hochul has withdrawn a proposal that would allow commercial robotaxi pilot operations outside New York City limits without a human safety operator in the vehicle. The decision was first reported by Bloomberg News earlier Thursday and is a major setback for Waymo as it attempts a rapid US expansion this year. Bloomberg reported: The […]

  • Why Exactly Did They Destroy The Border?
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    Why Exactly Did They Destroy The Border? Authored by Victor Davis Hanson via American Greatness, Why would any president destroy the U.S. southern border? The Left typically “pounces” on anyone daring to suggest that the Biden administration had green-lighted illegal immigration to gain new constituents for agendas that otherwise were without broad public support. The Left smears critics of open borders as racist […]

  • Just When You Thought Obama’s Tower Of Doom Couldn’t Get Any More Ugly…
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Just When You Thought Obama’s Tower Of Doom Couldn’t Get Any More Ugly… Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Barack Obama’s infamous Presidential Center in Chicago, already slammed as a dystopian “prison-like” monstrosity, has just received a bizarre new update that’s ignited widespread mockery online. The addition of disjointed words from one of Obama’s speeches has been dubbed “headache-inducing,” […]

  • Canada Announces Plan To Recruit Foreign Soldiers For Fast Track Immigration
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 8:05 pm

    Canada Announces Plan To Recruit Foreign Soldiers For Fast Track Immigration It’s a common theme throughout history – When governments go authoritarian, they often hire foreign soldiers in order to better control their respective populations or wage war on their neighbors.  The strategy is being implemented across Europe currently; with many nations taking in millions of third world migrants from Muslim nations and using targeted […]

  • Watch: GOP Releases Full Les Wexner Epstein Deposition
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 7:47 pm

    Watch: GOP Releases Full Les Wexner Epstein Deposition The next day… The House Oversight Committee has released the full 5-hour deposition with Wexner, where he made a ton of hilarious faces and couldn’t recall lots of things.  🚨 BREAKING: The House Oversight Committee is releasing the FULL deposition video of Les Wexner from our Epstein investigation. No spin. The American people deserve to see the testimony for […]

  • Ethereum Foundation Lists ‘Quantum Readiness’ As 2026 Priority
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    Ethereum Foundation Lists ‘Quantum Readiness’ As 2026 Priority Authored by Ciaran Lyons via CoinTelegraph.com, The Ethereum Foundation has announced it is targeting faster transactions, smarter wallets, better cross-chain interoperability, and quantum-resistant security as its “protocol priorities” in 2026. In a statement published on Wednesday, the Ethereum Foundation outlined several goals, including continuing to scale […]

  • Trump Has A UFO Speech Ready To Deliver
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    Trump Has A UFO Speech Ready To Deliver Documentary filmmaker Dan Farah appeared on Joe Rogan’s podcast in November to promote his new documentary, The Age of Disclosure, and predicted that his film might force Trump to become the first world leader to confirm the existence of extraterrestrial life publicly. “I wouldn’t be surprised if it happens soon after the film comes out — the sitting president has to step to the […]

  • California Planning To Sue Trump Admin Over Revised Child Vaccine Guidelines
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 6:40 pm

    California Planning To Sue Trump Admin Over Revised Child Vaccine Guidelines Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), California Attorney General Rob Bonta said on Feb. 17 that the state plans to take legal action against the Trump administration over the recent modifications to the childhood vaccine schedule. A man holds his 14-month-old son while he gets the MMR vaccine at a clinic in Lubbock, Texas, on […]

  • Whole Foods Ditching Its “Dystopian” Pay-By-Palm Biometric Payment Option
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 6:05 pm

    Whole Foods Ditching Its “Dystopian” Pay-By-Palm Biometric Payment Option Whole Foods Market is shutting down its palm-scan payment system nationwide, removing the devices from more than 500 stores by June 3 after shoppers largely ignored them. The chain, owned by Amazon, had pitched the feature as a frictionless way to pay. Instead, it became an experiment few customers embraced, according to The Daily Mail. The program, called […]

  • The Atlantic Busted Fabricating Dead Kid Measles Story
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 5:30 pm

    The Atlantic Busted Fabricating Dead Kid Measles Story Last Thursday, The Atlantic published a heart-wrenching story about an 11-month-old child who died of measles. Written in the second person from the perspective of a mother whose two unvaccinated children fell ill with the disease, the story is rich with personal detail; “You plant her on the couch with a blanket and put Bluey on the TV while she drifts in and out of […]

  • Teachers Are Fomenting Anti-ICE Hysteria
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    Teachers Are Fomenting Anti-ICE Hysteria Authored by Larry Sand via American Greatness, Employees of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have been busy lately, working to fulfill their mandate to remove undocumented immigrants. Perhaps the most controversial aspect of ICE’s activities is its alleged presence in public schools across the nation. But is ICE actually going into schools? Absolutely not. While there are […]

  • WTI Extends Geopolitical Risk Gains After Across-The-Board Inventory Draws
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 5:05 pm

    WTI Extends Geopolitical Risk Gains After Across-The-Board Inventory Draws Oil prices pushed higher Thursday on worries that nuclear talks between US and Iran might not avert a new conflict that could threaten supplies. “Oil is extending its gains, with Brent crude back above $70 a barrel… as fears of a military confrontation between the US and Iran rattled energy markets,” said Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst at Hargreaves […]

  • US Coast Guard Seizes $133.5 Million In Illicit Drugs
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 4:25 pm

    US Coast Guard Seizes $133.5 Million In Illicit Drugs Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Crew of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Seneca seized more than $133.5 million worth of cocaine and offloaded the drugs at Port Everglades, Florida, the agency said in a Feb. 13 statement. The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) and a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flight crew conduct […]

  • Epstein Funded UCSD Study Of ‘Telepathic Autistic Savant’ Through Deepak Chopra Connection
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 4:05 pm

    Epstein Funded UCSD Study Of ‘Telepathic Autistic Savant’ Through Deepak Chopra Connection Jeffrey Epstein was connected with several notable scientists – funding leading research centers, including Harvard, where he donated $9 million, and MIT’s Media Lab, which he gave at least $7.5 million (and funneled another $1.2 million to investments under the control of the lab’s former director, Joi Ito). He was connected to Stephen […]

  • Epstein Ally Was Talking To Feds About Flip, Wanted $3 Million To Keep Quiet, Then Backed Off Deal
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 3:55 pm

    Epstein Ally Was Talking To Feds About Flip, Wanted $3 Million To Keep Quiet, Then Backed Off Deal French modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel – whose network delivered new girls from around the world to Jeffrey Epstein on a regular basis, was prepared in 2016 to tell U.S. prosecutors what he knew about Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation. According to newly released files from the DOJ, the now-deceased Brunel’s lawyer was […]

  • Rep. Khanna To Force Vote On Iran War Powers: ‘Another Endless Dumb Foreign War’
    by Tyler Durden on February 19, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    Rep. Khanna To Force Vote On Iran War Powers: ‘Another Endless Dumb Foreign War’ Authored by Dave DeCamp via AntiWar.com, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said on Wednesday that he will force a vote on a War Powers Resolution meant to prevent President Trump from attacking Iran without congressional authorization, as required by the Constitution. The resolution was introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Khanna, and several other […]

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