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  • Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is officially dead
    by Gino Matos on December 14, 2025 at 12:20 pm

    Crypto and stock performance since January 2024 suggests that the new “altcoin trading” is just stock trading. The S&P 500 returned roughly 25% in 2024 and 17.5% in 2025, compounding to approximately 47% over two years. The Nasdaq-100 delivered 25.9% and 18.1% over the same period, for a cumulative gain near 49%. The CoinDesk 80 The post Small-cap crypto tokens just hit a humiliating four-year low, proving the “Alt Season” thesis is […]

  • Robinhood is constructing a “regional triangle” that unlocks the one thing US regulators won’t permit
    by Andjela Radmilac on December 14, 2025 at 7:30 am

    Robinhood has spent the past few years trying to outgrow its meme-stock reputation, and the clearest sign that it is thinking differently now sits far from Menlo Park. In early December, the company said it would buy PT Buana Capital Sekuritas, a small Indonesian brokerage, and PT Pedagang Aset Kripto, a licensed digital asset trader, The post Robinhood is constructing a “regional triangle” that unlocks the one thing US regulators won’t […]

  • US banks just unlocked a loophole to profit from your crypto trades without holding the bag
    by Andjela Radmilac on December 13, 2025 at 8:00 pm

    On Dec. 9, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency put out a press release with a very direct message for US banks: you are allowed to sit in the middle of crypto trades. In the memorably titled News Release 2025-121, the OCC published the somehow even worse-titled Interpretive Letter 1188 and confirmed that The post US banks just unlocked a loophole to profit from your crypto trades without holding the bag appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin’s $55 billion options market is now obsessing over one specific date that forces a $100k showdown
    by Andjela Radmilac on December 13, 2025 at 5:00 pm

    Bitcoin’s options market is large, liquid, and (at the moment) unusually concentrated. Total open interest stands near $55.76 billion, with Deribit carrying $46.24 billion of that stack, far ahead of CME at $4.50 billion, OKX at $3.17 billion, Bybit at $1.29 billion, and Binance at $558.42 million, while spot trades in the $92,479.90 area. The The post Bitcoin’s $55 billion options market is now obsessing over one specific date that forces […]

  • Bitcoin just gained a federal status that makes selling your coins for cash look expensively stupid
    by Andjela Radmilac on December 13, 2025 at 3:05 pm

    On Friday afternoon, the CFTC published Release 9146-25, a document with a long title and a simple message: Bitcoin, Ethereum, and USDC are getting a supervised trial run as collateral inside the US derivatives system. It’s an experiment with guardrails, reporting, and plenty of fine print, but it represents a real shift in how the The post Bitcoin just gained a federal status that makes selling your coins for cash look expensively stupid […]

  • Bitcoin is failing its most important test, and an 11-month slide proves the “store of value” is broken right now
    by Andjela Radmilac on December 13, 2025 at 2:00 pm

    Bitcoin’s year is usually narrated through the dollar chart, a familiar frame that captured a chaotic fourth quarter where BTC whipsawed through a violent two-month range. Price climbed to roughly $124,700 in late October before breaking down toward the mid-$80,000s in November, a swing that erased more than $40,000 from peak to trough. The volatility The post Bitcoin is failing its most important test, and an 11-month slide proves the […]

  • Crypto for kids: Binance Junior looks safe, but the app creates a psychological imprint that parental controls can’t fix
    by Andjela Radmilac on December 13, 2025 at 10:23 am

    When Binance rolled out its new “Binance Junior” accounts this month, the announcement landed with the kind of split reaction usually reserved for children’s TikTok privacy updates. On paper, the product is tightly controlled, restricted to a savings lane, and anchored to a parent’s KYC identity: there are no trading buttons, no margin sliders, no The post Crypto for kids: Binance Junior looks safe, but the app creates a psychological […]

  • YouTube is now paying creators in crypto, offering a $100B path to finally exit banks
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on December 12, 2025 at 8:05 pm

    YouTube has added PayPal’s PYUSD stablecoin as a payout option for U.S. creators. The choice routes through PayPal’s payout infrastructure rather than requiring YouTube to custody or transfer crypto directly. According to Fortune, PayPal crypto chief May Zabaneh confirmed the arrangement. Google and YouTube also confirmed PYUSD was added as a payout option for eligible The post YouTube is now paying creators in crypto, offering a $100B path […]

  • SEC crypto approval means the 3-day wait to settle stock trades is now dead
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on December 12, 2025 at 6:10 pm

    The Depository Trust Company, the U.S. financial market infrastructure provider that clears and settles securities trades, said the SEC has given it informal approval to move ahead with a tokenization service for some assets it already holds in custody, without facing enforcement action. The letter sets conditions for a time-limited rollout and ongoing reporting while The post SEC crypto approval means the 3-day wait to settle stock trades is […]

  • China’s massive gold spree inadvertently exposes a critical shift in how smart money escapes risk
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on December 12, 2025 at 4:05 pm

    The People’s Bank of China just logged its thirteenth straight month of gold purchases, extending one of the most deliberate reserve-management campaigns of the post-crisis era. These purchases signal that the world’s second-largest economy is shifting deeper into sovereign-controlled, seizure-resistant assets. Against this backdrop, crypto analysts see the PBoC’s buying streak not as a bullish The post China’s massive gold spree […]

  • BIS Warns Of Rare “Double Bubble”
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 4:40 pm

    BIS Warns Of Rare “Double Bubble” Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, This weekend, global investors are reckoning with a stark warning from the Bank for International Settlements (BIS). In its December 2025 Quarterly Review, the BIS flagged what it called a rare “double bubble” forming across both gold and equity markets. According to the report, “the combination of gold and share prices soaring in […]

  • Luxury Cars, Private Villas And Stacks Of Cash: How Somali Fraudsters Spent Minnesotans’ Money
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 4:05 pm

    Luxury Cars, Private Villas And Stacks Of Cash: How Somali Fraudsters Spent Minnesotans’ Money Luxury cars. Private villas. First-class flights. And taxpayer money meant to feed hungry kids. New exhibits from court obtained by CBS News reveal how Somali defendants in one of the largest COVID-era fraud schemes in US history plowed through hundreds of millions of dollars in taxpayer money on lavish lifestyles – […]

  • Slovak PM Fico Blast Brussels Warmongers, Wants No Part Of Western Europe If Russian & Ukrainian Lives Are “Worth Shit”
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 3:30 pm

    Slovak PM Fico Blast Brussels Warmongers, Wants No Part Of Western Europe If Russian & Ukrainian Lives Are “Worth Shit” Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has said he will block any European Union solution that finances Ukraine’s military expenditures, accusing Western Europe of treating Russian and Ukrainian lives as being “worth shit” and of prolonging what he described as […]

  • Brown University Shooting Suspect In Custody; Gunman “Yelled Something” Before Attack On Econ Classroom
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 2:55 pm

    Brown University Shooting Suspect In Custody; Gunman “Yelled Something” Before Attack On Econ Classroom A person of interest connected to the Brown University shooting was taken into custody early Sunday morning at a hotel in Coventry, Rhode Island, according to law enforcement officials. Latest: Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez told reporters he was limited in what he could disclose about the person taken into custody. He […]

  • Dystopian Horror: 1 In 4 British Teens Turn To AI ‘Therapy’-Bots For Mental Health
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 2:20 pm

    Dystopian Horror: 1 In 4 British Teens Turn To AI ‘Therapy’-Bots For Mental Health Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, One in four British teenagers have resorted to AI chatbots for mental health support over the past year, exposing the chilling reality of a society where machines replace human connection amid crumbling government services.  The Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) surveyed 11,000 kids aged 13 to 16 in England […]

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  • DOT Finds Half Of NY Commercial Drivers Are Illegals, Threatens To Pull $73 Million In Federal Funding
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 1:45 pm

    DOT Finds Half Of NY Commercial Drivers Are Illegals, Threatens To Pull $73 Million In Federal Funding The Department of Transportation is threatening to pull $73 million in federal highway funding from New York after an audit found that half of the state’s commercial trucking licenses were issued to illegal immigrants. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, NY Gov Kathy Hochul “What New York does is if an applicant comes in and […]

  • 83% Of Hungarians Fear Foreign Interference In 2026 Election; New Poll Finds
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 1:10 pm

    83% Of Hungarians Fear Foreign Interference In 2026 Election; New Poll Finds Via Remix News, The vast majority, 83 percent, of respondents to a Mediana survey say next year’s parliamentary election in Hungary could face interference from foreign intelligence agencies. The poll, published by the daily newspaper Nepszava, also indicates that 53 percent of respondents believe Russia might try to influence the upcoming elections, […]

  • High Level Hamas Planner Of Oct.7 Assassinated By IDF Strike In Gaza City
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 12:35 pm

    High Level Hamas Planner Of Oct.7 Assassinated By IDF Strike In Gaza City The fragile Gaza ceasefire continues hanging only by a thread, with Hamas condemning the latest Saturday Israeli attack against a high-profile official. The Israeli military (IDF) announce it targeted a vehicle in Gaza City on Saturday that was carrying Raed Saad, a senior Hamas commander, which Israel has identified one of the planners of the Oct. 7, 2023 […]

  • “Evil Act Of Anti-Semitism, Terrorism” : 12 Dead After Shooting At Australian Jewish Event
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 12:10 pm

    “Evil Act Of Anti-Semitism, Terrorism” : 12 Dead After Shooting At Australian Jewish Event Live feed of terror attack:  Shooting during a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach Two gunmen opened fire, discharging dozens of rounds A bystander intervened and disarmed one attacker 12 people confirmed dead (via Guardian) 29 others wounded, several critically One suspect was killed; another is in critical condition […]

  • Erdogan Warns Against Black Sea Becoming Zone For ‘Score-Settling’ After Strikes
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    Erdogan Warns Against Black Sea Becoming Zone For ‘Score-Settling’ After Strikes Via Middle East Eye Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned on Saturday against the Black Sea becoming a “zone of confrontation” and score-settling between Russia and Ukraine, following a strike against a Turkish ship on Friday. The Black Sea region has seen repeated strikes in recent weeks. On Friday, a Russian air strike damaged a […]

  • Birthing Pains For A Multipolar World
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 4:20 am

    Birthing Pains For A Multipolar World Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, After World War 2, the U.S. emerged as the only major power with its industrial base intact. Europe, the USSR, and Japan were all devastated. The Soviet Union alone had 26 million deaths due to the war. The rest of Europe had approximately another 20 million. Japan lost around 3 million. All the major powers’ infrastructure had been […]

  • 20 States Sue Trump Over $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 3:45 am

    20 States Sue Trump Over $100,000 H-1B Visa Fee California, Massachusetts, and 18 other states filed a lawsuit Friday against President Donald Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B visa petitions. “President Trump’s illegal $100,000 H-1B visa fee creates unnecessary—and illegal—financial burdens on California public employers and other providers of vital services, exacerbating labor shortages in key sectors,” California […]

  • At Least Two Dead, 9 Injured After Brown University Shooting In Rhode Island
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 3:40 am

    At Least Two Dead, 9 Injured After Brown University Shooting In Rhode Island Live updates here: Update (0113ET): According to AP, at least two people were killed in the shooting and nine others are wounded, including several in critical condition.  The gunman is still on the loose. At 4:22 p.m Saturday, the university’s Department of Public Safety sent a campus-wide alert urging students and staff to run, hide, and fight as […]

  • Trump Team Denies Leaked ‘Secret Plan’ To Break EU Nations Away From Brussels’ Grip
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 3:20 am

    Trump Team Denies Leaked ‘Secret Plan’ To Break EU Nations Away From Brussels’ Grip Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The Trump administration’s new National Security Strategy was published last week, setting out the U.S.’s broad foreign policy direction for the remainder of his term. It focused on ending what it calls a “perpetually expanding NATO,” establishing “conditions of stability within Europe,” and […]

  • It’s Official: Ditching The SATs Was A Big Mistake
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 3:10 am

    It’s Official: Ditching The SATs Was A Big Mistake Authored by Jonathan Miltimore via The Washington Examiner, In early 2020, the University of California set the tone for the rest of the country when its regents voted to drop SAT and ACT admissions requirements through 2024. That decision, initially framed as a pandemic necessity, quickly reshaped admissions nationwide. By late 2022, roughly 1,750 schools, or about 80 […]

  • Belarus Frees 123 Political Prisoners In Exchange For US Lifting More Sanctions
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 2:35 am

    Belarus Frees 123 Political Prisoners In Exchange For US Lifting More Sanctions Despite the frustrating lack of real progress in the stalled Ukraine peace deal talks, the United States continues to achieve smaller separate deals with Russia, and their appears to be a slow improvement of bilateral ties. On Saturday, Belarus, which forms a ‘Union State’ with Russia, announced that it has released 123 detainees, in return for the […]

  • Regenerative Farming Just Went Mainstream; Here’s Why It Matters
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 2:00 am

    Regenerative Farming Just Went Mainstream; Here’s Why It Matters Authored by Mollie Englehart via The Epoch Times, My phone started dinging almost all at once. Text messages, links, alerts—people were telling me that Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins was about to make a major announcement on Dec. 10 related to regenerative agriculture. A YouTube link was circulating. The livestream was about to begin. There was a sense of […]

  • Georgia Woman Attacked With ‘Corrosive’ Chemical After Christmas Event, Suffers Third-Degree Burns
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 1:25 am

    Georgia Woman Attacked With ‘Corrosive’ Chemical After Christmas Event, Suffers Third-Degree Burns A Georgia woman is recovering in the hospital after being attacked with an unknown chemical substance (probably acid) that left her with third-degree burns.  Ashley Wasielewski, 46, was walking in Forsyth Park in Savannah after attending a Christmas program at a nearby church when she was approached from behind by a stranger […]

  • Two US Soldiers & A Civilian Killed, Several More Wounded, In Central Syria Ambush
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 1:25 am

    Two US Soldiers & A Civilian Killed, Several More Wounded, In Central Syria Ambush Washington’s Syria intervention is the mess that keeps on giving. And now more tragedy has struck after years of a Pentagon quagmire and endless occupation in the northeast of the country. Two US Army soldiers and an American civilian who was serving as an interpreter were killed after shots were fired at US and allied Syrian forces during a […]

  • Cover-Up Or Frame-Up? How Democrat’s Epstein Releases Are A Classic Example Of False Light
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 12:50 am

    Cover-Up Or Frame-Up? How Democrat’s Epstein Releases Are A Classic Example Of False Light Authored by Jonathan Turley, Many years ago, as a law student, I had the honor of working with the great prosecutor William J. Kunkle Jr., who put away John Wayne Gacy. I was a young intern at the litigation firm of Phelan, Pope & John and loved listening to Bill’s stories about his famous cases. I even had to take a couple of calls […]

  • Orbital Data Centers Will “Bypass Earth-Based” Constraints
    by Tyler Durden on December 14, 2025 at 12:15 am

    Orbital Data Centers Will “Bypass Earth-Based” Constraints Last week, readers were briefed on the emerging theme of data centers in low Earth orbit, a concept now openly discussed by Elon Musk, Jensen Huang, Jeff Bezos, and Sam Altman, as energy availability and infrastructure constraints on land increasingly emerge as major bottlenecks to data center buildouts through the end of this decade and well into the 2030s. Nvidia-backed […]

  • Republicans Offer Their Obamacare Alternative
    by Tyler Durden on December 13, 2025 at 11:05 pm

    Republicans Offer Their Obamacare Alternative For years, Democrats have wielded the tired accusation that Republicans lack a healthcare alternative to the Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as Obamacare.  Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA), U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-LA) (L) and House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) / Heather Diehl/Getty Images On Friday, House Republicans called that bluff, unveiling […]

  • Who Are The Bad Guys?
    by Tyler Durden on December 13, 2025 at 10:30 pm

    Who Are The Bad Guys? Via Financial Preparedness, “Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.”  ~ Benjamin Franklin I think virtually everyone would agree that there are “bad guys” in this world. Of course, there are varying degrees of “bad,” but we should concern ourselves with the most dangerous—the ones who have both the desire and the ability to take one simple […]

  • Mamdani Suggests NYPD May Arrest ICE Agents Enforcing Federal Law
    by Tyler Durden on December 13, 2025 at 9:55 pm

    Mamdani Suggests NYPD May Arrest ICE Agents Enforcing Federal Law During an interview with MSNOW Senior Political and National Reporter Jacob Soboroff, New York City Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani faced pointed questions about whether his rhetoric on accountability extends to federal immigration enforcement, and Mamdani suggested his police force might arrest federal officers enforcing federal immigration laws. Soboroff didn’t dance […]

  • 2025: The Year Energy Sanity Returned
    by Tyler Durden on December 13, 2025 at 9:20 pm

    2025: The Year Energy Sanity Returned Authored by James Hickman via Schiff Sovereign, When Robert Oppenheimer watched the first atomic bomb detonate in the New Mexico desert on July 16, 1945, the blast confirmed that America had won the race to build a nuclear weapon. The destructive power of these weapons was extraordinary; the explosion from Oppenheimer’s “Trinity” test unleashed an astonishing 83.7 Terajoules (TJ) of […]

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