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  • A four-way deadlock is now blocking the US Clarity Act crypto bill — and each side can stop it
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 2, 2026 at 2:10 pm

    The CLARITY Act entered Washington as a bid to impose a durable market structure on crypto. It now sits at the center of a four-way fight over who gets to define that structure, who gets paid inside it, who supervises it, and how much of the existing financial rulebook survives the rewrite. The bill still includes The post A four-way deadlock is now blocking the US Clarity Act crypto bill — and each side can stop it appeared first on […]

  • Bitcoin breaks critical support as dollar and oil move together, raising risk of a deeper drop
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 2, 2026 at 12:40 pm

    Bitcoin spent the past 24 hours returning to the key levels on my channel map rather than continuing its breakout. It tested a boundary, failed to convert that test into acceptance, and rotated lower into the next pocket of support memory. Bitcoin price slid from the upper $68,000s and low $69,000s to around $66,400 by The post Bitcoin breaks critical support as dollar and oil move together, raising risk of a deeper drop appeared first on […]

  • US Treasury’s first GENIUS rule now redraws who controls stablecoins at scale
    by Gino Matos on April 2, 2026 at 11:05 am

    Treasury’s first proposed GENIUS rule landed on April 1 as a notice of proposed rulemaking. The text inside it builds the operational architecture for US stablecoin governance, addressing which institutions may issue payment stablecoins, under what conditions, and at what scale before federal oversight becomes mandatory. Why this matters: This shifts stablecoins from a fragmented The post US Treasury’s first GENIUS rule now redraws who […]

  • Moody’s prices Bitcoin at a 28% haircut — and sets the trigger for forced selling
    by Gino Matos on April 2, 2026 at 9:18 am

    On Mar. 31, Moody’s assigned provisional Ba2 ratings to up to $100 million in taxable revenue bonds for the Waverose Finance Project. The bonds are secured by a loan to NH CleanSpark Borrower Trust 2026-1, with Bitcoin (BTC) as the pledged collateral. Those numbers set the conditions under which traditional finance agreed to work with The post Moody’s prices Bitcoin at a 28% haircut — and sets the trigger for forced selling appeared first […]

  • Rakebit Upgrades Rewards Program to 50 Levels, Offers Full Rakeback on First $1,000 Wagered
    by News Desk on April 2, 2026 at 8:52 am

    The core change is a 100% rakeback mechanic applied to the first nine loyalty levels. During this introductory window, which covers up to $1,000 in cumulative wagers, the platform returns the entirety of its house margin to the player. The expected casino profit during this phase is effectively zero, with Rakebit covering the cost as The post Rakebit Upgrades Rewards Program to 50 Levels, Offers Full Rakeback on First $1,000 Wagered appeared […]

  • Iran threatens major US companies in the Middle East creating new risk for crypto
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 1, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    What looks like a geopolitical threat aimed at US multinationals could quickly become a crypto story too. That is because several of the companies threatened by Iran now sit inside the infrastructure, payments, and corporate treasury layers that parts of the digital-asset industry rely on. According to the Wall Street Journal, the IRGC warned that The post Iran threatens major US companies in the Middle East creating new risk for crypto […]

  • Bitcoin seems ready to push past $70k but one group keeps stopping the rally
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 1, 2026 at 5:35 pm

    Bitcoin is pushing back toward $70,000 as macro pressure eases, but each attempt is still being sold into. The market is improving on the outside while failing to resolve a key internal constraint. Macro relief improves the backdrop as Bitcoin meets a crowded zone above $70,000 Bitcoin has opened April with a cleaner macro backdrop The post Bitcoin seems ready to push past $70k but one group keeps stopping the rally appeared first on […]

  • Bitcoin breaks from M2 money supply as dollar strength overrides global cash growth
    by Gino Matos on April 1, 2026 at 3:15 pm

    Bitcoin is no longer responding to rising global liquidity the way it did in the last cycle. Even as money supply expands, a stronger dollar is tightening financial conditions faster than liquidity can lift prices. Bitcoin traders love one chart more than almost any other: global M2 liquidity with a time lag. More money expanding The post Bitcoin breaks from M2 money supply as dollar strength overrides global cash growth appeared first on […]

  • Bitcoin’s support system snapped in Q1 — and the buyers that used to hold it up stepped back
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 1, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    With the first quarter of 2026 over, Bitcoin’s weak showing looks less like a single crypto-specific break and more like the product of a market that spent the past months under growing macro and geopolitical pressure. As Q1 closed out on March 31, Bitcoin was trading near $66,280 and down about 24% for the year, The post Bitcoin’s support system snapped in Q1 — and the buyers that used to hold it up stepped back appeared first on […]

  • Tether hired top HSBC gold traders, then cut them weeks before auditors arrive
    by Gino Matos on April 1, 2026 at 12:15 pm

    Tether spent early 2026 expanding into gold. By the end of March, it had already cut the senior hires behind that push, turning what looked like an ambition story into a test of how the company wants to look before auditors examine its books. Paolo Ardoino said that Tether wanted to allocate 10% to 15% The post Tether hired top HSBC gold traders, then cut them weeks before auditors arrive appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Globalstar Soars On Amazon Buyout Report Amid Satellite Constellation Race
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 1:15 pm

    Globalstar Soars On Amazon Buyout Report Amid Satellite Constellation Race Globalstar shares surged 12% in premarket trading in New York… …marking their biggest jump in nearly five months, after the Financial Times reported overnight that Amazon is in talks to acquire the satellite operator, a move that would certainly intensify the race to build satellite constellations.  The FT cited people familiar with the […]

  • Oil Nears War-Highs As Iran’s ‘Highest Bridge In Middle East’ Destroyed After Trump’s ‘Back To Stone Age’ Threat
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 1:05 pm

    Oil Nears War-Highs As Iran’s ‘Highest Bridge In Middle East’ Destroyed After Trump’s ‘Back To Stone Age’ Threat Summary Oil prices surge after no mention of ceasefire while vowing to keep hitting Iran ‘extremely hard’ in Wed. night Trump speech US intelligence assessments say Iran is not ready to negotiate given it believes it has the strategic upper-hand, and doesn’t believe Trump is ‘serious’ about talks: NYT Highest […]

  • Democrats Ask Judge To Block Parts Of Trump’s Election Order
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 12:46 pm

    Democrats Ask Judge To Block Parts Of Trump’s Election Order Authored by Kimberley Hayek and Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, Democrats asked a federal judge Wednesday to block parts of President Donald Trump’s executive order on federal elections. The lawsuit challenges Trump’s directive, signed a day earlier, that will create a list of eligible voters in every state and prohibit the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) from […]

  • ‘No Hire, No Fire’ Economy Continues As Job Cuts Tumble, Claims Near Record Lows
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 12:35 pm

    ‘No Hire, No Fire’ Economy Continues As Job Cuts Tumble, Claims Near Record Lows U.S.-based employers announced 60,620 job cuts in March, up 25% from 48,307 cuts announced in February. It is down 78% from the 275,240 cuts announced during the same month last year, according to a report released Thursday from global outplacement and executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas. “Removing the wave of federal layoffs […]

  • Futures, Bonds Tumble, Oil Soars After Trump Dashes Hopes For Early End To Iran War
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 12:33 pm

    Futures, Bonds Tumble, Oil Soars After Trump Dashes Hopes For Early End To Iran War Global risk assets, including US equity futures and global markets, as well as Treasuries and precious metals, tumbled as oil soared with Brent hitting $110 this morning after Trump’s late Wednesday speech refused to pivot and dashed hopes that the Hormuz Strait would reopen soon and the war in the Middle East is nearing a swift resolution. As of […]

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  • Colonial Restarts Largest U.S. Gasoline Pipeline After Georgia Damage
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 12:32 pm

    Colonial Restarts Largest U.S. Gasoline Pipeline After Georgia Damage Summary: Colonial Pipeline’s Line 1 flows were restored after the damaged section was repaired in Georgia. Colonial Pipeline’s Line 1 halted operations on Thursday night after a third-party work crew caused damage in Paulding County, Georgia. Colonial Pipeline’s Line 1 Flows Restart   The good news for U.S. East Coast drivers is that Colonial […]

  • 4 Million Children Have Been Signed Up For Trump Accounts: IRS
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 12:05 pm

    4 Million Children Have Been Signed Up For Trump Accounts: IRS Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times, American taxpayers have signed up over 4 million children to the tax-advantaged Trump Accounts, and more than 1 million of those accounts have elected to receive the $1,000 pilot contribution from the government, the IRS said in a March 31 statement. “Contributions to Trump Accounts can be made starting July 4, […]

  • U.S. Alerts Goldman Sachs Paris After Iranian Group Threatens Terror Bombing
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 11:45 am

    U.S. Alerts Goldman Sachs Paris After Iranian Group Threatens Terror Bombing Five days after French authorities foiled a terror plot targeting Bank of America’s Paris headquarters, the threat environment facing U.S. financial institutions in the French capital appears to be worsening. New reporting from Le Parisien says Goldman Sachs’ Paris headquarters was placed under police surveillance on Wednesday night following threats […]

  • Oil Spikes As Trump Vows To Hit Iran “Extremely Hard Over Next 2-3 Weeks”, Threatens To Send It “Back To The Stone Ages”
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 11:30 am

    Oil Spikes As Trump Vows To Hit Iran “Extremely Hard Over Next 2-3 Weeks”, Threatens To Send It “Back To The Stone Ages” Summary Trump declares ‘core strategic objectives met’, threatens 2-3 more weeks of bombing, no mention of ceasefire Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has released an open letter to the American people, questioning whether Washington is truly putting “America First” or merely acting as a “proxy for […]

  • New Bill Opens Door For Killer AI Weapons
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 11:20 am

    New Bill Opens Door For Killer AI Weapons Authored by Jon Fleetwood, A newly introduced U.S. Senate bill would allow the military to deploy autonomous lethal artificial intelligence systems by granting the Secretary of Defense the authority to override its own restrictions. Senate Bill S.4113—the “AI Guardrails Act of 2026,” introduced March 17, 2026 by U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI)—is being presented as a framework […]

  • New Warning Sign: 1 In 4 Workers Have Cut 401k Contribution Rate
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 10:55 am

    New Warning Sign: 1 In 4 Workers Have Cut 401k Contribution Rate Another light on America’s economic dashboard is blinking red, as money-pinched workers are cutting their 401k contribution rates. The news follows our earlier report on hardship withdrawals from the cornerstone retirement savings accounts hitting a record high. Critically, these numbers don’t reflect what workers are doing right now — amid war-driven gas price-hikes […]

  • Is Trump About To Crush The Cartels In Ecuador?
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 10:30 am

    Is Trump About To Crush The Cartels In Ecuador? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, President Trump is taking the fight directly to the drug cartels by launching aggressive military operations in Ecuador with the full backing of the country’s right-wing president.  Trump believes that the time has come to directly confront the narco-terrorists flooding American communities with poison. […]

  • Watch: Armed Robot Dog Leads Close-Quarters Combat Drill
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 9:45 am

    Watch: Armed Robot Dog Leads Close-Quarters Combat Drill A video circulating on X appears to show a close-quarters battle exercise, possibly involving the Chinese military, in which a heavily armed quadruped robot is used for clearing of rooms and hallways. A private company in Shandong, China, demonstrated the correct use of robotic “wolves” and drones: they first provide fire suppression, then soldiers advance. I think the […]

  • Solar Installations Fell 22% In 2025
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 9:00 am

    Solar Installations Fell 22% In 2025 By Diana DiGangi of UtilityDive, Solar developers installed 26.5 GW last year, down 22% from the 33.8 GW they installed in 2024, according to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).  The decline in solar installations took place despite the ongoing rush to bring projects online in order to qualify for the Inflation Reduction Act tax credits, which had their timelines curtailed by […]

  • India Unveils AI Kamikaze Drone As Global Powers Rush To Acquire Cheap Loitering Munitions
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 8:15 am

    India Unveils AI Kamikaze Drone As Global Powers Rush To Acquire Cheap Loitering Munitions The most visible weapon in the wars across Eurasia, from Ukraine to the Middle East, is the low-cost one-way attack drone. It has forever changed the economics of war and how war is fought on the modern battlefield by enabling swarm strikes at a fraction of the cost of traditional air-delivered munitions. Ukraine and Russia both proved this, […]

  • France Approves Record Number Of Asylum Applications In 2025, Up 12% YoY
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 7:30 am

    France Approves Record Number Of Asylum Applications In 2025, Up 12% YoY Via Remix News, The latest data released by the National Court of Asylum reveals a historic statistical milestone: asylum grants in France have reached an unprecedented peak. In 2025, a record 78,782 individuals were granted asylum, marking a 12 percent increase over the previous year. The recognition rate has also climbed to an all-time high of 52.1 […]

  • Ayatollah Breaks Silence, In Written Message Praises Hezbollah & Shia Leaders Of Iraq
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 6:45 am

    Ayatollah Breaks Silence, In Written Message Praises Hezbollah & Shia Leaders Of Iraq The new, younger Ayatollah Khamenei – who may have been wounded in the early days of US-Israeli strikes, hasn’t been seen in any public way, not even on TV, throughout the war. There have not so much as been any official recent images of him circulated. But Mojtaba Khamenei has apparently been issuing some limited written statements, mainly […]

  • Indians Are Online Bragging About Scamming Europe’s Education System
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 6:00 am

    Indians Are Online Bragging About Scamming Europe’s Education System Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Europe is literally paying Indians hundreds of euros a month to “study” while its own students can’t afford rent and are drowning in debt. In a now-viral video, an Indian student in Europe boasts about the arrangement. He explains how the EU provides him with 1400 euros every single month that covers rent, […]

  • Why The Shield Of The Americas Matters Now: Noem’s Latin American Visit Signals A New Security Doctrine
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 3:25 am

    Why The Shield Of The Americas Matters Now: Noem’s Latin American Visit Signals A New Security Doctrine Authored by Duggan Flanakin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The rapid evolution of U.S. national security strategy in the Western Hemisphere has taken a decisive turn with the launch of the Shield of the Americas—a multinational initiative that is already reshaping diplomatic, military, and law enforcement cooperation […]

  • China Tests World’s Heaviest 7-Ton Cargo Drone With 1,850-Mile Range For Recon Ops
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 3:00 am

    China Tests World’s Heaviest 7-Ton Cargo Drone With 1,850-Mile Range For Recon Ops Authored by Aamir Khollam via Interesting Engineering, China has pushed further into heavy unmanned aviation with the first flight of the Changying-8 (CY-8), which it claims is the world’s heaviest cargo drone. China’s Changying-8 (CY-8) cargo drone. The aircraft combines high payload capacity with short-runway performance, targeting logistics […]

  • Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump’s Summit With Xi Jinping
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 2:10 am

    Senators Plan Taiwan Trip Ahead Of Trump’s Summit With Xi Jinping Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Four U.S. senators from both sides of the aisle are planning to visit Taiwan, Japan, and South Korea within the coming days to strengthen U.S. alliances that they see as critical to challenging China’s sphere of influence. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), who serves as the ranking Democrat member of the Senate Foreign […]

  • Activist Mayor Of Boise Forced To Take Down Pride Flag Flown For A Decade
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 1:45 am

    Activist Mayor Of Boise Forced To Take Down Pride Flag Flown For A Decade Conservative states across the US have taken action in recent months to begin the arduous process of removing the stain of the woke movement from America’s streets and public buildings.  For the last decade, the far-left ideological crusade has left its mark everywhere while using “marginalized” identity groups as a moral shield.  Though they claim to be […]

  • Sharia Law In Texas? Rep Exposes Muslim-Only Enclaves Operating Next To Police HQs
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 1:20 am

    Sharia Law In Texas? Rep Exposes Muslim-Only Enclaves Operating Next To Police HQs Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Texas Congressman Keith Self has dropped a bombshell on the growing reality of Sharia-adherent communities taking root inside the United States. Far from some future hypothetical, these enclaves are here, now, and operating openly in his own district. Self laid it out plainly: “Sharia is alive, well, […]

  • Watch: President Trump Addresses The Nation About Iran
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 12:45 am

    Watch: President Trump Addresses The Nation About Iran After 48 hours of messaging triumphalism about US achievements, escalatory warnings tied to the Strait and energy targets, frustration with allies, and signals of de-escalation with a shortened timeline for reduced US involvement… President Trump addressed the nation tonight about the war in Iran. Trump began by stating that the US is targeting the world’s number 1 […]

  • Madness At The Grocery Store
    by Tyler Durden on April 2, 2026 at 12:30 am

    Madness At The Grocery Store Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, Sometimes it is just a mood. Sometimes it’s the store or the product. Regardless, I can hardly go to the grocery store these days without a sense of shock at how much I’m spending even while buying as little as possible. Money-saving tactics—choosing cheaper venues, substituting products, just eating less—don’t seem to work anymore. Grocery […]

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