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  • Bitcoin price soars to 4 week high passing multiple resistance levels within hours with eyes on $77k
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 14, 2026 at 11:03 am

    Bitcoin reclaims $71.5k and pushes through the old ATH band, now the market has to prove it can hold there Bitcoin spent the last 24 to 48 hours doing what the market had repeatedly failed to do through the first part of the year. It moved through the $71,500 ceiling, reclaimed $72,000, and then started The post Bitcoin price soars to 4 week high passing multiple resistance levels within hours with eyes on $77k appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bessent tells Fed to ‘wait and see’ on cuts as war-driven inflation clouds Bitcoin
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 14, 2026 at 10:04 am

    Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s call for the Fed to hold off on rate cuts reflects a problem that reaches far beyond Washington: war-driven inflation is keeping the door to cheaper money shut. Reuters reported that Bessent urged caution because the Iran conflict is lifting fuel costs and complicating the inflation outlook. The Fed’s own March The post Bessent tells Fed to ‘wait and see’ on cuts as war-driven inflation clouds Bitcoin […]

  • The Fed treads on XRP’s core payments use case with new FedNow banking system upgrade
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 13, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    The market may be pricing XRP through an outdated lens. Over the past several days, the most consequential development regarding XRP has come from outside the crypto space. On April 8, the Federal Reserve proposed allowing U.S. banks and credit unions to use intermediaries through the FedNow Service, a change the central bank said could The post The Fed treads on XRP’s core payments use case with new FedNow banking system upgrade appeared […]

  • New US credit crisis looms as more firms limit withdrawals – and Bitcoin could be hit first
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 13, 2026 at 5:35 pm

    Private credit has crossed into a dangerous phase. After rumblings last month, the pressure point is no longer confined to underwriting quality, isolated borrower stress, or a few awkward redemption notices buried in fund updates. The market is now dealing with something more consequential: a live collision between illiquid assets, semi-liquid fund structures, and investors The post New US credit crisis looms as more firms limit withdrawals – […]

  • Polkadot Hyperbridge April Fools’ joke comes true as over 1 Billion fake DOT tokens were minted on Ethereum
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 13, 2026 at 3:30 pm

    Hyperbridge, a decentralized bridge connecting the Polkadot ecosystem to the Ethereum network, suffered a major security breach that allowed an attacker to mint 1 billion unauthorized DOT tokens. However, the hacker’s potential multimillion-dollar payday was drastically cut short to around $240,000 as there simply was not enough liquidity to cash out the fabricated assets. While The post Polkadot Hyperbridge April Fools’ joke comes true as […]

  • World Liberty Financial threatens top token holder with legal action as WLFI loses $700M amid token scandal
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 13, 2026 at 1:30 pm

    World Liberty Financial (WLFI), the decentralized finance platform backed by President Donald Trump, is navigating a deepening crisis as a precipitous drop in its token price collides with a bitter public dispute involving Tron founder Justin Sun. The turbulence centers on two distinct but compounding controversies: accusations from Sun that the protocol’s team used centralized The post World Liberty Financial threatens top token holder with […]

  • Made in USA cryptocurrencies fall as the crypto love affair with Trump family moves close to divorce
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 13, 2026 at 11:05 am

    Crypto backed Donald Trump for a reason. He gave the industry a simple political promise: less enforcement, friendlier rules, and a White House that would treat Bitcoin and digital assets as part of the American growth story instead of a threat to be contained. That bargain helped Trump build real support inside crypto during the The post Made in USA cryptocurrencies fall as the crypto love affair with Trump family moves close to divorce […]

  • Bitcoin price clings to $70,500 support after US-Iran talks collapse and oil spikes past $103
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 13, 2026 at 9:32 am

    Bitcoin price fell during Asian trading hours after a weekend diplomatic push between Washington and Tehran broke down and a new US maritime order raised fresh concern over energy flows from the Middle East. This pulled the top crypto lower alongside equities, reinforcing the market’s sensitivity to oil, inflation, and broader risk sentiment. According to The post Bitcoin price clings to $70,500 support after US-Iran talks collapse and oil […]

  • Wall Street says buy Strategy while getting paid to fund its Bitcoin binge
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 12, 2026 at 8:05 pm

    Wall Street remains deeply bullish on Strategy, even as many of the same banks benefit from the stock sales, helping fund its Bitcoin buying spree. That overlap does not prove misconduct, but it does raise a harder question about whether the market’s loudest optimism is being reinforced by the fees attached to it. Strategy is The post Wall Street says buy Strategy while getting paid to fund its Bitcoin binge appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Over 80% of Bitcoin ETF assets hit Coinbase custody choke point with $74B at risk
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 12, 2026 at 6:00 pm

    Is Coinbase too big to fail? It has to be now ETFs rely on it daily Wall Street spent two years selling investors on a clean vision of Bitcoin: a regulated exchange-traded fund, cleared and settled through the same institutional machinery that handles equities and bonds, scrubbed of the Wild West baggage that haunted crypto’s The post Over 80% of Bitcoin ETF assets hit Coinbase custody choke point with $74B at risk appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Irish Patriots Are Fighting Back
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 10:30 am

    Irish Patriots Are Fighting Back Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, So you say you want a revolution?  Well, take a look at what’s happening in Ireland right now.  Tens of thousands of farmers, truckers, and other fed-up “normies” are taking to the streets of Dublin to protest fuel taxes, mass immigration, and poverty-inducing “climate change” policies.  For the most part, corporate news propagandists in […]

  • Latest Global Sportswear Supply Chain Read-Through Remains Bearish
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 9:45 am

    Latest Global Sportswear Supply Chain Read-Through Remains Bearish The S&P 500 Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods sub-industry index (S5TEXA Index), which includes names such as Nike, Lululemon, Deckers Outdoor, Ralph Lauren, and others, is down 15% year-to-date and roughly 65% from its late 2021 peak. With the index now hovering around Covid-era lows, Goldman analysts have published their latest read on textiles, apparel, and […]

  • ECB Backs Tokenized EU Capital Markets (With Strict Guardrails)
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 9:00 am

    ECB Backs Tokenized EU Capital Markets (With Strict Guardrails) Authored by Christina Comben via CoinTelegraph.com, The European Central Bank (ECB) set out a cautious path toward tokenizing Europe’s capital markets, saying the technology can deliver efficiency gains only if it remains anchored to central bank money, infrastructures remain interoperable, and regulation is “robust and supportive.”  In […]

  • From Fiestas To Ferraris, Britain’s Fuel Shock Has Rich And Poor Stealing Petrol
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 8:15 am

    From Fiestas To Ferraris, Britain’s Fuel Shock Has Rich And Poor Stealing Petrol Across the U.K., motorists face record-breaking fuel costs at the gas pump as the Gulf energy shock ripples around the world. One of the clearest second-order effects now emerging is a surge in petrol station thefts, spanning from organized crime gangs to even drivers in exotic cars simply filling up and driving off. British newspaper The Times cited […]

  • Jury Trials Are Vital To The Constitutional Order
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 7:30 am

    Jury Trials Are Vital To The Constitutional Order Authored by David Thunder via ‘The Freedom Blog’ substack, The Labour-led British government is currently attempting to hollow out an ancient pillar of English constitutionalism, trial by jury. Under their planned reforms, trial by jury would survive in England and Wales for certain types of crimes, but its use would be significantly curtailed. For example, according to a […]

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  • France Plans €10 Billion Push To Cut Reliance On Gas and Oil
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 6:45 am

    France Plans €10 Billion Push To Cut Reliance On Gas and Oil France is shifting its response to rising fuel costs away from short-term relief and toward long-term electrification, according to Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu. Instead of expanding fuel subsidies after oil prices spiked due to the Iran conflict, the government plans to redirect funding into helping households and businesses transition to electric energy, according […]

  • Rapes In Germany Soar To Nearly 14,000 Cases In 2025, Migrants Vastly Overrepresented
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 6:00 am

    Rapes In Germany Soar To Nearly 14,000 Cases In 2025, Migrants Vastly Overrepresented Via Remix News, German police statistics for 2025 reveal that the number of reported rapes in Germany has reached its highest level in several years.reaching approximately 13,920 cases under the specific legal paragraphs. What is driving this explosive number of rapes? According to a number of experts and foreigners and people with a […]

  • US-Sanctioned Tanker Signaling Chinese Ownerships Test Trump Blockade With Hormuz Crossing
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 3:28 am

    US-Sanctioned Tanker Signaling Chinese Ownerships Test Trump Blockade With Hormuz Crossing Following news that two tankers, one of which indicated China as its destination, had turned around earlier in the day after the Trump blockade of the Straits of Hormuz had kicked in, one of them – a tanker linked to China – is making its way through the Strait of Hormuz, testing President Trump’s naval blockade, Bloomberg reported. Rich […]

  • How Iran’s Mosaic Doctrine Is Fracturing
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 3:25 am

    How Iran’s Mosaic Doctrine Is Fracturing Authored by Zineb Riboua via Beyond the Ideological, Following President Trump’s announcement of a cease-fire, US Central Command (CENTCOM) commander Admiral Brad Cooper stated: “Iran has suffered a generational military defeat.” Tehran’s response has been a single counterargument: the Islamic Republic still stands. That argument mistakes the question. The survival of the Islamic […]

  • Mark Carney’s Tough Talk On The US Is Rooted In The Liberal Reset Agenda
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 3:00 am

    Mark Carney’s Tough Talk On The US Is Rooted In The Liberal Reset Agenda Are Canadians being primed for an open conflict with the US?  The rhetoric coming from the nation’s liberal government is sounding increasingly hostile, and not just in terms of economic separation.  Prime Minister and avid globalist Mark Carney recently took the stage at the Liberal Convention in Montreal; the event is being heralded as a “battle cry” for […]

  • The 5 Places In America You Don’t Want To Be When Society Collapses…
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 2:35 am

    The 5 Places In America You Don’t Want To Be When Society Collapses… Authored by Milan Adams via preppgroup.home.blog, There’s a strange kind of comfort people have when they think about disaster. Not the dramatic kind you see in movies, but something quieter, almost subconscious—the belief that if something really bad were to happen, there would still be time to react. Time to think. Time to leave. Time to make the right […]

  • Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts GOP “Slaughter” In November
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 2:10 am

    Marjorie Taylor Greene Predicts GOP “Slaughter” In November After six years as one of Donald Trump’s most reliable foot soldiers, Marjorie Taylor Greene has made it clear that she’s done – not just with Trump personally, but with what she believes the Republican Party is about to become, and is pretty much predicting disaster for them. “Republicans are going to get slaughtered in the midterms,” Greene told Politico in a new […]

  • Virginia Governor Signs Law Banning ‘Ghost Guns’
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 1:45 am

    Virginia Governor Signs Law Banning ‘Ghost Guns’ Authored by Michael Clements via The Epoch Times, Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed a bill to ban so-called “ghost guns,” another making it easier to sue gunmakers and sellers, and two other bills concerning possession of firearms by persons under court orders. The bills – signed on April 10 – are among more than two dozen gun control and gun safety bills that the […]

  • California Lawmakers Introduce The “Stop Nick Shirley Act”
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 1:20 am

    California Lawmakers Introduce The “Stop Nick Shirley Act” It would appear that independent journalist Nick Shirley’s expose on medical subsidies fraud in California, largely perpetrated by immigrants, was more devastating to Democrats than anyone could have guessed.  After making waves in Minneapolis by revealing rampant daycare fraud run by Somali migrants feeding on millions in government subsidies (and likely funneling some […]

  • New York Versus The Nuns: The Dominican Sisters Face Penalties For Refusing To Yield On Religious Values
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 12:55 am

    New York Versus The Nuns: The Dominican Sisters Face Penalties For Refusing To Yield On Religious Values Authored by Jonathan Turley via jonathanturley.org, New York has been a godsend for gun rights in passing a series of unconstitutional limits on Second Amendment rights only to result in major adverse rulings. It may soon do the same for the free exercise of religion. New York is now going head-to-head with a group of Dominican […]

  • Masters Prize Money Soars To Record High: Here’s What Golfers Actually Earned
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 12:30 am

    Masters Prize Money Soars To Record High: Here’s What Golfers Actually Earned The 2026 Masters delivered golf’s richest payday yet, with a record-shattering $22.5 million purse at Augusta National. This year’s champion, Rory McIlroy, scored a career-highlight $4.5 million, the largest winner’s share in tournament history, as the total prize fund rose $1.5 million from last year and a remarkable $7.5 million since 2022, […]

  • Hong Kong And The Quiet Rewiring Of The Dollar System
    by Tyler Durden on April 14, 2026 at 12:05 am

    Hong Kong And The Quiet Rewiring Of The Dollar System Authored by Peter C. Earle, Ph.D, Hong Kong’s decision to move forward with its first stablecoin issuer licenses may prove to be about far more than digital payments. With HSBC and a Standard Chartered-led venture among the first approved issuers under the Hong Kong Monetary Authority’s new framework, the city is placing major regulated banks at the center of the next phase […]

  • Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Letter Report
    by Tyler Durden on April 13, 2026 at 11:40 pm

    Federal Judge Dismisses Trump’s Defamation Lawsuit Against The Wall Street Journal Over Epstein Birthday Letter Report A federal judge in Miami dismissed President Donald Trump’s defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal (and related defendants including its parent company Dow Jones and Rupert Murdoch) on April 13, 2026, ruling that the complaint failed to adequately plead the “actual malice” standard required for […]

  • Biden FDA Knew About COVID Vaccine Stroke Risk And Kept Americans In The Dark
    by Tyler Durden on April 13, 2026 at 10:50 pm

    Biden FDA Knew About COVID Vaccine Stroke Risk And Kept Americans In The Dark Senate investigators spent months reviewing roughly 2,000 pages of federal records. What they found is damning. FDA and CDC officials under the Biden administration identified a significant stroke risk tied to Pfizer’s COVID-19 bivalent booster in seniors – and never breathed a word to the public. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate’s […]

  • The Case Against Public-Sector Unions
    by Tyler Durden on April 13, 2026 at 10:25 pm

    The Case Against Public-Sector Unions Authored by Aaron White via RealClearPolicy, America’s public-sector unions have a problem they can’t explain away: Workers are leaving. Ask a public employee when they joined their union and most couldn’t tell you. Because they didn’t join. The dues just started coming out of their check. That’s not a membership, and for decades nobody told workers they could opt out. That […]

  • Swalwell Admits “Mistakes”, Plans To Resign From Congress
    by Tyler Durden on April 13, 2026 at 10:05 pm

    Swalwell Admits “Mistakes”, Plans To Resign From Congress Summary (in reverse chronological order) Eric Swalwell’s California governor campaign collapsed after sexual assault allegations. Former staffer alleged harassment plus two assaults while she was intoxicated. Four women total have accused Swalwell of sexual misconduct. Swalwell denies all claims as false and politically motivated. Major Democratic allies withdrew […]

  • YouTube Removes Pro-Iran Channel Producing Anti-Trump Videos
    by Tyler Durden on April 13, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    YouTube Removes Pro-Iran Channel Producing Anti-Trump Videos Via Middle East Eye Google, the owners of YouTube, has removed a channel on the platform belonging to a pro-Iran group producing Lego-themed videos mocking Donald Trump. “Upon review, we’ve terminated the channel for violating our Spam, deceptive practices and scams policies,” a YouTube spokesperson told Middle East Eye. “YouTube doesn’t allow spam, scams, or other […]

  • Pope Leo Says ‘I Am Not Afraid Of Trump’ – Amid War Of Words Over Iran Conflict
    by Tyler Durden on April 13, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    Pope Leo Says ‘I Am Not Afraid Of Trump’ – Amid War Of Words Over Iran Conflict An open public clash between the Pope and President Trump was perhaps bound to happen given the Vatican’s increasingly vocal criticism and condemnation of US military action in the Middle East. The Vatican has been consistently anti-war especially going back to the Iraq invasion and US occupation under the Bush administration.  While recent years and […]

  • Welcome To The Theater Of The Absurd
    by Tyler Durden on April 13, 2026 at 9:00 pm

    Welcome To The Theater Of The Absurd Authored by Charles Hugh Smith via OfTwoMinds blog, The real world no longer matters, what matters is the performance on stage. Welcome to the Theater of the Absurd. In the present era, all the world is a stage and everything is a performance on that stage: welcome to the Theater of the Absurd, a Hollywood set fabricated of cardboard and plaster made to look like gold leaf and marble columns, […]

  • Buried For 7 Years: Declassified Transcripts Blow Up Trump Impeachment Story
    by Tyler Durden on April 13, 2026 at 8:58 pm

    Buried For 7 Years: Declassified Transcripts Blow Up Trump Impeachment Story In a long-awaited release that sent ripples through Washington on Monday, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) has declassified closed-door 2019 transcripts from briefings with then-Intelligence Community Inspector General (ICIG) Michael Atkinson. The documents, withheld from the public for over seven years, reveal critical details […]

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