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  • SBI Holdings is dangling XRP to sell a plain three year bond, but the numbers show how small
    by Gino Matos on February 27, 2026 at 8:15 pm

    Japan’s SBI Holdings will issue a ¥10 billion retail bond on March 24, but the story is the XRP perk dangled in front of buyers, conditional on opening an account at SBI VC Trade and completing receipt procedures by noon on May 11. Pricing drops on March 10, subscription runs from March 11-23, and secondary The post SBI Holdings is dangling XRP to sell a plain three year bond, but the numbers show how small appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Google Cloud and MoneyGram just signed on to run launch Midnight nodes for new privacy network banks want
    by Gino Matos on February 27, 2026 at 5:20 pm

    Google Cloud, MoneyGram, Vodafone’s Pairpoint, and eToro will run launch-phase nodes on Midnight, a zero-knowledge privacy network targeting a mainnet launch at the end of March 2026. The pitch isn’t anonymity, but selective disclosure. It’s the ability to prove compliance or settlement eligibility without broadcasting raw customer data onto a public ledger. Midnight describes these The post Google Cloud and MoneyGram just signed on to run […]

  • Bitcoin drops 3% as inflation hots up again, and a quiet services spike just changed the rate cut story
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 27, 2026 at 4:10 pm

    Bitcoin drops 3% as PPI beats forecasts, and a tiny detail could skew the next macro trade Bitcoin traded lower after January producer inflation came in above consensus. That sets up a longer stretch in which rate expectations may steer crypto pricing ahead of the next producer price index (PPI) print on March 18. January The post Bitcoin drops 3% as inflation hots up again, and a quiet services spike just changed the rate cut story appeared […]

  • Bitcoin sees $1B ETF inflows after brutal outflow streak, setting up the clearest path to $90,000
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 27, 2026 at 3:15 pm

    Bitcoin has rebounded from an early-February slide that briefly pushed it to $60,000 and produced its most oversold signal on record, easing some of the pressure that has weighed on crypto markets. According to CryptoSlate’s data, the flagship digital asset has steadied in recent days and briefly approached the $70,000 mark before settling around $67,300 The post Bitcoin sees $1B ETF inflows after brutal outflow streak, setting up the clearest […]

  • Bitcoin price rally is riding record $1.2 trillion margin debt, and the unwind could be here already
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 27, 2026 at 1:30 pm

    Bitcoin’s rally is riding record $1.279 trillion margin debt, and the unwind could arrive without warning Bitcoin’s next phase is being shaped by a record build in U.S. market leverage, recession-leaning survey data and an expanding Treasury buyback program that is aimed at bond-market plumbing rather than monetary easing. Those inputs show up across FINRA’s The post Bitcoin price rally is riding record $1.2 trillion margin debt, and the […]

  • Bitcoin pioneer Jack Dorsey wants 50% staff cut to feel “awkwardly human” as AI-era reset begins at Block
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 27, 2026 at 11:35 am

    Block shares jumped more than 20% in premarket trading after CEO Jack Dorsey told employees the company will cut more than 4,000 roles and reorganize around an “AI-era” operating model. The reduction takes Block from more than 10,000 employees to just under 6,000 (“nearly half,” in Dorsey’s wording), while the company’s 8-K describes a “Workforce The post Bitcoin pioneer Jack Dorsey wants 50% staff cut to feel “awkwardly […]

  • Bitcoin rallies on Nvidia’s monster quarter but its tech beta means the next AI scare hits harder
    by Gino Matos on February 27, 2026 at 9:58 am

    Nvidia printed a monster quarter, with $68.1 billion in revenue and its Data Center business alone delivering $62.3 billion. The company is expected to have roughly $78 billion in revenue next quarter. The crypto angle is mechanical, not mystical: Bitcoin has been behaving like a leveraged expression of tech risk appetite, so when AI “risk-on” The post Bitcoin rallies on Nvidia’s monster quarter but its tech beta means the next AI scare […]

  • Ethereum price path to $10,000 now hinges on seven upgrades and a fragile ecosystem vote
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 26, 2026 at 9:15 pm

    Ethereum’s latest long-term planning document has given investors a new way to assess whether the digital asset can eventually reach $10,000 by the end of this decade. The newly published “Strawmap,” introduced by Ethereum Foundation researcher Justin Drake, reads less like a conventional roadmap than a preemptive response plan. It sketches a path for Ethereum The post Ethereum price path to $10,000 now hinges on seven upgrades and a […]

  • XRPL could capture billions in machine payments but only if AI agents choose RLUSD
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 26, 2026 at 7:10 pm

    On Feb. 25, t54 Labs announced that Ripple was a strategic investor in its $5 million seed round investment. t54 describes itself as the trust layer for the fast-rising agentic economy. The latest artificial intelligence move is small in dollar terms, but larger in what it signals about where Ripple sees the next fight in The post XRPL could capture billions in machine payments but only if AI agents choose RLUSD appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin surged toward $69,000 after a brutal flush, but Glassnode says one level decides if it fades
    by Gino Matos on February 26, 2026 at 5:45 pm

    Bitcoin bounced back toward $69,000 on Feb. 25 after an intraday flush that printed lows in the low-$60,000s across multiple venues, liquidating nearly $500 million in short positions. The move keeps price inside the $60,000-$69,000 range that has defined February trading, according to Glassnode. Yet, it doesn’t resolve the structural weakness that has characterized the The post Bitcoin surged toward $69,000 after a brutal flush, but Glassnode […]

  • ICE New Orleans Reports 11,000 Deportations In January
    by Tyler Durden on February 28, 2026 at 3:10 am

    ICE New Orleans Reports 11,000 Deportations In January Look no further than the reason unhinged Democrats want to rein in, or even abolish, ICE: these left-wing politicians have championed nation-killing open borders under a globalist framework, flooding their sanctuary cities with illegal aliens to build a new voter bloc. That voter bloc then translates into voting power, and ICE is now reversing that power through deportations […]

  • Will China Come To Iran’s Rescue?
    by Tyler Durden on February 28, 2026 at 2:45 am

    Will China Come To Iran’s Rescue? Via Middle East Eye As tensions between Iran and the US-Israeli alliance approach a critical juncture, a question echoes through global capitals, newsrooms and policy circles: will China come to Iran’s rescue? And if so, what would that assistance look like? The answer defies the binary expectations of traditional military alliances. China is unlikely to dispatch troops or engage directly […]

  • Israel Launches Wave Of Strikes On Lebanon In Precursor To Potential Iran War
    by Tyler Durden on February 28, 2026 at 2:20 am

    Israel Launches Wave Of Strikes On Lebanon In Precursor To Potential Iran War Some analysts fear Israel is testing out a precursor for another multi-front war as the US appears poised to attack Iran. Technically a ceasefire has been in effect in southern Lebanon, but the IDF military has been testing – or more like blowing straight past – these truce barriers. The Israeli Army carried out at least eight airstrikes in eastern […]

  • Google Disrupts China-Tied Cyber Campaign That Hacked 42 Countries
    by Tyler Durden on February 28, 2026 at 1:55 am

    Google Disrupts China-Tied Cyber Campaign That Hacked 42 Countries Authored by Catherine Yang via The Epoch Times, Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) said on Feb. 25 that Google and its cybersecurity partners disrupted a global espionage campaign that the group confirmed had hacked 42 countries and suspects infected at least 20 more. GTIG has tracked the group as UNC2814/Gallium since 2017 and suspects it to be Chinese. […]

  • AI Can Now Unmask Anonymous Internet Users, New Study Finds
    by Tyler Durden on February 28, 2026 at 1:30 am

    AI Can Now Unmask Anonymous Internet Users, New Study Finds It looks like AI can now unmask any anonymous account on the internet. That’s according to a new study by Simon Lermen (MATS), Daniel Paleka (ETH Zurich), Joshua Swanson (ETH Zurich), Michael Aerni (ETH Zurich), Nicholas Carlini (Anthropic), and Florian Tramèr (ETH Zurich), published on arXiv. In the paper, “Large-Scale Online Deanonymization with LLMs,” the […]

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  • A Montreal Narco Network Busted For Allegedly Smuggling Super Fentanyl Into America
    by Tyler Durden on February 28, 2026 at 1:05 am

    A Montreal Narco Network Busted For Allegedly Smuggling Super Fentanyl Into America Submitted by The Bureau’s Sam Cooper, An elite Montreal-based narco network allegedly exported carfentanil and next-generation synthetic opioids 100 times deadlier than fentanyl to American consumers via the dark web, leading to the arrest of four yesterday, after 13 months of joint surveillance by U.S. federal agencies and Quebec police, and a […]

  • Lululemon Founder Blasts Board Again Amid Stock Collapse
    by Tyler Durden on February 28, 2026 at 12:40 am

    Lululemon Founder Blasts Board Again Amid Stock Collapse Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson blasted the board in a fiery message to shareholders earlier and ramped up calls for activism as the athletic apparel retailer is set for a lost year, lagging behind competitors, losing market share, and entangled in multiple see-through-leggings quality-control controversies with customers. The nearly 70% collapse in Lululemon’s […]

  • Soaring Electricity Demand Meets Gas Turbine Shortage
    by Tyler Durden on February 28, 2026 at 12:15 am

    Soaring Electricity Demand Meets Gas Turbine Shortage Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, AI-driven power demand is surging far faster than expected, but a shortage of heavy-duty gas turbines is creating a bottleneck. Turbine makers like Siemens, GE Vernova, and Mitsubishi are ramping up production, but expansion projects could take up to 5 years. Without enough gas capacity, AI growth could slow or grids may turn […]

  • Vance Says ‘No Chance’ Strikes On Iran Would Become A Prolonged War
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 11:50 pm

    Vance Says ‘No Chance’ Strikes On Iran Would Become A Prolonged War Just to underscore how close we are to witnessing an American military attack on Iran, this is the current scene at Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport… I don’t think that people understand how unusual this picture is #Iran https://t.co/72itsQunEn — Nadav Pollak (@NadavPollak) February 27, 2026 On Thursday Vice President JD Vance issued some curious […]

  • Bad Bets: Massive EV Subsidies Not Paying Off
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 11:25 pm

    Bad Bets: Massive EV Subsidies Not Paying Off Authored by James Varney via RealClearInvestigations, The future was supposed to have arrived this year in a cluster of counties just east of Atlanta in the form of a state-of-the-art factory that would churn out 400,000 electric vehicles a year. But when JoEllen Artz looks about her lifetime neighborhood, all she sees are holes. “Those shovel holes they made in the ground? […]

  • Democrats Slam Democrats For ‘Rigging’ Democrat Primaries
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 11:00 pm

    Democrats Slam Democrats For ‘Rigging’ Democrat Primaries The party that won’t stop lecturing America about democracy is once again rigging its own primary by endorsing – thereby biasing voters – towards certain candidates over others. On Monday, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) endorsed 12 candidates through its “Red to Blue” program to help Democrats win back the majority in the House of […]

  • Border, Ballots, Birthrights: Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    Border, Ballots, Birthrights: Top Supreme Court Cases To Watch Authored by Joseph Lord, Stacy Robinson, Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Supreme Court is poised to hear arguments on major constitutional and legal issues over the next several months. The Supreme Court in Washington on Feb. 21, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times Birthright Citizenship One of the term’s most consequential cases arises from a […]

  • Iran Reportedly Agrees To Give Up Nuclear Material In Breakthrough: ‘Peace Deal Within Reach’
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 10:39 pm

    Iran Reportedly Agrees To Give Up Nuclear Material In Breakthrough: ‘Peace Deal Within Reach’ Update(1737ET): Absolutely huge late Friday developing news, if it’s confirmed and assuming it sticks, via CBS: “Iran has agreed to give up its stockpile of enriched material – zero accumulation – and allow for full verification by the IAEA of its nuclear program according to US-Iran talks mediator, Oman’s foreign minister Badr al […]

  • SpaceX Readies IPO Paperwork For March, Targeting $1.75 Trillion Valuation
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 10:20 pm

    SpaceX Readies IPO Paperwork For March, Targeting $1.75 Trillion Valuation SpaceX is preparing to confidentially file for an initial public offering as early as next month, people familiar with the matter said, advancing plans for what could become the largest listing ever, according to Bloomberg. The Starbase, Texas-based rocket and satellite company is expected to submit draft IPO paperwork to the US Securities and Exchange […]

  • ‘Sense-Making Seems Impossible…’
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    ‘Sense-Making Seems Impossible…’ Authored by James Howard Kunstler, The Man Who Might Wreck the Country “That a government’s primary responsibility is to its citizens should not be a controversial proposition.” – Coddled Affluent Professional on X The zeitgeist is a rough beast, hard to ride as it slouches into the unknown. Our country is trying to hang on while a party of goblins vexes and needles the beast from […]

  • “Stop This Ridiculousness”: Maryland Sheriffs Unite Against Unhinged Democrats
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    “Stop This Ridiculousness”: Maryland Sheriffs Unite Against Unhinged Democrats Maryland sheriffs from across the deep blue state traveled to Annapolis on Wednesday to voice outrage over unhinged Democrats who control the state under one-party rule and continue pushing extremely unpopular policies that protect illegal aliens. “This is nothing more than POLITICS over PUBLIC SAFETY!” Wicomico County Sheriff Mike Lewis told reporters. […]

  • Watch: DSNY Heads Supplicate To Allah With Mayor Mamdani In Coercive Islamic Ritual
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    Watch: DSNY Heads Supplicate To Allah With Mayor Mamdani In Coercive Islamic Ritual Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, New York City’s sanitation leadership has been caught on camera participating in an Islamic supplication ritual led by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, a move critics slam as a blatant push toward Islamification. The scene, captured during a gathering with officers, shows DSNY brass raising hands in dua—a […]

  • “Supply-Chain Risk”: Anthropic Blacklisted By Trump Administration
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 9:03 pm

    “Supply-Chain Risk”: Anthropic Blacklisted By Trump Administration Update (1957ET): OpenAI CEO Sam Altman doubled down on an earlier report that he was trying to snatch Anthropic’s chain, telling employees in a Friday afternoon all-hands meeting that a potential agreement is emerging with the Department of War to use the company’s AI models and tools, after the Trump admin blackballed top rival Anthropic – booting them from […]

  • ‘I Did Not Have Relations With That Man, Jeffrey Epstein’: Bill Clinton Tries Ol’ Lewinsky Trick On American Public
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 8:50 pm

    ‘I Did Not Have Relations With That Man, Jeffrey Epstein’: Bill Clinton Tries Ol’ Lewinsky Trick On American Public Former President Bill Clinton on Friday told lawmakers that he had no clue about crimes carried out by Jeffrey Epstein, the late sex offender who visited the Clinton White House at least 17 times while Bill was president, before letting Clinton fly on the ‘Lolita Express’ dozens of times.  “I saw nothing, and I did […]

  • Top Nike Distributor Sounds Profit Alarm As BNP Says China Remains “Red Flag”
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 8:45 pm

    Top Nike Distributor Sounds Profit Alarm As BNP Says China Remains “Red Flag” Nike has reported declining quarterly sales in China, where demand remains under pressure from mounting macroeconomic headwinds, and the brand continues to lose market share to newer competitors. This weakness has dented the shoemaker’s broader turnaround efforts and suggests a much-needed reset in the Chinese market. The stock is down 65% from its 2021 […]

  • Trump: “Maybe We’ll Have A Friendly Takeover Of Cuba”
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 8:25 pm

    Trump: “Maybe We’ll Have A Friendly Takeover Of Cuba” President Trump told reporters on Friday afternoon that the U.S. could pursue a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, a comment from the president that comes as his administration moves to secure the Western Hemisphere and intensifies pressure on the communist regime in Havana through a crude-oil blockade. “The Cuban government is talking with us. They’re in a big deal of trouble, as […]

  • DOE Closes Massive $26 Billion Loan For Southern Co.
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 8:00 pm

    DOE Closes Massive $26 Billion Loan For Southern Co. Here comes more of those “Hundreds of Billions” So much capital coming to this space next 3 years https://t.co/ZwTB0C2CUU — zerohedge (@zerohedge) November 18, 2025 The DOE announced Wednesday that its Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) has closed a $26.54 billion loan package (the largest in the agency’s history) to two Southern Company subsidiaries. Georgia […]

  • AI Takeover Complete: Data Center Construction Surpasses Office Construction For The First Time
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 6:45 pm

    AI Takeover Complete: Data Center Construction Surpasses Office Construction For The First Time On August 19, 2025 we published what we thought was “the most insane chart”, one showing that value of data center construction was about to surpass the value of office construction. We added that we would reach the intersection point within 6 months.  The most insane chart: value of data centers being built will surpass all offices in […]

  • Biden Admin ‘Invited’ Fani Willis To Get Lucrative Grant While She Prosecuted Trump
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 6:05 pm

    Biden Admin ‘Invited’ Fani Willis To Get Lucrative Grant While She Prosecuted Trump Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, The DOJ under the Biden administration “invited” disgraced Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis to apply for a generous taxpayer-funded grant as she prosecuted President Donald Trump.  The arrangement came to light after Willis referenced the grant in December 2022 […]

  • Kristi Noem Says DHS Staffers Put Spyware On Her Phone And Laptop To Record Meetings
    by Tyler Durden on February 27, 2026 at 5:25 pm

    Kristi Noem Says DHS Staffers Put Spyware On Her Phone And Laptop To Record Meetings Authored by Debra Heine via American Greatness, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem revealed on Thursday that certain DHS staffers had allegedly installed spyware on her phone and computer, as well as on devices belonging to other political appointees. “You wouldn’t even believe what I’ve found since I’ve been in […]

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