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  • Tether’s Georgia stablecoin plan moves early on national payment rails
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on May 25, 2026 at 8:21 pm

    Tether and the Government of Georgia plan to launch a stablecoin, pushing a national currency directly onto private stablecoin rails before most governments have settled on how that model should work. The Tether Georgia stablecoin plan centers on GEL₮, a stablecoin representing the Georgian lari. The May 25 announcement describes GEL₮ as the official stablecoin The post Tether’s Georgia stablecoin plan moves early on national payment […]

  • CFTC may gain broader crypto oversight as staff who questioned major firms were reportedly sidelined
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on May 25, 2026 at 6:10 pm

    CFTC crypto oversight is moving toward a larger role under the CLARITY Act, but the agency that Congress may soon ask to police much of the US crypto market is facing a more immediate test of its own independence. A New York Times investigation reported that senior Commodity Futures Trading Commission officials who raised concerns The post CFTC may gain broader crypto oversight as staff who questioned major firms were reportedly sidelined […]

  • Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows expose rotation into HYPE, XRP and Solana
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on May 25, 2026 at 4:15 pm

    Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows have accelerated, with institutional investors pulling nearly $2.7 billion from spot Bitcoin and Ethereum exchange-traded funds over the past two weeks. However, rather than signaling a broad exit from digital assets, market data reveal a historic divergence, with these allocators simultaneously rotating into newly launched alternative cryptocurrency funds like Solana, The post Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF outflows […]

  • Nasdaq’s Bitcoin options win SEC approval, but Wall Street’s real battle is still ahead
    by Gino Matos on May 25, 2026 at 2:05 pm

    The SEC approved Nasdaq PHLX’s proposed rule change to list Nasdaq Bitcoin Index Options on May 22, clearing a major regulatory step toward bringing cash-settled Bitcoin volatility trading inside the US-listed options infrastructure. The contracts, ticker QBTC, are cash-settled in US dollars against a Bitcoin benchmark and fit within the same account and margin framework The post Nasdaq’s Bitcoin options win SEC approval, but Wall Street’s […]

  • Bitcoin Iran-deal rally faces its real test in oil flows and Fed pricing
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on May 25, 2026 at 12:35 pm

    The Bitcoin Iran deal rally on renewed U.S.-Iran deal optimism is a credible first-order macro signal. The move still needs confirmation in oil flows, gasoline prices, inflation compensation, and Fed pricing before traders can treat it as a reopened path to rate cuts. The immediate market logic is straightforward. A reported framework could extend the The post Bitcoin Iran-deal rally faces its real test in oil flows and Fed pricing appeared […]

  • Vitalik’s smaller Ethereum Foundation tests ETH holders’ demand for execution
    by Gino Matos on May 25, 2026 at 12:01 pm

    With at least nine senior Ethereum Foundation (EF) members having left in 2026 and years of community frustration over EF-linked ETH sales, Vitalik Buterin posted his perspective on the Foundation’s direction. For Buterin, the EF should become smaller, more opinionated, and less central to Ethereum’s future. He said this reflects his view alone and that The post Vitalik’s smaller Ethereum Foundation tests ETH holders’ demand for execution […]

  • The Fed may open direct settlement rails to crypto firms as banks warn of liquidity risk
    by Andjela Radmilac on May 25, 2026 at 8:35 am

    You never see the most important part of any of your payments. When an app says your money moved, a number changes on your screen, and the transaction looks and feels finished. But underneath those interfaces lies a separate, invisible chain of bank reserves, settlement accounts, and Fed infrastructure that determines when your funds actually The post The Fed may open direct settlement rails to crypto firms as banks warn of liquidity risk […]

  • Brazil just moved a crypto ETF into market plumbing Wall Street still wants opened
    by Gino Matos on May 25, 2026 at 6:05 am

    B3 registered the first guaranteed OTC flexible option tied to Hashdex’s crypto-index ETF, HASH11, in a trade between Inter and XP. B3’s clearinghouse served as the central counterparty in the trade, placing a crypto ETF-linked exposure inside the same back-office machinery that handles counterparty risk, margining, clearing, and settlement. That is the infrastructure layer that The post Brazil just moved a crypto ETF into market plumbing Wall […]

  • SEC’s tokenized stock plan could force crypto exchanges to answer what investors really own
    by Andjela Radmilac on May 24, 2026 at 7:05 pm

    Given how far the crypto market has come in terms of regulation, the next big fight won’t be about Bitcoin, stablecoins, or even memecoins. It’s going to be about whether a crypto exchange can list tokenized stocks that track Tesla, Apple, or Nvidia without those companies ever agreeing to it, and whether the retail investors The post SEC’s tokenized stock plan could force crypto exchanges to answer what investors really own appeared first on […]

  • Ethereum’s selloff tests whether its neutrality-first model can defend ETH’s value amid Foundation ‘brain drain’
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on May 24, 2026 at 5:05 pm

    Ethereum’s market sentiment has deteriorated significantly as the blockchain network’s native ETH token moves through a medium-term bear phase. Data from blockchain analytics platform Santiment shows that while ETH-related discussions increased in frequency throughout May, the tone of that commentary has shifted toward frustration, disappointment, and concern about deeper downside potential. Analysts at the firm The post Ethereum’s selloff […]

  • China Begins Flooding The Market With DRAM And NAND Memory Chips
    by Tyler Durden on May 26, 2026 at 3:27 am

    China Begins Flooding The Market With DRAM And NAND Memory Chips Last September, when the memory bubble was just getting started, we said that inevitably “the cure for high commodity prices is, well, high commodity prices.” While many financial market maxims have quietly ceased working in recent years thanks to rigged markets due to central bank interventions and market manipulation by both money printers and HFTs, this is one that […]

  • Globalism Seeks To Kill The Nation-State
    by Tyler Durden on May 26, 2026 at 3:25 am

    Globalism Seeks To Kill The Nation-State Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, International government threatens the whole planet. People are beginning to understand that those who rule in their name have long been working to eliminate the nation-state. The United Nations is not neutral ground for national governments to discuss their differences; it is a governmental construct meant to replace national […]

  • Healthcare Workers Dominate America’s Highest-Paid Jobs
    by Tyler Durden on May 26, 2026 at 2:50 am

    Healthcare Workers Dominate America’s Highest-Paid Jobs Want to earn more than $300,000 a year in America? The clearest path is still a highly specialized medical career. This ranking of America’s highest-paying occupations uses Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data to compare mean annual wages and total U.S. employment across the country’s top-paid roles. As Visual Capitalist’s Dorothy Neufeld details below, the results show […]

  • Musk: SpaceX Is Actively Seeking More AI Compute Customers, After Anthropic Deal
    by Tyler Durden on May 26, 2026 at 2:15 am

    Musk: SpaceX Is Actively Seeking More AI Compute Customers, After Anthropic Deal By Sebatsian Moss of Data Center Dynamics SpaceX’s xAI subsidiary is looking to score more data center compute lease deals, after it sold all of the capacity of Colossus I to Anthropic. That deal will see Grok’s competitor pay $1.25 billion a month over the next three years for the 300MW facility. The deal can be terminated by either party, with […]

  • First Andreessen, Now Goldman CEO Shuts Down AI Job-Apocalypse Doomerism Narrative
    by Tyler Durden on May 26, 2026 at 1:40 am

    First Andreessen, Now Goldman CEO Shuts Down AI Job-Apocalypse Doomerism Narrative Amid the flood of AI doomerism, from Pope Leo XIV’s Monday warning that AI and the digital transformation of the economy could unleash “new forms of slavery” and mass job losses, to Bernie Sanders and unhinged socialists calling for a halt to data centers buildouts, a move that would conveniently cede compute power to communists in Beijing, a growing […]

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  • Arab States Voice Outrage Over New ‘Illegal’ Embassy Opening In Jerusalem
    by Tyler Durden on May 26, 2026 at 1:05 am

    Arab States Voice Outrage Over New ‘Illegal’ Embassy Opening In Jerusalem Via The Cradle Fifteen Arab and Islamic countries condemned on Sunday the decision of the breakaway region of Somaliland to open an embassy in occupied Jerusalem. The foreign ministers of Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Jordan, Turkiye, Pakistan, Indonesia, Djibouti, Somalia, Palestine, Oman, Sudan, Yemen, Lebanon, and Mauritania denounced the move in a joint […]

  • Debt Remembered And Debt Ignored
    by Tyler Durden on May 26, 2026 at 12:45 am

    Debt Remembered And Debt Ignored Authored by Greg Marasca via AmericanThinker.com, Memorial Day compels Americans to confront a word we avoid: debt. Not the financial kind that Congress pretends will magically resolve itself, but the older, heavier meaning — the kind carved into headstones at Arlington and cemeteries across the country. It is the debt paid in full by those who gave their lives, so the rest of us could live […]

  • China Moves To Shut Down Offshore Stock-Trading Channels Used By Mainland Investors
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 11:55 pm

    China Moves To Shut Down Offshore Stock-Trading Channels Used By Mainland Investors Authored by Arthur Zhang via The Epoch Times, China’s securities regulator has opened enforcement actions against Futu, Tiger Brokers, and Longbridge Securities, accusing the offshore online brokerages of illegally serving mainland investors who used the platforms to trade U.S. and Hong Kong stocks. The China Securities Regulatory Commission […]

  • ‘Weeks Inside Highly Fortified Bunkers’: Report Details Painfully Slow Communication Within Iran’s Leadership
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 11:20 pm

    ‘Weeks Inside Highly Fortified Bunkers’: Report Details Painfully Slow Communication Within Iran’s Leadership According to a Sunday CBS News report citing US officials, Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is still in hiding in a secret location with extremely limited communication to the outside world. Driven underground by a pervasive fear within Tehran’s remaining leadership structure following relentless US and Israeli […]

  • Democrats Using Black Athletes As Pawns In Redistricting War
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 10:10 pm

    Democrats Using Black Athletes As Pawns In Redistricting War The Congressional Black Caucus, aligned with the NAACP, is urging black college athletes to avoid Southeastern Conference schools in Southern states as a form of economic pressure against Republican-drawn redistricting maps that eliminate majority-black congressional districts. The campaign is called “Out of Bounds,” and is essentially asking young black athletes to […]

  • US Launches “Self-Defense Strikes” Near Hormuz, Killing Several Iranian Personnel
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    US Launches “Self-Defense Strikes” Near Hormuz, Killing Several Iranian Personnel Summary The US military carried out “self-defense strikes” on Monday in southern Iran against targets including boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said.  Iran has reportedly lifted its nationwide internet ban after nearly 90-days. Israel dramatically ramps up war and bombing of Lebanon, […]

  • “It Should Be Studied”: RFK Jr Says ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome Is ‘A Real Thing’
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 9:35 pm

    “It Should Be Studied”: RFK Jr Says ‘Trump Derangement Syndrome Is ‘A Real Thing’ Authored by James Howard Kunstler, For The Honored Dead “I told my staff today that we need an ICD code for Trump Derangement Syndrome, because it is a real thing … It should be studied.” – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr As of this holiday morning, America is informed that the negotiations between the US and Iran may take several more days to […]

  • Huckabee Tells Lebanese To Thank Israel For Seedless Watermelons, While Under IDF Bombs
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 8:25 pm

    Huckabee Tells Lebanese To Thank Israel For Seedless Watermelons, While Under IDF Bombs Via Middle East Eye Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel and a passionate advocate of its wars in the region, has told the people of Lebanon to be grateful for Israeli contributions to its society. Video of Huckabee speaking at the Atlas Awards in Tel Aviv on May 12 has only recently emerged and is being shared online after it was […]

  • OnlyFans “Hack” Hoax Likely Used To Push Malware-Laced Leak Checkers
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 7:50 pm

    OnlyFans “Hack” Hoax Likely Used To Push Malware-Laced Leak Checkers A cyber threat actor advertised a purported database of 340 million OnlyFans-linked user records on a well-known cybercrime forum, asking for 0.313 BTC, or roughly $76,000, according to U.K.-based cybersecurity news site HackRead. The alleged “340 million OnlyFans user mega leak” narrative ran rampant on X this past holiday weekend, garnering millions of views […]

  • Corrections Vs Bears: How The Fed Rewired The Market
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 7:15 pm

    Corrections Vs Bears: How The Fed Rewired The Market Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, After three decades of watching market cycles play out from both sides of the trade, I’ve come to a simple conclusion: Wall Street’s love of simple rules is one of the most dangerous aspects of investing. When stocks fall 10%, it’s just a “correction.” However, if they decline 20%, it’s a “bear […]

  • Pope Sounds Alarm On AI “Slavery” While Church Aligns With Lefty Anthropic
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 6:40 pm

    Pope Sounds Alarm On AI “Slavery” While Church Aligns With Lefty Anthropic Pope Leo XIV published his first encyclical on Monday, entitled Magnifica Humanitas (The Magnificence of the Human Person). The roughly 42,300-word declaration, issued as a papal encyclical, warned, “The fight against new forms of slavery is a decisive test for the ethical discernment of AI and digital transformation.” “If technology promises emancipation, […]

  • Everyone Talks About The Cost Of Gasoline… Soon Everyone Will Be Talking About The Cost Of Food
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 6:05 pm

    Everyone Talks About The Cost Of Gasoline… Soon Everyone Will Be Talking About The Cost Of Food Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse Blog.  For most people, the price of gasoline is the most obvious consequence of the war in the Middle East. As I write this article, the average price of a gallon of gasoline in the United States is $4.56. Of course, in some parts of the country, consumers are paying much more […]

  • Trump Tells Arab States Joining Abraham Accords Should Be ‘Mandatory’ – Throws Open Door For Iran In Grand Deal
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 5:30 pm

    Trump Tells Arab States Joining Abraham Accords Should Be ‘Mandatory’ – Throws Open Door For Iran In Grand Deal President Trump is still trying to play the role of the globe’s ultimate deal-maker via Truth Social, using a mix of mandatory diplomacy and ultimate economic carrots, issuing a lengthy missive on Iran talks and the Abraham Accords on Monday morning. He introduced the post by stating that negotiations with Tehran are […]

  • It Was Never About The Climate
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 4:55 pm

    It Was Never About The Climate Authored by Silvio Canto Jr via AmericanThinker.com, Here is a question for your long weekend: Why haven’t you ever seen a climate change protest before the Chinese embassy anywhere? Why is it always the US or capitalism messing up the environment? Why don’t they show up at all when China is a bigger threat to clean air than any US city? The answer is obvious, but I’ll say it. It was […]

  • The Devil Neither Political Party Will Name
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    The Devil Neither Political Party Will Name Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance The widening wealth inequality gap is the political third rail nobody in power truly ever wants to touch. Politicians will scream at each other all day over taxes, healthcare, immigration, tariffs, student loans, climate policy, or whatever outrage is currently driving engagement on cable news and social media. But the second the conversation turns […]

  • Huawei Touts Sanctions-Busting Chip Breakthrough, SMIC Shares Erupt
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 3:10 pm

    Huawei Touts Sanctions-Busting Chip Breakthrough, SMIC Shares Erupt Semiconductor Manufacturing International soared to a record high in China after Huawei unveiled what it described as a breakthrough pathway for advanced semiconductor production at the IEEE ISCAS conference, without relying on the West’s most advanced chipmaking equipment. Huawei’s semiconductor chief, He Tingbo, told the audience earlier today that the company […]

  • Spencer Pratt Literally Uses LA Shithole Filth As Campaign Ad
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 2:35 pm

    Spencer Pratt Literally Uses LA Shithole Filth As Campaign Ad Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Spencer Pratt is running a campaign unlike anything seen in Los Angeles politics. The former reality star turned mayoral candidate isn’t just talking about the city’s collapse into filth, crime, and decay – he’s making the evidence work for him. His team has taken to the streets with power washers and stencils, blasting […]

  • Pentagon Conducts First Military Drill In Venezuela Since Maduro Overthrow
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 2:00 pm

    Pentagon Conducts First Military Drill In Venezuela Since Maduro Overthrow On Saturday, the US military conducted a highly visible drill right in the heart of Caracas, marking the first known American military exercise on Venezuelan soil since the chaotic January 3rd operation to abduct Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The show of force involved two US Marine Corps Osprey aircraft touching down near the recently reopened US […]

  • Futures, Global Stocks Soar To All Time High, Oil Plunges On Endless “Iran Deal” Drumbeat
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 1:33 pm

    Futures, Global Stocks Soar To All Time High, Oil Plunges On Endless “Iran Deal” Drumbeat US equity futures jumped and global stocks rose to record highs as crude oil fell after officials signaled – once again – that the US was nearing a deal with Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and restore oil flows. The dollar weakened while precious metals and crypto bounced from Friday’s drop. While the US and Iran closed in on a deal, […]

  • In Rare Phone Call, Macron Warns Belarus’ Lukashenko Against Directly Joining Ukraine War
    by Tyler Durden on May 25, 2026 at 12:35 pm

    In Rare Phone Call, Macron Warns Belarus’ Lukashenko Against Directly Joining Ukraine War In their first direct contact since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron telephoned Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to warn him against increasing his country’s engagement in the war, according to sources who spoke to AFP.   “[Macron] highlighted the risks Belarus will face if dragged into the war in […]

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