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  • How CLARITY Act survived a chaotic Senate markup after Warren, Banks and Democrats tried to slow it down
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on May 15, 2026 at 8:49 am

    Inside a packed Senate hearing room on May 14, the air was heavy with the tension of a high-stakes jurisdictional brawl on the CLARITY Act. What was intended to be a routine legislative markup became a grueling “tick-tock” of procedural maneuvering, personal barbs, and a desperate search for a bipartisan middle ground. Ultimately, the bill The post How CLARITY Act survived a chaotic Senate markup after Warren, Banks and Democrats tried to […]

  • Ripple insider warns XRP holders as fake airdrop scams surge across XRPL
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on May 14, 2026 at 5:05 pm

    The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is seeing a drastic rise in fraud attempts targeting its users as the network draws more institutional activity, higher transaction volumes, and renewed attention from XRP traders. On May 14, David Schwartz, the former chief technology officer at Ripple, published a public warning regarding the increasing scam efforts targeting the XRPL The post Ripple insider warns XRP holders as fake airdrop scams surge across XRPL […]

  • Bitcoin rips as CLARITY Act clears major Senate Committee hurdle, advances to the full Senate floor
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on May 14, 2026 at 4:15 pm

    Bitcoin surged back above $81,000 after the Senate Banking Committee voted to advance the Digital Asset Market CLARITY Act, clearing a major hurdle for the most comprehensive crypto regulation bill in US history. On May 14, the panel approved the legislation on bipartisan lines, sending the legislation to the full Senate floor. The successful markup The post Bitcoin rips as CLARITY Act clears major Senate Committee hurdle, advances to the full […]

  • Crypto markets are massively underpricing Clarity Act passing – Hashdex warns
    by Gino Matos on May 14, 2026 at 2:15 pm

    The Senate Banking Committee meets in executive session later today, May 14, to consider the CLARITY Act, a bill that already cleared the House 294-134 in July 2025 and needs at least 7 Democratic votes to advance in the full Senate. Hashdex CIO Samir Kerbage reads the current crypto price action as confirmation that the The post Crypto markets are massively underpricing Clarity Act passing – Hashdex warns appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin keeps rallying mid-month – Is Saylor using Strategy’s STRC funding loop to pump BTC?
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on May 14, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    Bitcoin has been seeing recurring mid-month strength this year, and it is becoming harder to separate it from Strategy’s (formerly MicroStrategy) expanding preferred-stock machine. The funding channel is helping the company continue to buy the flagship digital asset while adding a growing layer of cost to its balance sheet. Research firm K33 has tied the The post Bitcoin keeps rallying mid-month – Is Saylor using Strategy’s STRC funding […]

  • Bitcoin traders brace for $1 billion liquidation trap after inflation shock breaks $80,000
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on May 14, 2026 at 12:20 pm

    Bitcoin’s break below $80,000 has pushed traders toward a crowded leverage zone where a further decline could force about $1 billion of long positions out of the market. According to CryptoSlate data, the largest cryptocurrency fell to as low as $78,725 after US inflation readings came in hotter than expected, weakening expectations that the Federal The post Bitcoin traders brace for $1 billion liquidation trap after inflation shock breaks […]

  • The S&P 500 hitting another all-time high just exposed Bitcoin’s real problem
    by Gino Matos on May 14, 2026 at 10:54 am

    Traders have been treating Bitcoin as a high-beta proxy for the same risk appetite driving Nvidia and the Mag-7, one that should move with equities on green days. Instead, Bitcoin lost its $80,000 support and registered an intraday low of $78,759.70 on May 13, while the S&P 500 registered a new all-time high, QQQ rose The post The S&P 500 hitting another all-time high just exposed Bitcoin’s real problem appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • JPMorgan’s $30 billion Strategy call exposes Bitcoin’s new market fault line
    by Gino Matos on May 14, 2026 at 8:51 am

    A May 7 JPMorgan client note estimated that Strategy could buy roughly $30 billion in Bitcoin in 2026 if Michael Saylor’s company maintains its current purchasing pace. That figure positions Strategy alongside spot ETF flows and miner supply as a structural force in Bitcoin’s demand architecture. Strategy holds 818,869 BTC acquired for $61.86 billion at The post JPMorgan’s $30 billion Strategy call exposes Bitcoin’s new market fault line […]

  • Trump’s CEO-filled China visit can decide whether Bitcoin’s $80,000 risk rally survives this week
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on May 13, 2026 at 9:45 pm

    Bitcoin is hovering just below $80,000 as President Donald Trump arrives in Beijing for a high-stakes meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, turning the visit into a live test of whether the crypto market’s latest risk rally has enough support to survive a difficult macro week. The trip comes as traders are already contending with The post Trump’s CEO-filled China visit can decide whether Bitcoin’s $80,000 risk rally survives this week […]

  • Global financial crisis fears grow as bond yields hit 1998 levels and Bitcoin drops below $80,000
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on May 13, 2026 at 6:25 pm

    Sovereign curves are back near old stress zones while Hormuz inflation risk keeps central banks boxed in. The post Global financial crisis fears grow as bond yields hit 1998 levels and Bitcoin drops below $80,000 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • German SPD Leader Faces Backlash After Claiming Migrants Burdening Welfare System Is A ‘Right Wing Extremist’ Lie
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 9:00 am

    German SPD Leader Faces Backlash After Claiming Migrants Burdening Welfare System Is A ‘Right Wing Extremist’ Lie Via Remix News, Labor Minister and Social Democratic Party (SPD) co-leader Bärbel Bas (SPD) says nobody is immigrating to Germany to take advantage of its social welfare system. However, she has received substantial pushback directed at her claim. Bas’ comment came during a session of the Bundestag, when AfD MP […]

  • “Pushed Into Poverty”: Somalia’s Currency Crisis Leaves Traders Holding Worthless Cash
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 8:15 am

    “Pushed Into Poverty”: Somalia’s Currency Crisis Leaves Traders Holding Worthless Cash For decades, Muse Omar Jama made a living swapping currencies in Mogadishu’s Bakara market, where customers once lined up to trade Somali shillings for dollars and mobile money. Now his office sits mostly silent, and the safes around him are stuffed with cash no one wants, according to The Guardian. The problem began when traders in Somalia […]

  • Britain Is Now Policing Thought Crime
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 7:30 am

    Britain Is Now Policing Thought Crime Authored by Ciaran Kelly via DailySceptic.org, If you want a snapshot of how far Britain has drifted from its liberal inheritance, consider the spectacle of a 78 year-old grandfather and retired pastor being warned by police that he must not preach from the Bible within a public area. His offence was not harassment, obstruction or intimidation. It was reciting and commentating on a verse many […]

  • How Global Economic Power Shifted In The Last 10 Years
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 6:45 am

    How Global Economic Power Shifted In The Last 10 Years The global economic order has shifted dramatically over the last decade, with countries reshuffling positions amid inflation shocks, geopolitical tensions, pandemic disruptions, and the rapid rise of AI-driven industries. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Gabriel Cohen, compares the world’s 15 largest economies in 2016 and 2026 using IMF World Economic Outlook data, […]

  • The UN’s Architecture To Annihilate The West
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 6:00 am

    The UN’s Architecture To Annihilate The West Authored by Amil Imani via AmericanThinker.com, The United Nations functions as a predatory cartel dedicated to the systematic liquidation of national borders. Its agenda demands the total eradication of the nation-state to pave the way for a centralized, unelected global tyranny. The 2018 Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration serves as the executioner’s blade for […]

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  • Depopulation Won’t Save Us Or The Planet
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 3:25 am

    Depopulation Won’t Save Us Or The Planet Authored by Lipton Matthews via The Mises Institute, In recent years, a strand of environmental thinking has emerged that places population at the center of ecological crises. Some activists, including figures associated with the Extinction Rebellion and the Stop Having Kids Movements Movement in the United Kingdom and the United States have expressed anti-natalist views, arguing that […]

  • Unitree Unveils Real-Life Transformer Robot. Only Costs $650,000
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 3:00 am

    Unitree Unveils Real-Life Transformer Robot. Only Costs $650,000 Chinese robotics firm Unitree, known for its robot dogs and humanoids, has unveiled a production-ready “manned mecha”: a large robotic machine piloted by a human. Unitree wrote on X that the manned mecha costs $650,000 and weighs as much as a car. The bipedal mecha is piloted by a human operator who sits in its belly.  The machine looks like something out of a […]

  • Researchers Theorize That Our Brains Are Building The Universe
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 2:35 am

    Researchers Theorize That Our Brains Are Building The Universe Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Developments in quantum physics and consciousness research are prompting scientists to reconsider the fundamental nature of reality. Several recent discussions highlight theories proposing that conscious experience may play a far more fundamental role than previously thought — potentially generating space-time itself. […]

  • Nuclear Buildout Accelerates With Goldman Now Including SMRs Into Forecast
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 2:10 am

    Nuclear Buildout Accelerates With Goldman Now Including SMRs Into Forecast Goldman’s latest edition of “Nuclear Nuggets: Global Reactor Tracker” reinforces that the buildout of the cleanest and most reliable form of so-called “green” energy, nuclear power, continues to gain momentum. The theme we first laid out in December 2020 continues to broaden, with buildouts accelerating across both large-scale and small modular reactors, even […]

  • Grenade-Type IED Found At Alabama Dam Raises Alarm Over Critical Infrastructure Threats
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 1:20 am

    Grenade-Type IED Found At Alabama Dam Raises Alarm Over Critical Infrastructure Threats Divers recovered and safely detonated a grenade-type improvised explosive device at the J.B. Converse Reservoir dam in Mobile, Alabama, a federally designated critical infrastructure site that supplies the region’s drinking water. Local outlet Fox10TV reports that the Gulf Coast Regional Maritime Response and Render-Safe Team retrieved and […]

  • Midsize City Population Growth Remaining Steady: Census Bureau
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 12:55 am

    Midsize City Population Growth Remaining Steady: Census Bureau Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Population growth in medium-sized cities largely remained steady even as the national population barely grew, Census Bureau officials said on May 14. An aerial view of the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, August 4, 2025. Brandon Bell/Getty Images Midsize cities grew by an average of 0.7 percent from July […]

  • Major Bank Faces Legal Heat Over Allegations Of Debanking Conservatives
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 12:30 am

    Major Bank Faces Legal Heat Over Allegations Of Debanking Conservatives Capital One is under fire once again over allegations that it has denied banking services to gun retailers and other customers viewed as politically conservative, even as President Donald Trump’s executive actions seek to curb such practices. A Maryland gun store, United Gun Shop of Rockville, recently filed a lawsuit alleging that Capital One, working […]

  • ‘Killshot’ Is Coming For Earth Warned CIA Remote Viewer Before Recent Death
    by Tyler Durden on May 15, 2026 at 12:05 am

    ‘Killshot’ Is Coming For Earth Warned CIA Remote Viewer Before Recent Death Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A retired US Army major and former CIA-linked remote viewer issued stark final warnings of a devastating solar “Killshot” before his death in March, claiming the current period of heightened solar activity could trigger infrastructure collapse on a global scale. Retired Major Ed Dames, who participated […]

  • Spencer Pratt Within Single-Digit Territory Of Far-Left L.A. Mayor Karen Bass
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 11:40 pm

    Spencer Pratt Within Single-Digit Territory Of Far-Left L.A. Mayor Karen Bass A new public opinion survey from Emerson College Polling, a nonpartisan polling center based at Emerson College, shows that far-left incumbent Mayor Karen Bass remains the frontrunner in the Los Angeles mayoral race, though challenger Spencer Pratt appears to be gaining popularity and traction, which has clearly alarmed the Democratic Party. Local […]

  • Ralph Baric And UNC’s Biodefense Contract Racket Exposed
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 11:15 pm

    Ralph Baric And UNC’s Biodefense Contract Racket Exposed Authored by Paul D. Thacker via The DisInformation Chronicle, “DLA Piper wants to get you,” I was told, from a source in DC over the weekend. “Well, what can they do to me?” I asked. “They can’t really do anything,” she said. “But they are pissed off.” Well, they should be. DLA Piper is one of the largest law firms on the planet, with over 90 offices […]

  • Senators Unanimously Pass Resolution To Withhold Their Own Pay During Shutdowns
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 10:25 pm

    Senators Unanimously Pass Resolution To Withhold Their Own Pay During Shutdowns Authored by Jackson Richman via The Epoch Times, The Senate unanimously approved a resolution on May 14 that would suspend senators’ pay during government shutdowns. The measure, introduced by Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), passed by voice vote and is scheduled to take effect after the November midterm elections. Under the resolution, the Senate […]

  • Billionaire Democrat Donor Who Bankrolled Swalwell Breaks Silence After Surprise Arrest
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    Billionaire Democrat Donor Who Bankrolled Swalwell Breaks Silence After Surprise Arrest Billionaire and Democrat donor Stephen Cloobeck was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles on suspicion of felony charges of attempting to prevent or dissuade a victim or witness from testifying after a warrant was issued for his arrest.  Cloobeck, founder of Diamond Resorts – who until recently was a major financial supporter of former Rep. Eric […]

  • Warren Whines As Senate Banking Committee Advances Crypto CLARITY Act, Two Democrats Break Ranks
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    Warren Whines As Senate Banking Committee Advances Crypto CLARITY Act, Two Democrats Break Ranks Authored by Micah Zimmerman via BitcoinMagazine.com, The Senate Banking Committee advanced the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act on a 15–9 vote Thursday, with Sens. Ruben Gallego (D‑Ariz.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D‑Md.) joining all 13 Republicans to move the sweeping crypto market structure bill to the full Senate. The Clarity […]

  • Communist Mamdani’s Latest Redistribution Scheme: Tax On All New York Homes Over $1 Million Bought With Cash
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    Communist Mamdani’s Latest Redistribution Scheme: Tax On All New York Homes Over $1 Million Bought With Cash Two days ago crestfallen commie mayor Zohran Mamdani abandoned his desperate plan to aggressively hike property taxes (even more) on New Yorkers following unprecedented pushback (but not before earning the former capitalist mecca a credit rating downgrade warning from most rating agencies). However, since communists who are […]

  • Murders Down Roughly 20% In 2025, FBI Preliminary Data Show
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 9:00 pm

    Murders Down Roughly 20% In 2025, FBI Preliminary Data Show Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI on Sunday published an early glimpse at annual crime data, releasing preliminary 2025 data alongside first-quarter 2026 numbers that together show that violent crime has dropped sharply. FBI personnel enter a building in Portsmouth, Va., on May 6, 2026. Peter Casey/The Virginian-Pilot via AP The […]

  • Bad Signs: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Looks Like A Woke Disaster
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Bad Signs: Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” Looks Like A Woke Disaster The signs are not looking good.  Christopher Nolan’s version of Homer’s classic Greek epic “The Odyssey” was, at first, greatly anticipated.  The director’s filmography is largely celebrated with blockbusters like Interstellar, The Dark Night, Dunkirk and Inception.  However, woke ideology is like a virus infecting everything in Hollywood, and rumors were […]

  • Minnesota ‘Culture Of Fraud’ Enabled More Than $9 Billion In Misused Taxpayer Funds, Panel Says
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    Minnesota ‘Culture Of Fraud’ Enabled More Than $9 Billion In Misused Taxpayer Funds, Panel Says Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A “culture of fraud” infected Minnesota state agencies, resulting in more than $9 billion in taxpayers’ money squandered, a new legislative report says. State Rep. Pam Altendorf listens as fellow Republican Rep. Isaac Schultz discusses a report released at a meeting of a […]

  • India Panics, Further Tightens Gold Flows As Rupee Collapses
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 7:40 pm

    India Panics, Further Tightens Gold Flows As Rupee Collapses Well, that escalated quickly… With the Rupee accelerating its declines to ever lower record lows against the dollar, Indian authorities have stepped up capital controls, focusing on curbing demand in the gold ‘exit’ route. 4 days ago, there were no signs of import duty hikes as Prime Minister Narendra Modi  issued a rare weekend appeal urging citizens to forgo gold […]

  • DOJ Sues DC Bar Over Its Prosecution Of Former Trump Lawyer, Calls It “Partisan Arm Of Leftist Causes”
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    DOJ Sues DC Bar Over Its Prosecution Of Former Trump Lawyer, Calls It “Partisan Arm Of Leftist Causes” Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a complaint on May 13 against the D.C. Bar, alleging it has acted as a “partisan arm of leftist causes.” The U.S. Department of Justice in Washington on April 27, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times According to the DOJ, the […]

  • Zelenskyy’s Former Right-Hand Man Yermak Arrested In $10.5 Million Money Laundering Scheme
    by Tyler Durden on May 14, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    Zelenskyy’s Former Right-Hand Man Yermak Arrested In $10.5 Million Money Laundering Scheme Ukraine’s High Anti-Corruption Court ordered the pre-trial detention of Andriy Yermak, the powerful former head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s Office and once the country’s second-most influential figure, on money-laundering charges tied to a high-profile corruption scheme. The ruling marks a dramatic fall for Yermak, who served […]

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