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  • Ethereum collapses below $2,000 after Vitalik Buterin and insiders moved millions to exchanges into thin liquidity
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 6, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and other prominent “whales” have offloaded millions of dollars in ETH since the beginning of February, adding narrative fuel to a market rout that saw the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency tumble below $2,000. While the high-profile sales by Buterin served as a psychological trigger for retail panic, a closer examination of market The post Ethereum collapses below $2,000 after Vitalik Buterin and […]

  • Bitcoin miners have the one thing AI still needs and Big Tech has $500 billion to buy it
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 6, 2026 at 5:15 pm

    Big Tech companies’ planned $500 billion war chest to dominate artificial intelligence could offer a lifeline to a Bitcoin mining industry teetering on the edge of capitulation. The headline numbers are eye-watering. Alphabet, Google’s parent, alone plans to spend as much as $185 billion this year. However, the capital surge will involve more than buying The post Bitcoin miners have the one thing AI still needs and Big Tech has $500 billion […]

  • Monero and Zcash Fall Over 28% in Past Week, but Privacy Peer ZANO Holds Steady
    by News Desk on February 6, 2026 at 3:40 pm

    XMR dropped to $311 and ZEC to $221 over seven days while ZANO declined just 1.4% as Fear & Greed hit 9. Key Notes Monero fell 28.9% and Zcash dropped 33.4% over the past week while ZANO declined just 1.4% Fear & Greed Index fell to 9 on Feb. 6, classified as extreme fear, down The post Monero and Zcash Fall Over 28% in Past Week, but Privacy Peer ZANO Holds Steady appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Why I’m bullish when my $49k Bitcoin prediction is playing out as BTC closes in on major BUY ZONE
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 6, 2026 at 3:35 pm

    Bitcoin has a way of turning numbers into memories. You remember the first time it ripped through a round number, $10k, $20k, $100k, you remember the mood shift when it stops rewarding optimism, you remember the quiet weeks when every bounce feels like a trap, and the loud ones when it feels like the floor The post Why I’m bullish when my $49k Bitcoin prediction is playing out as BTC closes in on major BUY ZONE appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Is President Trump selling Bitcoin? WLFI pays off Aave debt with WBTC to avoid liquidation but risk remains
    by Gino Matos on February 6, 2026 at 1:51 pm

    A wallet attributed to President Donald Trump’s World Liberty Financial, which is managed by his sons, withdrew approximately 173 wrapped Bitcoin from Aave V3 on Feb. 5 and sold them to repay $11.75 million in stablecoin debt. This sequence reveals the mechanics of voluntary deleveraging: as Bitcoin’s drawdown below $63,000 forces whales to sell collateral The post Is President Trump selling Bitcoin? WLFI pays off Aave debt with WBTC to avoid […]

  • XRP, TRX, and BNB Slide Amid Broader Crypto Volatility as SONAMI Accelerates Layer 2 Development on Solana
    by News Desk on February 6, 2026 at 12:36 pm

    The cryptocurrency market has entered a renewed phase of volatility, with major digital assets including XRP, TRX, and BNB experiencing notable price corrections alongside broader market weakness. The downturn reflects a combination of macroeconomic pressure, reduced speculative activity, and ongoing reassessment of long-term network fundamentals across leading blockchain ecosystems. As prices across multiple Layer 1 The post XRP, TRX, and BNB […]

  • Did minting $3 billion USDT, USDC just help stop Bitcoin losing $60k?
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 6, 2026 at 11:58 am

    The crypto market has entered a fragile phase as Bitcoin dropped under the critical $70,000 level and bounced off $60,000, a zone that has increasingly acted as a gravitational pull rather than a launchpad. This subdued price action came as the stablecoin market has surged, with Tether and Circle minting billions of dollars’ worth of The post Did minting $3 billion USDT, USDC just help stop Bitcoin losing $60k? appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin slide to $60k puts treasuries $10B underwater as one major firm braces for a $27B disaster
    by Gino Matos on February 6, 2026 at 9:50 am

    Bitcoin’s (BTC) slide to as low as $60,233 overnight, before recovering somewhat to $65,443, has left most of the largest pure-play Bitcoin treasury companies deeply underwater on their holdings, with combined unrealized losses approaching $10 billion across eight entities that collectively control more than 850,000 BTC. The reckoning hits hardest at the top. Strategy, formerly The post Bitcoin slide to $60k puts treasuries $10B underwater as […]

  • Traders dump $4.3 billion BTC on Binance as exchange sells more Bitcoin than other exchanges combined
    by Gino Matos on February 5, 2026 at 9:30 pm

    Binance moved 42.8% of total spot volume over the past week but absorbed 79.7% of net selling pressure across five major exchanges, according to data from Traderview. The imbalance raises the question of whether a venue needs to handle “most of the market” to set prices for the whole market. The answer is no. A The post Traders dump $4.3 billion BTC on Binance as exchange sells more Bitcoin than other exchanges combined appeared first on […]

  • XRP defiant amid Bitcoin collapse as a massive institutional migration quietly shifts billions into Ripple
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 5, 2026 at 7:15 pm

    Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP have all retreated to deep cycle lows, dragging the broader crypto market back to valuation levels not seen since late 2024, according to CryptoSlate’s data. While price action across the board appears uniformly grim, with BTC heading below $70,000 and XRP recently trading around $1.35, sentiment toward the Ripple-linked token is The post XRP defiant amid Bitcoin collapse as a massive institutional migration quietly […]

  • HGP Partners With Shaw To Deploy Navy’s Nuclear Reactors On Land
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    HGP Partners With Shaw To Deploy Navy’s Nuclear Reactors On Land HGP Intelligent Energy is partnering with the Shaw Group to deploy U.S. Navy submarine and aircraft carrier nuclear reactors at the DOE’s Paducah, Kentucky facility. Back in December, we covered their initial proposal to the U.S. government to utilize reactors from the Navy in an effort to find the quickest means of deploying new nuclear energy to support AI demand […]

  • White House Says Trump Has No Plans To Deploy ICE At Polls, Won’t Rule Out Federal Presence
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 6:40 pm

    White House Says Trump Has No Plans To Deploy ICE At Polls, Won’t Rule Out Federal Presence Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times, The White House said on Feb. 5 that President Donald Trump has not discussed any “formal plans” to deploy U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents at polling locations during November’s midterm elections, while declining to guarantee that federal agents would not be present near […]

  • Watch: Dr. Oz Unmasks Billions In Hospice Fraud Tied To Foreign Mafias And Welfare Scams
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 6:00 pm

    Watch: Dr. Oz Unmasks Billions In Hospice Fraud Tied To Foreign Mafias And Welfare Scams Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Unchecked immigration policies have opened the floodgates for criminal networks to bleed taxpayers dry, while Democrat governors like Gavin Newsom turn a blind eye to the exploitation of vulnerable Americans. The Trump administration is finally shining a light on the rampant fraud infesting […]

  • Homebuilders Tumble On Report White House May Launch Antitrust Probe Into House Affordability
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 5:43 pm

    Homebuilders Tumble On Report White House May Launch Antitrust Probe Into House Affordability Homebuilder stocks are tumbling after Bloomberg reported that Trump administration officials are exploring opening an antitrust investigation into US homebuilders as the White House focuses on tackling the country’s housing affordability crisis. The Department of Justice could open the probe in the coming weeks Bloomberg reported, […]

  • Ukraine Says Russian Military Pace Already Slowing After Starlink Cutoff
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 5:20 pm

    Ukraine Says Russian Military Pace Already Slowing After Starlink Cutoff Ukraine’s military is claiming it can already see the impact of Elon Musk and SpaceX’s decision to thwart Starlink access to Russian troops. Russian military bloggers began confirming the Starlink cutoff earlier this week. For example the NY Times notes, “A Russian blogger writing anonymously under the name Military Informant in the Telegram messaging app said […]

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  • FBI, CIA Apprehend Key Suspect In 2012 Benghazi Attack, Bondi Vows To Hunt Down Others
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 4:40 pm

    FBI, CIA Apprehend Key Suspect In 2012 Benghazi Attack, Bondi Vows To Hunt Down Others Many mysteries still surround the 2012 attack on the American consulate and nearby CIA outpost in Benghazi, Libya which led to the deaths of four Americans, including US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens. On Friday, the Trump administration heralded a major break in one of the worst terror attacks on a US diplomatic compound in history.  […]

  • Europe In Decline
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 4:20 pm

    Europe In Decline By Teeuwe Mevissen of Rabobank Not even a month ago, today’s author of the Global Daily walked through the main hall of the Musée d’Orsay, admiring its remarkable collection. Among the many sculptures, one large painting by Thomas Couture inevitably draws the eye: Romans in Their Decadence. At first glance, it appears to depict Roman citizens engaged in an orgy, but a closer look reveals far more. Beyond […]

  • “Dystopic As F**k”: This Website Lets AI Bots Rent Humans
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 4:00 pm

    “Dystopic As F**k”: This Website Lets AI Bots Rent Humans The AI era already feels like a dystopian fever dream straight out of a bad sci-fi novel, but leave it to a software engineer to push the accelerator straight into the abyss. Enter Alexander Liteplo, the software developer behind RentAHuman.ai, a freshly launched platform that lets autonomous AI agents “search, book, and pay” actual human beings to perform physical-world […]

  • Top Russian Military Intelligence Official Shot & Wounded In Moscow Apartment
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 4:00 pm

    Top Russian Military Intelligence Official Shot & Wounded In Moscow Apartment A top Russian military intelligence general has been shot in a Moscow apartment building on Friday, but has reportedly survived the attack and was transported to a local hospital. But his wounds are reportedly severe. The attack by an unknown gunman has all the hallmarks of an assassination attempt in connection to the Ukraine war, especially given […]

  • Why Is The Deep State Targeting DNI Tulsi Gabbard With Such Ferocity?
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 3:40 pm

    Why Is The Deep State Targeting DNI Tulsi Gabbard With Such Ferocity? Authored by Sundance via The Conservative Treehouse, Each day more and more people are starting to realize/notice there are elements of the United States intelligence apparatus that are targeting Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.  The need for control is a reaction to fear, and Tulsi Gabbard has the DC Intelligence Community very worried. […]

  • Democrats Abandon Tariff-Flation Narrative Sending UMich Sentiment To 6-Month Highs
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 3:10 pm

    Democrats Abandon Tariff-Flation Narrative Sending UMich Sentiment To 6-Month Highs After January’s big bounce from record lows (as Democrats began to see that the world is not the worst its ever been… and inflation is not going to explode), UMich sentiment was expected to re-dip again in February led by a drop in Current Conditions. But February’s preliminary data showed a continued rebound in sentiment (which is quite shocking […]

  • Ukraine Claims Putin Is Transferring Occupied Farmland Into State Hands
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 2:50 pm

    Ukraine Claims Putin Is Transferring Occupied Farmland Into State Hands Via Remix News, Russia has begun transferring privately owned farmland in the occupied Luhansk region to Russian state hands, the Ukrainian National Resistance Center claims, according to an article by UNN, cited by Portfolio. According to Ukrainians, the Russian authorities are now, within the framework of a complicated legal process, first officially […]

  • Under Armour Lifts Outlook As Kevin Plank Says “Transformation Accelerating”
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 2:35 pm

    Under Armour Lifts Outlook As Kevin Plank Says “Transformation Accelerating” We asked a perfectly reasonable question last month: Why was Fairfax Financial, under Prem Watsa (often called the “Canadian Warren Buffett”), adding significant long exposure in Under Armour equity? Weeks later, we might know why… Under Armour reported third-quarter results that surprised Wall Street analysts tracked by Bloomberg, posting a profit and […]

  • Pam Bondi’s DOJ Is Sabotaging The Trump Coalition
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 2:20 pm

    Pam Bondi’s DOJ Is Sabotaging The Trump Coalition Authored by John Velleco, Executive Vice President Gun Owners of America, In November 2024, the American people decisively elected President Trump to a second term in office. After four intolerable years of controlled national demolition under the Biden autopen, the newly elected 47th President was poised to keep his promises and fulfill his mandate. President Trump had the […]

  • Futures Rebound To Session High As Software, Gold And Bitcoin All Jump
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 1:50 pm

    Futures Rebound To Session High As Software, Gold And Bitcoin All Jump US equity futures are poised to open higher with Software companies finally bouncing (as previewed here), even though Amazon continues to be deep in the red after its eye-watering capex outlook. US stocks will cap a bruising week in which a rush to unwind crowded trades – from AI shares to precious metals and crypto – triggered margin calls and amplified the […]

  • Indirect US-Iran Talks To Avoid War End In Agreement For 2nd Round, Cautious Optimism
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    Indirect US-Iran Talks To Avoid War End In Agreement For 2nd Round, Cautious Optimism The much anticipated talks between American and Iranian officials which kicked off Friday in Oman, in order to prevent war – or rather what many would describe as staving off US unprovoked attack – are being done in indirect fashion, at least in the opening phase. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is in Muscat for the discussions, while […]

  • HIMS Shares Sink After FDA Vows “Swift Action” Against Copycat GLP-1 Drugs
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 1:05 pm

    HIMS Shares Sink After FDA Vows “Swift Action” Against Copycat GLP-1 Drugs Hims & Hers Health’s $49-a-month copycat GLP-1 pill, priced far below Novo Nordisk’s $149-a-month Wegovy pill, can be seen as part of a “GLP-1 price war” between the telehealth company and Big Pharma giant. It appears that HIMS’ strategy has been an access-and-pricing arbitrage play: mass-market a copycat GLP-1 first, then address any regulatory fallout […]

  • Stellantis Shares Crash On 22 Billion Euro Charge Tied To Miscalculating EV Demand
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 12:20 pm

    Stellantis Shares Crash On 22 Billion Euro Charge Tied To Miscalculating EV Demand Stellantis NV shares crashed the most on record in European trading after the automaker disclosed a 22-billion-euro (about $25 billion) charge tied to its failed EV strategy.   Management framed the charge as the cost of misreading the slope of EV adoption, effectively building a product and investment plan around an “energy transition” timeline […]

  • House Launches Investigation Into ‘Discriminatory’ South Korean Regulators After Trump Hits Seoul With 25% Tariff
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 11:55 am

    House Launches Investigation Into ‘Discriminatory’ South Korean Regulators After Trump Hits Seoul With 25% Tariff The House Judiciary Committee has opened a formal investigation into whether South Korean regulators are unfairly targeting American technology companies, as the two allies with a long history of economic and security cooperation find themselves embroiled in a heated dispute over trade, technology, and regulatory […]

  • Spain’s Far-Left Government Threatens To “Limit And Likely Ban” X
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 11:30 am

    Spain’s Far-Left Government Threatens To “Limit And Likely Ban” X Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Spain’s Minister of Youth and Children, Sira Rego, has declared that the far-left government under Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez intends to “limit and likely ban” the use of X across the entire country, marking yet another assault on free speech by European regimes desperate to control narratives. This […]

  • US Beef Cow Cycle Low Set To Deepen, Keeping Steak Prices High
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 10:45 am

    US Beef Cow Cycle Low Set To Deepen, Keeping Steak Prices High US-based research firm CattleFax delivered bad news for consumers at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s annual conference in Nashville this week, warning that high prices for steak and ground beef are here to stay. CattleFax analyst Kevin Good told the audience that beef supplies will stay very tight. He said the beef cow herd will shrink again this year, […]

  • Trump Extends African Free-Trade Agreement Easing Tariff Fears Amid Tensions
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 10:00 am

    Trump Extends African Free-Trade Agreement Easing Tariff Fears Amid Tensions Authored by Rachel Roberts via The Epoch Times, U.S. President Donald Trump signed a law this week extending a free-trade agreement for some African nations until the end of the year, Washington’s chief trade negotiator said. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said his department would work alongside Congress this year to update the program to […]

  • “Electricity Market Is F**ked”: Finland Wind Turbine Blades Freeze, Curbing Green Power Output
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 9:15 am

    “Electricity Market Is F**ked”: Finland Wind Turbine Blades Freeze, Curbing Green Power Output Finland has prided itself as a global leader in decarbonization, boasting the second-highest share of renewables in final energy consumption across the EU. But the green utopia narrative has cracked under the strain of a brutal winter, as cold weather has brought wind power generation to a near standstill. Most of the country’s wind […]

  • Climate Alarmists Are Often Wrong But Never in Doubt
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 8:30 am

    Climate Alarmists Are Often Wrong But Never in Doubt Authored by Gary Abernathy via The Empowerment Alliance, One of the most annoying things about climate doomsayers is the certainty with which they make their dire predictions, while simultaneously making excuses for all their past prognostications that failed to materialize. Let’s revisit a few. In the early to mid-1970s, several magazine articles and a number of scientists […]

  • Abu Dhabi Talks Bearing Fruit: Over 300 Russian, Ukrainian POWs Swapped
    by Tyler Durden on February 6, 2026 at 7:45 am

    Abu Dhabi Talks Bearing Fruit: Over 300 Russian, Ukrainian POWs Swapped US-brokered Ukraine and Russia negotiations in the United Arab Emirates – specifically Abu Dhabi – have already borne some fruit as the warring sides Thursday reached an agreement to exchange 314 prisoners of war. US special envoy Steve Witkoff confirmed the prisoner deal in a post on X, explaining that while “significant work remains, steps like this […]

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