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- Strategy, Strive face balancing act between bitcoin buying and preferred stock dividendsby Will Canny on October 24, 2026 at 4:00 pm
The securities have financed purchases of nearly 136,000 bitcoin, opening a funding channel that analysts expect to complement the larger ETF market.
- Block’s new voice AI sounds eerily human, sparking awe and scam fearsby Francisco Rodrigues on October 24, 2026 at 3:21 pm
Reactions split between amazement at how human it sounds and fears it could fuel scams and deception, with CZ eyeing uses in children’s education.
- Crypto under weekend pressure, bitcoin slides below $80,000 on U.S. Middle East evacuationsby Stephen Alpher on October 24, 2026 at 3:11 pm
Bitcoin has sunk to its weakest level in more than one month.
- Why McDonalds, Microsoft and Google saying no to tokenized stocks isn’t a dealbreakerby Krisztian Sandor on October 24, 2026 at 3:00 pm
Some of the world’s biggest companies objected to being listed on the first tokenized securities trading venue under the SEC’s innovation exemption. But the early pushback may say more about issuer caution than about rejection of tokenization itself.
- Argentina drops criminal probe into President Milei over crashed memecoin LIBRAby Francisco Rodrigues on October 24, 2026 at 2:38 pm
The judge found that Milei’s promotion of LIBRA did not constitute fraud, despite the attention his support drew to the token.
- Wells Fargo, Cisco, Marvell among latest firms objecting to OKXICE’s tokenized stock planby Krisztian Sandor on October 24, 2026 at 2:06 pm
Six more companies have objected to listing tokenized versions of their stock on the venue, Reuters reported, bringing the total to 22.
- Bitcoin’s wealthy holders turning to loans and yield as investment habits mature: Xapo CEOby Will Canny on October 24, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Borrowing against bitcoin and earning income to build their BTC holdings are becoming priorities for long-term investors, Xapo Bank CEO Seamus Rocca told CoinDesk.
- U.S. Clarity Act failure gives Asia and Middle East a competitive edge, says Apex Group CEOby Olivier Acuna on October 24, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Apex Group CEO Peter Hughes warned that the failure of the U.S. Clarity Act will drive digital asset businesses toward faster-moving jurisdictions in Asia and the Middle East.
- Franklin Templeton adds $150 million in fund shares to XRP Ledger, all in one walletby Shaurya Malwa on October 24, 2026 at 4:45 am
Two subscriptions on Thursday nearly quadrupled the fund’s tokens on the network. The receiving wallet shares its authorized signers with the issuer.
- Robinhood sees surge in bitcoin, gold prediction markets as traders move beyond sportsby Helene Braun on October 23, 2026 at 1:58 pm
The company’s head of futures and prediction markets said bitcoin, gold and oil contracts are among its fastest-growing prediction markets.
- Bitcoin Core changes security rules as AI makes finding code bugs dangerously easyby Shaurya Malwa on October 23, 2026 at 12:03 pm
Developers merged a policy change that ends the months-long embargo for flaws a chatbot could rediscover, after a summer in which AI found hundreds of bitcoin bugs before the humans did.
- Bitcoin’s price is as jumpy as Nvidia’s and eight times more turbulent than the euroby Omkar Godbole on October 23, 2026 at 11:22 am
Your day-ahead look for Oct. 23, 2026
- Live updates: Bitcoin holds above $81,000 as oil prices hit six-month highby Shaurya Malwa on October 23, 2026 at 11:13 am
Brent crude oil surged above $116 per barrel for the first time since late April.
- Bitcoin steadies near $81,700 as altcoins rebound, pepe climbs 13%by Oliver Knight on October 23, 2026 at 10:54 am
Bitcoin rose 0.5% to around $81,700 since midnight UTC while the CoinDesk 80 gained 1.4% and memecoins climbed 2.9%.
- Bitcoin appears to have decoupled from midterm cycle bottom historyby James Van Straten on October 23, 2026 at 10:53 am
Previous bitcoin bear-market lows followed U.S. midterms, but this year’s recovery raises the possibility that the bottom arrived months earlier.
- HSBC rolls out its first stablecoin to over 3 million everyday app usersby Francisco Rodrigues on October 23, 2026 at 10:22 am
HSBC and Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint received Hong Kong’s first stablecoin issuer licenses in April. Anchorpoint began rolling out HKDAP in August.
- Sweden’s central bank revives e-krona debate as stablecoins and digital euro loomby Francisco Rodrigues on October 23, 2026 at 8:57 am
The Riksbank sees an e-krona as critical to securing national payments and monetary control.
- India’s largest exchange denies hack after sleuths pointed to $16 million in suspicious outflowsby Omkar Godbole on October 23, 2026 at 8:02 am
CoinDCX denies its active wallets were hacked after sleuths flagged $16 million in outflows from addresses linked to the India-based exchange.
- Polymarket has reportedly fired its marketing chief, also a close friend of the CEOby Omkar Godbole on October 23, 2026 at 5:01 am
Matthew Modabber was reportedly ousted after an internal probe of several instances of misconduct, according to the New York Post.
- Ethereum delays Glamsterdam test after security devs flag risk to existing contractsby Shaurya Malwa on October 23, 2026 at 4:59 am
Developers canceled Monday’s Hoodi activation after researchers showed how new gas rules could let smart contracts permanently record failed operations.
- Cardano holders are being asked to bet $5 million on copper hitting a new recordby Shaurya Malwa on October 23, 2026 at 4:36 am
Toto Finance wants 22 million ADA from Cardano’s treasury to buy tokenized copper, and the metal would have to trade well above its all-time high for holders to get their money back.
- Bitcoin, gold trim early losses as yen gives up gains. Oil stays near $100by Omkar Godbole on October 23, 2026 at 3:13 am
Bitcoin and gold pared early losses as the yen gave up gains and Asian stocks rebounded, though oil near $100 keeps inflation risks in focus.
- Senate’s top Democratic investigator looking into Tether payments to Bo Hines’ firmby Jesse Hamilton on October 22, 2026 at 10:43 pm
Senator Richard Blumenthal, the ranking Democrat on the investigations subcommittee, added a probe of the ex-White House crypto adviser to his list of crypto interests.
- A16z is the latest VC giant to widen bets beyond crypto and into AI and emerging techby Krisztian Sandor on October 22, 2026 at 6:30 pm
The venture investor behind early bets on Coinbase, Solana and Uniswap said is broadening its focus, joining other crypto investment firms looking beyond blockchain to artificial intelligence and tech themes.
- Irish central bank fines Coinbase Ireland $3.6 million over fund safeguarding failuresby Jamie Crawley on October 22, 2026 at 3:40 pm
When Silvergate was on the verge of collapse in 2023, Coinbase instructed 30 customers to deposit funds into an alternate account held by Coinbase at another U.S. bank.
- “Money is like a sixth sense – and you can’t make use of the other five without it.”. William Somerset
- If You Love This Country, When You Vote, Consider The Policies That Islamist Sharia Ideology Demandsby Tyler Durden on October 25, 2026 at 3:59 am
If You Love This Country, When You Vote, Consider The Policies That Islamist Sharia Ideology Demands Authored by Majid Rafizadeh via Gatestone Institute, When you go to vote in ten days, please keep in mind the many doctrines and policies that are not just preferred but required by those who identify with the ideologies of Islam. Every election presents a choice between candidates, some of whom may be more supportive of your […]
- Ultrawealthy Reshaping Country-Fried City With $35 Million Estates And Lamborghinisby Tyler Durden on October 25, 2026 at 3:25 am
Ultrawealthy Reshaping Country-Fried City With $35 Million Estates And Lamborghinis America’s wealthiest residents are increasingly abandoning traditional luxury enclaves in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, fueling an extraordinary real estate boom in an unlikely corner of the South. Nashville, Tennessee, once best known for country music and Southern hospitality, is rapidly transforming into a playground for multimillionaires, […]
- Nearly 1 In 5 U. California Freshmen Are Failing Introductory Mathby Tyler Durden on October 25, 2026 at 2:50 am
Nearly 1 In 5 U. California Freshmen Are Failing Introductory Math Authored by Gabrielle Temaat via The College Fix, Nearly one in five freshmen at the University of California are flunking introductory math classes amid widespread calls from faculty to reinstate standardized testing requirements for admissions. About 18 percent of students either withdrew or received a D or F grade during the 2025-26 school year. This share has […]
- Homeowners Hit With Alarming New Financial Burden That Now Exceeds Property Taxes Across Americaby Tyler Durden on October 25, 2026 at 2:15 am
Homeowners Hit With Alarming New Financial Burden That Now Exceeds Property Taxes Across America In a surprising shift in the economics of homeownership, the cost of home insurance plus the weather-related portion of auto insurance now exceeds property taxes across three-quarters of U.S. counties. A recent Bloomberg Intelligence analysis found that homeowners insurance premiums alone exceed property-tax bills in roughly […]
- Pentagon Designates Confucius Institutes A National Security Threatby Tyler Durden on October 25, 2026 at 1:40 am
Pentagon Designates Confucius Institutes A National Security Threat Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times, The War Department has designated Confucius Institutes a threat to national security, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced Friday in a video posted on X. The War Department has designated Confucius Institutes as a threat to our national security. https://t.co/bvMTUBwGei — Secretary of War Pete Hegseth (@SecWar) […]
- Musk Admits SpaceX Throttled Starlink In Ukraine, Because Kiev Violated Terms Of Serviceby Tyler Durden on October 25, 2026 at 1:05 am
Musk Admits SpaceX Throttled Starlink In Ukraine, Because Kiev Violated Terms Of Service Elon Musk said Saturday that SpaceX throttled Starlink service in Ukraine, ending a week in which Washington and SpaceX pointed at each other over who limited the connection Kiev’s drones depend on, the Associated Press reported. The admission came after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said access to Starlink and Starshield had been restored to […]
- Many Western Governments Won’t Surviveby Tyler Durden on October 25, 2026 at 12:30 am
Many Western Governments Won’t Survive Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Western governments have put themselves in mortal danger. They are actively doing things that are destroying their countries: (1) replacing their native citizens with unassimilable foreigners; (2) centralizing government power in unelected and unaccountable bureaucracies; (3) censoring and criminalizing public dissent; (4) offshoring industrial […]
- Border Patrol Logs Under 99,000 Southwest Arrests In FY2026, Lowest In Nearly 60 Yearsby Tyler Durden on October 25, 2026 at 12:00 am
Border Patrol Logs Under 99,000 Southwest Arrests In FY2026, Lowest In Nearly 60 Years The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that Border Patrol made 98,708 apprehensions on the southwest border in fiscal 2026, which ended Sept. 30, a 95% drop from the more than 1.8 million a year it counts under the Biden administration. In its release, DHS called the figures preliminary and said nationwide encounters totaled 379,243, the […]
- First Signs Of A Deeply Frozen Housing Marketby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 11:30 pm
First Signs Of A Deeply Frozen Housing Market Authored by Milan Adams via Preppgroup, At a glance Existing-home sales have run roughly a third below their pre-2020 level for three years, while the median price has repeatedly set records – a combination that ordinary market logic does not predict. A large majority of outstanding mortgages carry rates below 5 percent. Selling means trading a cheap loan for an expensive one, […]
- El Nino Warmth Crushes US NatGas Futs In 15% Weekly Routby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 11:00 pm
El Nino Warmth Crushes US NatGas Futs In 15% Weekly Rout The impact of El Niño weather conditions appears to be bearish for US natural gas futures, as the fuel used to heat homes and power industry posted its largest weekly decline in eight months last week. Temperatures in the 70s this November in the East? Seems possible 🌡️ https://t.co/2iISBbKWiX — Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) October 24, 2026 The November contract fell […]
- Trump Says US Will ‘Take Care Of Cuba’ After Iranby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 10:30 pm
Trump Says US Will ‘Take Care Of Cuba’ After Iran Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times, President Donald Trump hinted at a new U.S. foreign intervention in Cuba, potentially with military force, as he addressed supporters at a midterm campaign rally in Florida on Oct. 23. He made the comments about Cuba after touting investments in the U.S. military during his administration and in military operations this year in […]
- Amazon, Canadians, And The Navy All Want Reactors In Indianaby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Amazon, Canadians, And The Navy All Want Reactors In Indiana Amazon, Canadians, and the U.S. Navy all showed up in Indiana this past week with reactor plans. On Monday, AEP, X-energy and Amazon unveiled a 960 MW nuclear proposal in Sullivan County, and Canada’s AtkinsRéalis signed on to study up to eight CANDU reactors. On Tuesday, Radiant said the Navy had picked it to put a microreactor at Naval Weapons Station Crane. That’s as […]
- Record Oil, Empty Tanks: The UAE’s Miracle Recoveryby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 9:30 pm
Record Oil, Empty Tanks: The UAE’s Miracle Recovery Authored by Larry Johnson via Sonar21.com Good news, everyone. The war is over, at least in the United Arab Emirates. That is the only conclusion you could draw from this month’s headlines. On October 14, Bloomberg reported the International Energy Agency’s estimate that UAE oil supply hit a record 5.3 million barrels a day in September. Fujairah, the port the Emirates built […]
- French PM Puts Telecoms On Alert For Nationwide Social Media Blackout As Far-Left Riots Spiralby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 9:07 pm
French PM Puts Telecoms On Alert For Nationwide Social Media Blackout As Far-Left Riots Spiral Summary: French PM Asks Telecoms To Prepare For Nationwide Social Media Blackout Far-Left Unrest Spreads to Albania, Spain, Brussels, and Italy Despite France Deploying Extra Police, Far-Left Riots Continue EU’s Far-Left Uprising Is a National Security Concern Riots Begin In France, Spread To Brussels France Deploys 70,000 […]
- The Next Fannie Mae Is Made Of GPUsby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 8:30 pm
The Next Fannie Mae Is Made Of GPUs Authored by Patrick Feeley via Substack, Private credit is financing the AI buildout against collateral with a short clock, and I think Washington ends up holding the risk… Karp’s logic Alex Karp, one of the most contrarian CEOs ever, spent September making an argument most of the market has not yet absorbed, and I am writing this because I think it applies one layer further down the stack […]
- JetBlue Creditors Call In Restructuring Advisers As Stock, Bonds Craterby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 8:00 pm
JetBlue Creditors Call In Restructuring Advisers As Stock, Bonds Crater A federal judge blocked JetBlue Airways’ $3.8 billion takeover of Spirit Airlines during the Biden administration to protect consumers. That supposedly brilliant decision is now looking increasingly disastrous for both airlines and the passengers it was meant to protect. First, Spirit Aviation shuttered all operations earlier this year, stunning travelers with […]
- 18,000+ Kids Injected With Vaccines While Unconscious At Colorado Hospitalby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 7:30 pm
18,000+ Kids Injected With Vaccines While Unconscious At Colorado Hospital Authored by Jon Fleetwood via Modernity, A March 2026 publication by The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) confirms that Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO) has injected “more than 18,000” pediatric patients under “deep sedation or general anesthesia” who were undergoing surgery or other medical procedures. The revelation comes after this website […]
- Trump Floats Another ‘Little Epic Fury’ As Intel Warns Of ‘Advanced’ Plots To Kill US Officials Abroadby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 7:05 pm
Trump Floats Another ‘Little Epic Fury’ As Intel Warns Of ‘Advanced’ Plots To Kill US Officials Abroad President Trump declared during a campaign rally in Florida on Friday that “We may do another little Epic Fury, or they’ll agree” – asserting an ultimatum for the Iranians to either agree to a deal or else face a new intensified bombing campaign, possibly with Israeli help. “If they’re smart, they’ll just say, let’s get down to […]
- Fire Engulfs Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest” Retreat In Bavarian Alps, Suspect Detainedby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 6:55 pm
Fire Engulfs Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest” Retreat In Bavarian Alps, Suspect Detained Fire tore through the Kehlsteinhaus, the Alpine guesthouse known as Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest,” on Friday night, and German police said they had detained a suspect near the scene, Reuters reported. Emergency dispatchers in Traunstein were alerted at about 9:15 p.m., Berliner Zeitung reported, and when the first crews reached the site at 9:52 p.m. the […]
- Trump Administration Carried Out 980,000 Deportations In First 18 Months: Think Tankby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 6:40 pm
Trump Administration Carried Out 980,000 Deportations In First 18 Months: Think Tank Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) conducted 980,000 deportations during the first 18 months of President Donald Trump’s second administration, a report published by the Migration Policy Institute (MPI) think tank said on Thursday. U.S. Customs and Border Protection security agents guide […]
- Houthis Announce Massive Missile Attack On Saudi Territory, Including East-West Pipelineby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 5:50 pm
Houthis Announce Massive Missile Attack On Saudi Territory, Including East-West Pipeline Yeman’s Ansar Allah movement (Houthis) have announced a major new Saturday operation against Saudi territory, claiming to have struck over a half-dozen targets deep inside the kingdom, including against energy infrastructure and airports. Within an hour of the announcement, Saudi air alerts were issued, with mid-evening (local time) Al Jazeera […]
- Roswell UFO Witness Describes Alien Bodies, Egg-Shaped Craft In Newly Released Filesby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 5:30 pm
Roswell UFO Witness Describes Alien Bodies, Egg-Shaped Craft In Newly Released Files Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times, The Pentagon released its seventh batch of newly declassified UFO files including an eyewitness account of the 1947 Roswell suspected UFO crash describing alien bodies and an egg-shaped craft. Building 84, storage site for purported UFO crash debris from the ”1947 Roswell incident,“ remains in […]
- AOC Goes Full Woke On ‘Trans Rights’ Because She’s A ‘Girl’s Girl’by Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 5:00 pm
AOC Goes Full Woke On ‘Trans Rights’ Because She’s A ‘Girl’s Girl’ Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) said at a Maine town hall Thursday that she defends transgender rights because she is a “girl’s girl,” telling the crowd she does not support trans rights just to protect her own, but supports “the rights of trans women because I’m a girl’s girl.” She added that compromising one trans person’s rights compromises every citizen’s. […]
- The Early Signs Of A Massive Market Rotationby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 4:35 pm
The Early Signs Of A Massive Market Rotation Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance I wanted to take a moment after this week, as the market continues to show signs of weakness, to revisit what is increasingly coming into focus as a potential strategy heading into next year. Most of my regular readers know that roughly two months ago, I laid out my expectation that the AI bubble could begin to unravel within the following six to ten […]
- 58% Of Americans Get Their News From Four Left-Leaning Aggregators; Study Findsby Tyler Durden on October 24, 2026 at 3:45 pm
58% Of Americans Get Their News From Four Left-Leaning Aggregators; Study Finds Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, A new study from a conservative media watchdog group has found that nearly 60 percent of Americans get their news from at least one of the Big Four news aggregators: Apple News, Google News, Yahoo News and Microsoft’s MSN. Just the News reports that, according to MRC’s tracking and research data, these […]


















































