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  • Trump’s crypto firm made $1.2 billion in 16 months because it found a way to sell resort debt as tokens
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 22, 2026 at 7:05 pm

    A Trump-linked crypto firm is bringing the former president’s brand into the structured credit market. World Liberty Financial plans to tokenize loan-revenue interests tied to the Trump International Hotel and Resort Maldives, offering investors exposure to projected interest payments connected to the project’s financing rather than ownership of the property itself. With the completion date The post Trump’s crypto firm made $1.2 billion in 16 […]

  • Bitcoin bulls could walk into a $1 billion liquidation trap as Bank of America warns multiples are about to compress
    by Gino Matos on February 22, 2026 at 4:35 pm

    Bank of America’s latest market call reads less like a typical bear forecast and more like a structural warning about what happens when markets stop paying premium multiples, even if profits keep growing. The firm argues that the S&P 500 remains “statistically expensive” on 18 of 20 valuation metrics, with four near-record highs, and expects The post Bitcoin bulls could walk into a $1 billion liquidation trap as Bank of America warns […]

  • The SEC just gave Cardano a 75-day shortcut to a spot ETF that took Bitcoin 240 days
    by Gino Matos on February 22, 2026 at 2:15 pm

    CME’s Cardano futures went live on Feb. 9, and that date may matter more for ETFs than for trading. Under the SEC’s new generic listing standards for commodity-based trust shares, one of the clearest fast lanes for a spot crypto ETP is having regulated futures on a CFTC-supervised venue for at least six months. That The post The SEC just gave Cardano a 75-day shortcut to a spot ETF that took Bitcoin 240 days appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin enters a 150-day danger zone as Trump pivots to a 1974 trade law the Supreme Court hasn’t touched yet
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on February 22, 2026 at 12:20 pm

    Bitcoin trades sideways as Trump cites Trade Act for 15% tariffs after Supreme Court limits IEEPA authority, and the market starts watching the 150-day clock It is one of those rare weekend sessions where the chart barely moves… yet it still feels like something is about to snap. Bitcoin is hovering around $68,000, chopping inside The post Bitcoin enters a 150-day danger zone as Trump pivots to a 1974 trade law the Supreme Court hasn’t […]

  • 862k jobs vanished, CPI cooled, and Bitcoin now trades like a bond – What Would Satoshi Say?
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 22, 2026 at 10:21 am

    Bitcoin is trading like a rates product now because real yields are the new “gravity” Earlier this month, we saw the macro picture shift in a very real and tangible way. The record of last year’s job level changed significantly, and markets treated that update as fresh information to trade on. Two days later, inflation The post 862k jobs vanished, CPI cooled, and Bitcoin now trades like a bond – What Would Satoshi Say? appeared first on […]

  • Bitcoin sells off as the yen surged fast enough to trigger cuts across risk books
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 22, 2026 at 6:10 am

    Bitcoin sometimes sells off hard on days with no crypto headlines. A recurring driver sits outside crypto: a yen-funded carry unwind that forces cross-asset deleveraging, then transmits into BTC through thinner liquidity, wider spreads, and fast position reduction in derivatives. Here’s the core mechanism in one line: if USD/JPY moves fast enough to trigger margin The post Bitcoin sells off as the yen surged fast enough to trigger cuts across […]

  • Election betting in an ETF wrapper: The “ambient gambling” shift coming to brokerage accounts
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 22, 2026 at 4:05 am

    A set of new ETF filings wants to turn election outcomes into brokerage-account tickers. If approved, they’d also make “political risk” a tradable product on the same rails that already carry spot Bitcoin ETFs, pulling attention, liquidity, and regulatory pressure into the same lane. Roundhill, GraniteShares, and Bitwise’s PredictionShares brand propose funds that track binary The post Election betting in an ETF wrapper: The “ambient […]

  • Bitcoin eyes $175B in refund liquidity as Supreme Court nukes Trump tariffs
    by Gino Matos on February 22, 2026 at 2:45 am

    The Supreme Court’s Feb. 20 decision striking down President Donald Trump’s IEEPA-based tariff program as illegal creates a massive fiscal overhang that could function as an unintended liquidity injection. The Court ruled 6-3 that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act does not authorize the President to impose tariffs, invalidating a program that collected at least The post Bitcoin eyes $175B in refund liquidity as Supreme Court nukes […]

  • Bitcoin miners face a margin crunch that historically precedes strong returns within 90 days
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on February 22, 2026 at 1:39 am

    Bitcoin just got ~15% harder to mine as hashrate falls—pushing miner revenue back into the $30 stress zone Bitcoin’s mining economy has tightened again, but its undertones could pave the way for a price recovery in the top crypto. Over the past weeks, the network difficulty jumped, while the hashrate has shown signs of softening. The post Bitcoin miners face a margin crunch that historically precedes strong returns within 90 days appeared […]

  • Bitcoin’s native M2 money supply is falling and killing crypto liquidity
    by Andjela Radmilac on February 21, 2026 at 9:00 am

    Stablecoin supply is crypto’s deployable cash. With a total stablecoin market cap of around $307.92 billion and down -1.13% in the past 30 days, the pool has stopped growing month over month. When supply stalls, price moves get sharper, and Bitcoin feels it first in thin depth and bigger wicks. Stablecoins sit in a strange The post Bitcoin’s native M2 money supply is falling and killing crypto liquidity appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Here’s All The Key Figures Who Have Resigned Over The Epstein Files…So Far
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 9:00 pm

    Here’s All The Key Figures Who Have Resigned Over The Epstein Files…So Far We are starting to finally see the beginning of a series of high-profile resignations following the Justice Department’s latest release of millions of pages tied to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The documents—emails, financial records, and photographs—name figures from politics, finance, diplomacy, academia, and the arts. Although inclusion […]

  • AI Surveillance Should Scare Both Democrats And Republicans
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 8:25 pm

    AI Surveillance Should Scare Both Democrats And Republicans Authored by Brendan Steinhauser via RealClearPolitics, In a country desperate for unifying issues, there is growing consensus on one: surveillance of American citizens. From progressives who want to hold ICE accountable to conservatives who fear Big Government, an ever-expanding federal government has put many Americans on high alert, and artificial intelligence is only […]

  • Airlines Cancel Flights To Top Mexican Resort Town After Cartel Chaos Spreads After Drug Kingpin’s Death
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 8:10 pm

    Airlines Cancel Flights To Top Mexican Resort Town After Cartel Chaos Spreads After Drug Kingpin’s Death Update (1510): “Due to developing security situations in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta, airlines are canceling flights at those airports,” website tracker Flightrader24 wrote on X. Due to developing security situations in Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta airlines are canceling flights at those airports. Some flights remain […]

  • DOJ Files To Revoke Citizenship Of Former Mayor Over Alleged Fraud
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 7:15 pm

    DOJ Files To Revoke Citizenship Of Former Mayor Over Alleged Fraud Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Trump administration said Feb. 20 it has filed court papers to strip a former elected official in Florida of U.S. citizenship for allegedly committing fraud during the naturalization process. Immigrants await their turn for green card and citizenship interviews at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration […]

  • TSA Suddenly Suspends PreCheck, Global Entry As DHS Shutdown Continues
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 6:40 pm

    TSA Suddenly Suspends PreCheck, Global Entry As DHS Shutdown Continues Update (1200ET): It appears the potential blowback from shutting PreCheck and Global Entry was just too much to bear as Jake Sherman reports the Trump admin has reverted back to normal on PreCheck but has adjusted its policy in response to the govt shutdown. “At this time, TSA PreCheck remains operational with no change for the traveling public. As staffing […]

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  • Trump Approves DC Emergency Declaration For Potomac Sewage Spill
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 6:05 pm

    Trump Approves DC Emergency Declaration For Potomac Sewage Spill Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump approved an emergency declaration Saturday for the District of Columbia following a massive raw sewage spill into the Potomac River, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) announced. Water samples are taken from the Potomac River in Glen Echo, Md., on Jan. 23, 2026. Nathan […]

  • 21-Year-Old Male Identified As Shotgun-Wielding Mar-a-Lago Intruder
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 5:44 pm

    21-Year-Old Male Identified As Shotgun-Wielding Mar-a-Lago Intruder Update (1230ET): AP News reports that the 21-year-old male, armed with a shotgun and a gas canister, who was shot and killed by law enforcement at Mar-a-Lago early Sunday morning after breaching the outer layer of the security perimeter, has been identified as Austin Tucker Martin. 🚨 BREAKING: Mar-a-Lago intruder IDENTIFIED as 21-year-old, Austin Tucker […]

  • “Devastating” Discovery: New Docs Confirm JPMorgan De-Banked Trump Shortly After Jan 6th Capitol Chaos
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 5:30 pm

    “Devastating” Discovery: New Docs Confirm JPMorgan De-Banked Trump Shortly After Jan 6th Capitol Chaos New court documents released Friday show JPMorgan Chase told President Donald Trump a month after the January 2021 breach of the U.S. Capitol that the bank was closing his accounts. The disclosure was made amid a $5 billion lawsuit Trump filed against JPMorgan and its CEO Jamie Dimon. JPMorgan, the nation’s largest bank, said […]

  • CNN Slams Keir Starmer’s “Atrocious” Ratings, ‘Makes Trump Look Like Abraham Lincoln’
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 4:55 pm

    CNN Slams Keir Starmer’s “Atrocious” Ratings, ‘Makes Trump Look Like Abraham Lincoln’ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Keir Starmer’s approval ratings have plunged to historic lows, with even CNN calling them “absolutely ATROCIOUS” and noting that President Trump appears “downright like Abraham Lincoln” by comparison. This brutal takedown highlights how Starmer’s globalist policies are alienating Brits […]

  • Could The War In Ukraine Go Nuclear?
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    Could The War In Ukraine Go Nuclear? Authored by J.B. Shurk via American Thinker, Too many influential voices are contemplating how to ‘win’ a nuclear war… With all eyes on the U.S. military buildup around Iran right now, the Russia-Ukraine War has been temporarily upstaged.  It will not play second fiddle for long.  The recent trilateral talks in Geneva involving the Russian Federation, Ukraine, and the United […]

  • Jim Snow 2.0: Mamdani Requires Snow-Shovel Volunteers Show Two Forms Of ID, Social Security Card
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    Jim Snow 2.0: Mamdani Requires Snow-Shovel Volunteers Show Two Forms Of ID, Social Security Card With 2-3 feet of snow predicted to hit New York City and New Jersey, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called on New York residents to volunteer as emergency snow shovelers.  “You too can become an emergency snow shoveler. Just show up at your local sanitation garage between 8am and 1pm tomorrow with your paperwork,” he said during a […]

  • Non-Woke Game Of Thrones Spinoff Explodes In Popularity
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 2:55 pm

    Non-Woke Game Of Thrones Spinoff Explodes In Popularity It is true that woke content in entertainment media has been in steady decline.  Some production studios continue to fight against reality in a vain effort to force their insane ideology on the public, but compared to five or ten years ago, far left-activism in film and TV is crumbling. The number of film productions are plummeting.  New movies and shows are becoming thinner […]

  • “We’ll Be Monitoring This Case”: US State Dept Condemns Far-Left Activists Killing Of French Conservative
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 2:20 pm

    “We’ll Be Monitoring This Case”: US State Dept Condemns Far-Left Activists Killing Of French Conservative Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, The U.S. government has weighed in on the killing of French conservative student Quentin Deranque by far-left militant activists, warning that “violent radical leftism is on the rise,” and demanding that those responsible be brought to justice. In a statement posted on X, the […]

  • Fico Threatens To Cut Ukraine’s Emergency Power As Russian Oil Transit Fight Escalates
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 1:45 pm

    Fico Threatens To Cut Ukraine’s Emergency Power As Russian Oil Transit Fight Escalates Slovakia’s populist Prime Minister and pro-Trump ally Robert Fico has drawn an unexpectedly hard line in his country’s ongoing energy showdown with Ukraine: restore Russian oil flows, or else a key emergency electricity lifeline for Ukraine gets pulled. In a weekend post on X, Fico warned that unless Ukraine resumes pumping Russian crude to […]

  • “Potentially Worst Blizzard In Decade” Set To Hammer Mid-Atlantic And Northeast
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 1:10 pm

    “Potentially Worst Blizzard In Decade” Set To Hammer Mid-Atlantic And Northeast A potentially historic winter storm is set to slam the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast beginning Sunday, bringing heavy snow, damaging winds, and coastal flooding. As of Sunday morning, 35 million people are under Blizzard Warning alerts from the Mid-Atlantic through New England, according to a post on X from the National Weather Service Prediction Center. […]

  • Preparation For Martial Law? Europe To Recruit Migrants For “National Defense”
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 12:35 pm

    Preparation For Martial Law? Europe To Recruit Migrants For “National Defense” Europe’s lack of military readiness has become painfully obvious in recent years, due largely to the war in Ukraine as well as the Trump Administration’s efforts to force NATO members to fulfill their basic obligations.  Specifically, Russia’s successful use of attrition tactics against NATO supported forces in Ukraine has exposed a significant weakness […]

  • Ukraine’s Fast-Tracked EU Membership Would De Facto Advance EU Federalist Goals
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 12:00 pm

    Ukraine’s Fast-Tracked EU Membership Would De Facto Advance EU Federalist Goals Authored by Andrew Korybko, The approval of “reverse enlargement” to Ukraine and other candidate states would institutionalize a three-tiered Europe between the “E6”, Central Europe, and the new partial members from Eastern Europe and the Balkans for facilitating Germany’s divide-and-rule federalist plans. Politico reported on the EU’s […]

  • From Blockchain To Ball-And-Chain: Are We Being Borg’d?
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 4:20 am

    From Blockchain To Ball-And-Chain: Are We Being Borg’d? Authored by Patti Johnson via The Burning Platform blog, Tokenized Tyranny: How Elites Are Digitizing Our World for Total Control I’ve followed investigative journalist Whitney Webb’s work for years, and her once-distant warnings now feel eerily prophetic as they unfold in real time. What she has consistently exposed, the systematic digitization and commodification of […]

  • Amb. Huckabee Claims Israel Has ‘Biblical Right’ To Conquer Whole Middle East
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 3:45 am

    Amb. Huckabee Claims Israel Has ‘Biblical Right’ To Conquer Whole Middle East In a jaw-dropping exchange with Tucker Carlson, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee openly framed Israel’s territorial claims in biblical terms – suggesting the Jewish state has a divine mandate over virtually the entire region. Asked whether a passage from the Book of Genesis could be read as granting Israel the right to claim all the land between […]

  • Japan’s $36 Billion Bet On US Energy Dominance
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 3:10 am

    Japan’s $36 Billion Bet On US Energy Dominance Authored by Irina Slav via OilPrice.com, Japan has committed $36 billion as the first tranche of its $550-billion U.S. investment pledge under last year’s trade deal, including plans to build a 9.2 GW natural gas power plant in Ohio. The remaining funds will support a synthetic diamond factory and the Texas GulfLink deepwater oil export terminal. The massive gas plant […]

  • Boards Are Replacing CEOs At The Fastest Pace In Over A Decade
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 2:35 am

    Boards Are Replacing CEOs At The Fastest Pace In Over A Decade A historic wave of leadership change is sweeping corporate America. Across 1,500 of the largest publicly traded companies, roughly one in nine CEOs was replaced last year—the highest churn since the post-financial-crisis years., according to the Wall Street Journal. The turnover has ushered in the largest cohort of new chief executives in more than a decade, and […]

  • Trump Admin Mandates English-Only Tests For Truckers Seeking Commercial Driver’s Licenses
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 2:00 am

    Trump Admin Mandates English-Only Tests For Truckers Seeking Commercial Driver’s Licenses Authored by Kimberly Hayek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The federal crackdown on unqualified truckers kicked into a higher gear Friday when the nation’s transportation chief announced that tests for commercial driver’s licenses must be given only in English. A truck drives through the Port of Oakland in Oakland, Calif., on Nov. 14, […]

  • The Quiet Revolution Reshaping America’s Energy Future
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 12:50 am

    The Quiet Revolution Reshaping America’s Energy Future Authored by Haley Zaremba via OilPrice.com, The geothermal revolution includes both shallow geoexchange systems, such as The Riverie high-rise which uses boreholes for heating and cooling, and deeper, more technologically advanced “enhanced geothermal” techniques. Enhanced geothermal aims to make this alternative energy source viable anywhere by borrowing advanced […]

  • “Satanic, Awful, Sacrificial”: Boebert And Maher Discuss Pizzagate, Epstein, And Baby Cannibalism
    by Tyler Durden on February 22, 2026 at 12:15 am

    “Satanic, Awful, Sacrificial”: Boebert And Maher Discuss Pizzagate, Epstein, And Baby Cannibalism Talk show host Bill Maher, that ‘blood oath’ sex party enthusiast who founded ‘Kid Love Productions’ in 1992 one year after starring in the movie “Pizza Man” – in which he plays a pizza delivery guy who stumbles into an elaborate criminal conspiracy involving Ronald Reagan, Dan Quayle, and Donald Trump (who he kills)… …sat down […]

  • Grinding The American Middle Class To Dust
    by Tyler Durden on February 21, 2026 at 11:40 pm

    Grinding The American Middle Class To Dust Authored by MN Gordon via EconomicPrism.com, The housing market, for much of the 20th century, was the bedrock of the American Dream. Home ownership, and the financial stability it represents, was a sure path to middle-class prosperity. That dream turned to a nightmare for many American families during the epic real estate bubble and subsequent bust in 2008-09. What’s more, in the near […]

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