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  • Bitcoin’s “permanent buyers” are starting to sell as debt and cash pressures mount
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 4, 2026 at 4:00 pm

    In July 2025, Genius Group announced it was targeting a Bitcoin treasury of 10,000 BTC, framing it as a statement of deep strategic conviction. This week, however, the company sold its last 84 BTC to pay off $8.5 million in debt and declared its treasury empty. The 18-month gap between those two moments is a The post Bitcoin’s “permanent buyers” are starting to sell as debt and cash pressures mount appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Bitcoin derivatives flash warning as $46B market pulls back from Iran ceasefire rally
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 4, 2026 at 11:05 am

    On March 31, 2026, Wall Street saw its best trading day in nearly a year. The Dow Jones Industrial Average gained over 1,100 points, the S&P 500 rose 2.9% for its best single-day performance since last May, and the Nasdaq jumped 3.8%. The mood, as one market recap cheerfully dubbed it, was “Hormuz Hope,” a The post Bitcoin derivatives flash warning as $46B market pulls back from Iran ceasefire rally appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • US frees up billions for banks while quietly admitting SVB’s core failure never went away
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 4, 2026 at 8:00 am

    Washington is in a generous mood with its banks. In March, federal regulators unveiled a sweeping overhaul of capital requirements (the financial cushions that banks must hold to absorb losses in hard times), and the headlines wrote themselves: deregulation, relief, billions freed up for lending and buybacks. The proposal would cut the required capital for The post US frees up billions for banks while quietly admitting SVB’s core failure […]

  • Bitcoin’s safe haven story breaks as war shock revives $10,000 risk if oil hits $150 a barrel
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 3, 2026 at 7:25 pm

    Bitcoin, once promoted by some investors as a hedge against geopolitical turmoil, is behaving like a liquidity-sensitive risk asset at a time when energy prices are climbing, and macro stress is spreading. This comes as the conflict between the United States and Iran deepens, with shock rippling through oil, the dollar, and broader financial conditions The post Bitcoin’s safe haven story breaks as war shock revives $10,000 risk if oil hits […]

  • Circle under fire as $230M in stolen USDC flows unblocked days after freezing legitimate accounts
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 3, 2026 at 5:05 pm

    Stablecoin issuer Circle is facing mounting scrutiny from blockchain researchers after millions of USD Coin (USDC) were stolen and flowed unimpeded through its proprietary bridge during the $285 million exploit of the Solana-based Drift Protocol. The inaction during the April 1 attack, which is now the largest decentralized finance (DeFi) hack of 2026, stands in The post Circle under fire as $230M in stolen USDC flows unblocked days after […]

  • CFTC sues 3 states in bid to redefine crypto prediction markets as federal products
    by Gino Matos on April 3, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    Washington has escalated its fight with states over prediction markets, launching lawsuits that could decide whether these platforms operate as national financial products or state-regulated gambling. The outcome will determine if sports contracts can scale or get forced back into local licensing regimes. On Apr. 2, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued Arizona, Connecticut, The post CFTC sues 3 states in bid to redefine crypto […]

  • SpaceX IPO would eclipse Tesla in market value while holding less Bitcoin — challenging the idea of a Bitcoin proxy
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 3, 2026 at 1:35 pm

    SpaceX is moving toward a public listing that could redefine how Bitcoin shows up in equity markets. The scale of the IPO matters more than the size of its holdings. SpaceX has reportedly filed confidentially for an initial public offering with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), a step that would move Elon Musk’s The post SpaceX IPO would eclipse Tesla in market value while holding less Bitcoin — challenging the idea of a […]

  • Cardano Foundation shifts away from ADA as Bitcoin and cash take larger share of reserves
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 3, 2026 at 12:05 pm

    The Cardano Foundation is becoming less dependent on ADA. Its latest report shows Bitcoin and cash now account for a much larger share of reserves after a year of sharp price divergence. That shift changes how closely the Foundation’s balance sheet tracks the performance of Cardano’s native token. In its 2025 Activity and Financial Insights The post Cardano Foundation shifts away from ADA as Bitcoin and cash take larger share of reserves […]

  • Washington has started selecting which crypto firms control custody at a national level
    by Gino Matos on April 3, 2026 at 10:45 am

    On Apr. 2, Coinbase received conditional approval from the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency for a national trust charter. Coinbase joined a cluster of at least eight firms that the OCC has moved toward federal trust-charter status since December 2025, and the cluster reveals a deliberate federal decision about which parts of crypto The post Washington has started selecting which crypto firms control custody at a national level appeared […]

  • Bitcoin is the financial Easter Bunny this weekend as markets close Friday amid critical jobs report
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 3, 2026 at 8:50 am

    Bitcoin becomes the live market over Easter as oil shocks hit and traditional finance goes dark The Bitcoin market now has three trading days where it will act as the live venue for geopolitical risk while much of traditional finance is closed. As of Friday, April 3, Wall Street is closed for Good Friday; several The post Bitcoin is the financial Easter Bunny this weekend as markets close Friday amid critical jobs report appeared first on […]

  • Artemis II Now Closer To Moon Than Earth
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 5:25 pm

    Artemis II Now Closer To Moon Than Earth Authored by T.J.Muscaro via The Epoch Times, Artemis II’s four moon-bound astronauts are officially closer to the Moon than the Earth. Mission Control confirmed the milestone to the crew at 10:59 p.m. CT on April 3, three days into their historic flight around the moon. As of 11 p.m., NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, and Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut […]

  • Gen Z Women Are Ditching The ‘Girlboss’ Lie For Tradwife Life, Putting Family First
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 4:15 pm

    Gen Z Women Are Ditching The ‘Girlboss’ Lie For Tradwife Life, Putting Family First Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Gen Z women are rejecting the decades-long feminist push that told them family comes second to careers or ‘fame’ and ‘independence’ at all costs. Fox News host Lara Trump breaks down the new reality playing out among young women. The clip highlights a fresh EduBirdie study showing young […]

  • Major US Shale Producer To Boost Output, And It Suggests One Thing
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 3:40 pm

    Major US Shale Producer To Boost Output, And It Suggests One Thing Last month, roughly three weeks into the U.S.-Iran conflict, UBS chief economist Arend Kapteyn told clients that one reason this Middle East energy shock is “not like the 2011-2014 shale boom” is the lack of a comparable response from the U.S. shale patch. In other words, the oil shock was viewed as temporary by major shale players and not worth adding new drilling […]

  • FBI Arrests Eight Suspects In $60 Million LA County Over Hospice Fraud
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    FBI Arrests Eight Suspects In $60 Million LA County Over Hospice Fraud Authored by Madeline Shannon via The Center Square, The FBI made multiple arrests Thursday in Los Angeles County in connection with allegations over a total of $60 million in hospice-related Medicaid fraud. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli announced the arrests for Operation Never Say Die during a news conference. “Federal agents from […]

  • Trump Reminds Iran “48 Hours Before All Hell Will Reign Down” As Search For Missing US Pilot Continues
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 2:30 pm

    Trump Reminds Iran “48 Hours Before All Hell Will Reign Down” As Search For Missing US Pilot Continues Summary President Trump reminds Iran of deal timeline, threatens “all hell will reign down” if time runs out. Israel launched heavy strikes on Tehran, targeting Iranian air-defense and ballistic-missile sites, while a projectile also hit the perimeter of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant The U.S. military continued search […]

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  • Downed U.S. Drone Appears On TikTok Live As Iraqi Children Try To Sell It
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 1:55 pm

    Downed U.S. Drone Appears On TikTok Live As Iraqi Children Try To Sell It As the U.S.-Iran conflict enters its second month, America’s Low-Cost Unmanned Combat Attack System, or LUCAS, is becoming increasingly visible across the Middle East theater, a sign that the Department of War has learned one critical lesson from both the Iranian drone playbook and the Ukraine-Russia war: cheap drones are the future of warfare. The latest […]

  • How Will AI-Driven Automation Actually Affect Jobs?
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 1:20 pm

    How Will AI-Driven Automation Actually Affect Jobs? Authored by Alex Imas and Soumitra Shukla via Ghosts of Electricity, One of the most widely cited findings in AI policy comes from a 2023 paper by Eloundou, Manning, Mishkin, and Rock titled “GPTs are GPTs.” The title is a nice double meaning: the paper studies how general-purpose technologies (GPTs) powered by large language models (also GPTs) may reshape the labor market. […]

  • Netanyahu Boasts 70% Of Iran’s Steel Production Capacity Destroyed
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 12:45 pm

    Netanyahu Boasts 70% Of Iran’s Steel Production Capacity Destroyed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in Friday remarks that Israeli airstrikes have wiped out roughly 70% of Iran’s steel production capacity, dealing a major blow to its ability to manufacture weapons – from missiles and drones to ships. “Together with our American friends, we continue to crush the terror regime in Iran. We are eliminating commanders, […]

  • Poland: Pedophilia, Bestiality Scandal Hits Tusk’s Party
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 12:10 pm

    Poland: Pedophilia, Bestiality Scandal Hits Tusk’s Party Via Remix News, The Kłodzko scandal could bring down the Civic Coalition (KO). This is the view of PiS candidate for prime minister, Przemysław Czarnek, despite the localized nature of the crime. “This is a group of people who really have a lot on their minds,” the politician says. A pedophilia and zoophilia scandal in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship has shocked […]

  • Navy’s Top Officer Admits Ford Carrier Fire Halted Its Combat Sorties For Two Days
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 11:35 am

    Navy’s Top Officer Admits Ford Carrier Fire Halted Its Combat Sorties For Two Days More details continue to belatedly come out in piecemeal fashion related to the Navy’s largest and most expensive supercarrier, the USS Gerald R Ford. It has withdrawn from the Iran theatre of operations and Mideast regional waters, now anchored in Croatia (Split) for largescale emergency repairs, after a March 12 fire which the Pentagon has said was […]

  • What Might Transatlantic Security Look Like If The US Leaves NATO?
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 11:00 am

    What Might Transatlantic Security Look Like If The US Leaves NATO? Authored by Andrew Korybko, If NATO as a whole remains more or less intact upon the US’ hypothetical exit, and the US then reaches bilateral security deals with Poland, the Baltic States, and Turkiye, then not much would change from Russia’s perspective. Trump’s latest talk about the US leaving NATO is being taken seriously by many Europeans owing to his […]

  • Has Concern Over Hormuz Made Us Forget The Red Sea?
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 3:00 am

    Has Concern Over Hormuz Made Us Forget The Red Sea? Authored by Gregory Copley via The Epoch Times, Wartime concerns about the security of maritime energy traffic through the Strait of Hormuz—connecting the Indian Ocean/Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf—have overshadowed the fact that the related issue of Red Sea security is far from resolved and is, in fact, becoming more dynamic. The Red Sea–Suez link between the […]

  • America Dependent On Chinese Electrical Parts For AI Build-Out
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 2:15 am

    America Dependent On Chinese Electrical Parts For AI Build-Out The race for U.S. leadership in AI is hitting a tangible wall made of steel, copper, and imported circuit breakers. Trillions in planned spending on data centers are running up against chronic shortages of transformers, switchgear, and batteries, the unglamorous gear that actually delivers power to the racks.  AI Takeover Complete: Data Center Construction Surpasses […]

  • Forget Minnesota – The Amount Of Fraud Uncovered In California Is Staggering
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 1:30 am

    Forget Minnesota – The Amount Of Fraud Uncovered In California Is Staggering Authored by Christopher F. Rufo, Ryan Thrope, Kenneth Schrupp & Haley Strack via City Journal, California is a cash machine. The state collects some of the country’s highest income, business, and fuel taxes, and now spends more than $300 billion per year. And yet, everywhere you look, California seems to be falling apart. The roads are crumbling. […]

  • Colorado Forces Lawyers To Swear They Won’t Help Feds Nab Illegals
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 12:45 am

    Colorado Forces Lawyers To Swear They Won’t Help Feds Nab Illegals Lawyers in the Mile High State are now being strong-armed by Democrats into signing a radical anti-immigration-enforcement pledge just to do their jobs. Starting March 30, 2026, every private attorney logging into Colorado’s official Courts E-Filing system (CCE) must certify – under penalty of perjury – that they will never use or share non-public personal […]

  • Micro AI Sentry Guns May Be Next Layer Of Defense For Data Centers Against Kamikaze Drones
    by Tyler Durden on April 4, 2026 at 12:00 am

    Micro AI Sentry Guns May Be Next Layer Of Defense For Data Centers Against Kamikaze Drones Submitted by Cameron Rowe, Co-Founder and CEO of Sentradel,  Most people don’t think about what the “cloud” actually is. It’s a physical building full of servers storing everything from your medical records to your social media. Every Google search, every ChatGPT query, every hospital pulling up your health history routes through a […]

  • February Net Trailer Orders Down 43% As Bookings Fall 26%
    by Tyler Durden on April 3, 2026 at 11:20 pm

    February Net Trailer Orders Down 43% As Bookings Fall 26% Preliminary February net trailer orders fell by about 10,000 units from January’s 23,300, a 43% month-over-month decline, according to TheTrucker.com. “Sequentially, a drop in net orders was expected, as the industry transitions from the strongest to the weakest order months of the annual cycle,” said Jennifer McNealy, director CV market research & publications at […]

  • FBI Issues Public Alert On Americans Using Foreign Apps
    by Tyler Durden on April 3, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    FBI Issues Public Alert On Americans Using Foreign Apps Authored by Naveen Athrappully via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The FBI identified data security risks from foreign-developed mobile apps used in the United States, the agency warned in a March 31 public service announcement. In this photo illustration, a hacker types on a computer keyboard on May 13, 2025. Oleksii Pydsosonnii/The Epoch Times “As of early 2026, many of […]

  • High Taxes, Power Bill Crisis Send Maryland Gov. Moore’s Poll Numbers To Record Low
    by Tyler Durden on April 3, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    High Taxes, Power Bill Crisis Send Maryland Gov. Moore’s Poll Numbers To Record Low Left-wing Maryland Gov. Wes Moore’s approval rating has slid to a new record low as the Democrat darling, seen as Soros-friendly and as having aspirations to become the Democratic Party’s 2028 nominee, increasingly looks dimmer by the month. Moore and Alex Soros.  Moore’s approval rating tumbled to 48% for the first time since he took […]

  • It’s Past Time To Privatize The Post Office
    by Tyler Durden on April 3, 2026 at 9:20 pm

    It’s Past Time To Privatize The Post Office Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance A new piece from the Cato Institute lays out how bad things have gotten at the post office, arguing that the United States Postal Service is facing a severe and worsening financial crisis. According to the article, USPS has been losing billions of dollars annually for well over a decade and is now at a point where it cannot realistically fix its […]

  • Tiger Woods Flexes Call With Trump Before DUI Arrest; Pardon Odds Remain Low
    by Tyler Durden on April 3, 2026 at 8:40 pm

    Tiger Woods Flexes Call With Trump Before DUI Arrest; Pardon Odds Remain Low Bodycam footage shows Tiger Woods telling local authorities on Jupiter Island that he spoke with President Trump shortly after he flipped his Land Rover SUV and was arrested for DUI. “You got it. Thank you, bye… I was just talking to the President,” Woods told a local police officer seen in the bodycam footage. The officer was asking Woods to remain on […]

  • DOJ Is Done Releasing Epstein Files
    by Tyler Durden on April 3, 2026 at 8:00 pm

    DOJ Is Done Releasing Epstein Files Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, In a move sparking fresh skepticism among Americans demanding full accountability, the new acting Attorney General Todd Blanche has declared the Jeffrey Epstein files chapter closed. This came just hours after President Trump reassigned Pam Bondi, with Blanche – Trump’s former personal attorney – stepping in as acting AG and signaling it’s time to […]

  • Second US Warplane Lost: A-10 Warthog Crashes Near Hormuz Shortly After F-15 Shootdown
    by Tyler Durden on April 3, 2026 at 7:30 pm

    Second US Warplane Lost: A-10 Warthog Crashes Near Hormuz Shortly After F-15 Shootdown Update(1535ET): Friday has witnessed a sudden spate of disasters for the US Air Force over Iran. The downed F-15 situation is still ongoing, there are unconfirmed reports a Blackhawk helicopter may have been shot down, and now the NYT is confirming an A-10 Warthog crashed in the Persian Gulf region: A second Air Force combat plane crashed in the […]

  • Hegseth: Military Bases Are No Longer Gun-Free Zones
    by Tyler Durden on April 3, 2026 at 7:00 pm

    Hegseth: Military Bases Are No Longer Gun-Free Zones Authored by Catherine Salgado via PJMedia.ocm, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has overturned the controversial rule banning firearms from military installations. Up until now, it was nearly impossible for servicemen to obtain permission to carry personal firearms on military posts and bases.  That is about the change. “Not all enemies are foreign, nor are they all outside […]

  • Trump Proposes $1.5 Trillion In War Spending, ‘Largest In Decades’
    by Tyler Durden on April 3, 2026 at 6:10 pm

    Trump Proposes $1.5 Trillion In War Spending, ‘Largest In Decades’ Via The Cradle US President Donald Trump is asking Congress to boost military spending to $1.5 trillion for 2027, the largest such request in decades, while demanding cuts to domestic spending on social programs, AP reported Friday. The White House released details of the desired spending increase on Friday as part of Trump’s 2027 budget proposal. The proposal […]

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