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  • BlackRock CEO Larry Fink appointed as WEF interim co-chair
    by Christina Comben on August 17, 2025 at 7:00 pm

    The World Economic Forum (WEF), the influential global convening force for policymakers and industry leaders, has appointed BlackRock CEO Larry Fink as interim co-chair. The move comes hot on the heels of a high-profile internal review that cleared WEF founder Klaus Schwab of wrongdoing and set the stage for a temporary leadership overhaul as the The post BlackRock CEO Larry Fink appointed as WEF interim co-chair appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • 100 days over $100k and nobody cares: Why Bitcoin’s bull run feels lonely
    by Christina Comben on August 17, 2025 at 5:00 pm

    The latest Bitcoin bull run feels different. Scratch that. Every bitcoin bull run feels different, as each cycle brings with it fresh narratives and new blood. But there’s one element that’s always been consistent throughout Bitcoin’s history, and that’s retail interest in buying into freedom tech and f**k you money. Well, Bitcoin to the moon The post 100 days over $100k and nobody cares: Why Bitcoin’s bull run feels lonely appeared […]

  • ‘People deserve to know this threat is coming’: superintelligence and the countdown to save humanity
    by Christina Comben on August 17, 2025 at 3:00 pm

    Welcome to Slate Sundays, CryptoSlate’s new weekly feature showcasing in-depth interviews, expert analysis, and thought-provoking op-eds that go beyond the headlines to explore the ideas and voices shaping the future of crypto. Would you take a drug that had a 25% chance of killing you? Like a one-in-four possibility that rather than curing your ills or The post ‘People deserve to know this threat is coming’: superintelligence and the […]

  • Miners, not ETFs, are building the financial backbone of Bitcoin
    by Armando Aguilar on August 17, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    The following is a guest post and opinion from Armando Aguilar, Head of Capital Formation and Growth at TeraHash. ETFs may dominate the headlines, but the real architects of Bitcoin’s liquidity are the miners quietly building balance sheets. Since the April 2024 halving, the role of miners as a whole has shifted from pure producers The post Miners, not ETFs, are building the financial backbone of Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Choose your freedom money wisely, Litecoin warns
    by Christina Comben on August 17, 2025 at 11:55 am

    Litecoin delivered a clear warning for anyone navigating the crypto world: the era of truly decentralized, fairly launched, proof-of-work (PoW) coins without borders, premines, or venture capitalists is behind us. Amid increasing centralization and rising threat of attack, it pays to “choose your freedom money wisely.” “It is basically impossible to duplicate the launch of The post Choose your freedom money wisely, Litecoin warns appeared […]

  • The west has on-ramps, the rest gave drop-offs: what’s really pushing global crypto adoption
    by Konstantin Vasilenko on August 17, 2025 at 5:00 am

    The following is a guest post and opinion from Konstantins Vasilenko, Co-Founder and Chief Business Development Officer at Paybis. There is a stark mismatch between the target and actual audience of crypto products. Crypto’s greatest upcomers rarely make an appearance in the news, nor do they enjoy the privilege of extensive localization and optimization efforts The post The west has on-ramps, the rest gave drop-offs: what’s really pushing […]

  • Escape the fiat farm: How Bitcoin breaks the chains of ‘wage slavery’
    by Christina Comben on August 17, 2025 at 12:00 am

    If you work in a nine-to-five for diminishing wages and dwindling self-respect, the author of The Bitcoin Age (Amazon affiliate link), Adam Livingston, says Bitcoin can help you break the chains of ‘wage slavery’. Let’s take a closer look. Wage slavery: you are not employed, you are monetized In today’s economy, most people like to The post Escape the fiat farm: How Bitcoin breaks the chains of ‘wage slavery’ appeared first on […]

  • Bitcoin treasury companies are ‘using gas pipes to fund your electric future’: Analyst
    by Christina Comben on August 16, 2025 at 10:00 pm

    Bitcoin analyst and investor Mark Moss argues that Bitcoin treasury companies are positioning themselves for history’s biggest wealth transfer, following a sophisticated playbook for capturing value and managing volatility. In other words: “using gas pipes to fund your electric future.” Bitcoin treasury companies: history’s most obvious abritrage He compares Bitcoin treasury companies (firms holding large The post Bitcoin treasury […]

  • Kraken suspends Monero deposits after 51% attack
    by Christina Comben on August 16, 2025 at 8:19 pm

    Crypto exchange Kraken has announced the suspension of Monero (XMR) deposits following a confirmed 51% attack on the network on August 12. The attack was linked to the Qubic mining pool, which managed to control over half of Monero’s hashrate, peaking at 2.6GH/s. This dominance allowed Qubic to conduct a six-block deep reorganization of Monero’s The post Kraken suspends Monero deposits after 51% attack appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • US authorities raid ransomware operator, seize $2.8M in crypto
    by Assad Jafri on August 15, 2025 at 11:00 pm

    The U.S. Justice Department authorized the seizure of more than $2.8 million in cryptocurrency, cash, and other assets from a suspected ransomware operator, according to an Aug. 14 announcement. Federal prosecutors unsealed six warrants tied to Ianis Aleksandrovich Antropenko, charging him with conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse, committing computer fraud and abuse, and The post US authorities raid ransomware operator, seize $2.8M in […]

  • The US Has Given Ukraine The Most Aid To Date
    by Tyler Durden on August 18, 2025 at 6:45 am

    The US Has Given Ukraine The Most Aid To Date To date, the United States has been the biggest supporter of Ukraine in terms of aid, according to data from the Ukraine Support Tracker compiled by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW Kiel). EU institutions (including the European Commission and the Council), followed by Germany and the United Kingdom have been the next biggest contributors. As Statista’s Anna Fleck shows […]

  • Rich Londoners Hire Security, Leave Rolexes At Home Over Knife Crime, Robberies
    by Tyler Durden on August 18, 2025 at 6:00 am

    Rich Londoners Hire Security, Leave Rolexes At Home Over Knife Crime, Robberies Authored by Chris Summers via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), One of the world’s most popular tourist destinations is struggling with rising levels of robbery, usually involving knives, which has led to an increase in demand for bodyguards, experts say. A police van outside the gates of the British Museum in London on Aug. 23, 2023. Leon Neal/Getty […]

  • Former Navy SEAL Fights Child Sex Trafficking
    by Tyler Durden on August 18, 2025 at 3:20 am

    Former Navy SEAL Fights Child Sex Trafficking Authored by Ilene Eng via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A former Navy SEAL went from battling international terrorism to fighting a different war at home—the war against child sex trafficking. Former Navy SEAL and founder of Veterans for Child Rescue Craig Sawyer. The Epoch Times Craig Sawyer, a former Navy SEAL and founder of Veterans for Child Rescue, told EpochTV’s “Bay […]

  • FDA Approves Therapy For Rare Disease Without Randomized Trial Data
    by Tyler Durden on August 18, 2025 at 2:10 am

    FDA Approves Therapy For Rare Disease Without Randomized Trial Data Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Food and Drug Administration on Aug. 14 approved a therapy for a rare disease called recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP). The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in White Oak, Md., on June 5, 2023. Madalina Vasiliu/The Epoch Times Regulators cleared Papzimeos, an immunotherapy made by […]

  • Judge Puts Infowars Up For Sale Again As Leftists Clamor For Alex Jones Takedown
    by Tyler Durden on August 18, 2025 at 1:35 am

    Judge Puts Infowars Up For Sale Again As Leftists Clamor For Alex Jones Takedown The establishment media has long argued that the Sandy Hook lawsuits against Alex Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems, are about “justice” for grieving parents suffering from harassment.  However, the actions of the plaintiffs and others involved in the civil case suggest that their goals are highly political and have little to do with […]

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  • New GPS Data Reveals Exactly Who Showed Up At White House Protests
    by Tyler Durden on August 18, 2025 at 12:25 am

    New GPS Data Reveals Exactly Who Showed Up At White House Protests Dark-money-funded leftist NGOs were at it again this weekend, attempting to stage a color-revolution-style regime change in Washington, D.C., right outside the White House. But as with every operation this year, dating back to “Tesla Takedown,” the only people these far-left groups, funded by rogue billionaires and some with taxpayer funds, managed to summon […]

  • Flesh-Eating Bacteria Cases On the Rise: Here Are The Symptoms
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 11:50 pm

    Flesh-Eating Bacteria Cases On the Rise: Here Are The Symptoms Authored by Marina Zhang via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A “flesh-eating bacteria” called Vibrio vulnificus has been making headlines after recent reports of deaths and hospitalizations. Every year, around 150 to 200 severe cases of Vibrio vulnificus are reported to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with most cases occurring during the […]

  • Witkoff Says White House Pushing To Extract ‘Article 5-Like’ Protections For Ukraine
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 11:19 pm

    Witkoff Says White House Pushing To Extract ‘Article 5-Like’ Protections For Ukraine Update(1918ET): It appears that the White House is ready to push for Europe’s consensus – at least at the moment (or as a starting negotiating tactic) – which is to provide non-NATO “article 5 style security guarantees” for a post-peace settlement Ukraine. The only problem is that of course it would be NATO countries themselves enforcing such a […]

  • Billionaires For Socialism: The $2 Billion “Grassroots” Operation Behind Zohran Mamdani
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 11:15 pm

    Billionaires For Socialism: The $2 Billion “Grassroots” Operation Behind Zohran Mamdani Submitted by Jason Curtis Anderson of One City Rising,  How the Working Families Party sells itself as “grassroots” — with IRS-documented, publicly admitted “common control” revealing it’s really a Soros-financed political money washer. In New York politics, there’s one machine that towers above the rest. No, not the Democratic […]

  • Obama Judge Blocks Trump’s Bid To End Child Detention Policy Seen As Fueling Illegal Immigration
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 10:40 pm

    Obama Judge Blocks Trump’s Bid To End Child Detention Policy Seen As Fueling Illegal Immigration Authored by Tom Ozimek via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge has rejected the Trump administration’s effort to end a decades-old settlement that sets standards for the treatment of children in immigration custody, rebuffing the government’s arguments that the agreement obstructs its crackdown on illegal immigration. […]

  • “Learn To Code” Propaganda Turned Out To Be Terrible Advice 
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 10:05 pm

    “Learn To Code” Propaganda Turned Out To Be Terrible Advice  For about a decade, big tech firms, the government, and corporate media outlets pushed endless streams of propaganda at young people to “learn to code,” luring them with promises of six-figure salaries and job security. That hype fueled a boom in computer science majors, with the number of undergraduates more than doubling since 2014. But the coding-boom narrative has […]

  • Judge Expands Restraining Order Against Beto O’Rourke Over Alleged ‘Beto Bribes’
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 8:55 pm

    Judge Expands Restraining Order Against Beto O’Rourke Over Alleged ‘Beto Bribes’ A Texas judge has tightened the legal vise on former U.S. Rep. Beto O’Rourke, slapping him and his political group, Powered by People, with an expanded restraining order that also ropes in ActBlue and any banks handling their funds. The move came Saturday after Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an urgent motion a day earlier, accusing […]

  • We Got Some Data, But It Didn’t Change Peoples’ Minds
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 8:20 pm

    We Got Some Data, But It Didn’t Change Peoples’ Minds Submitted By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities I did not know refried beans are not, in fact, fried twice, but it still seemed like a decent working title for a report where we will highlight what we’ve learned on the topics we covered in last weekend’s Tariffs, AI and ProSec. The Alaska Summit largely met Academy’s Geopolitical Intelligence Group’s cautious […]

  • Trump Pushing For Summit With Putin & Zelensky Next Friday
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 7:45 pm

    Trump Pushing For Summit With Putin & Zelensky Next Friday President Trump has stated in the wake of the historic Alaska summit that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a productive meeting, but they were unable to reach an agreement on a ceasefire or peace deal for Ukraine. “We didn’t get there” on a ceasefire, Trump described. And yet there appears to be real momentum this time, coming out of Alaska. Ukrainian […]

  • Health Care System To Pay More Than $1 Million To Settle COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Case
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 7:10 pm

    Health Care System To Pay More Than $1 Million To Settle COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Case Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A health care system that operates hospitals and clinics in two states has agreed to pay more than $1 million to settle allegations it discriminated against religious employees. A COVID-19 vaccine is administered in Illinois on Sept. 9, 2022. Scott Olson/Getty Images Mercyhealth, […]

  • Sam Altman Quietly Taps Top Democrat Operatives To Help ChatGPT Plot For-Profit
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 6:35 pm

    Sam Altman Quietly Taps Top Democrat Operatives To Help ChatGPT Plot For-Profit In his quest to see ChatGPT dominate the LLM race, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is tapping veteran Democrat operatives “who are well-connected to the Democratic establishment” to grease the gears with California politicians in his quest to restructure and eventually go public, Politico reports. Left to right: Debbie Mesloh, Chris Lehane, Brian Brokaw, […]

  • Trump Says He Will Push For Release Of Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 6:00 pm

    Trump Says He Will Push For Release Of Pro-Democracy Hong Kong Media Tycoon Jimmy Lai Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump has said he would do what he can to help secure the release of Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai, who has been imprisoned since late 2020 for his role in the city’s pro-democracy protests. A prison van believed to be carrying Jimmy Lai arrives at the West Kowloon […]

  • “The Anti-MAGA”: Blood-Soaked Bush Family Plots Revival Of Political Dynasty
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 5:25 pm

    “The Anti-MAGA”: Blood-Soaked Bush Family Plots Revival Of Political Dynasty The Bush family, whose neoconservative war-hawk policies dragged America into catastrophic Middle East quagmires costing trillions and countless lives, is plotting a brazen political comeback, even as voters from all sides have rejected their reckless globalist agenda. Jonathan S. Bush, cousin of former President George W. Bush and nephew of former […]

  • Texas Is Preparing To Cut Off Power To Data Centers During Grid Emergencies
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 4:50 pm

    Texas Is Preparing To Cut Off Power To Data Centers During Grid Emergencies By Georg Rute of UtilityDive Texas is preparing to cut off power to data centers during grid emergencies — a sign of just how strained the system has become. Over the Fourth of July, deadly floods swept across central Texas, disrupting infrastructure and causing widespread outages. Meanwhile, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has […]

  • Israel Bombs Power Plant Near Yemeni Capital After Houthi Ballistic Missile Launch
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 4:15 pm

    Israel Bombs Power Plant Near Yemeni Capital After Houthi Ballistic Missile Launch The Israeli navy launched strikes on a key power plant near Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, on Sunday. The Israeli military claimed the facility was being used by Houthi forces but did not provide evidence. The assault comes in the wake of the latest Houthi ballistic missile attack which targeted Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, but which was reportedly […]

  • Amid DC Takeover, Trump Eyes Crime In Other Cities – Here’s What To Know
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 3:40 pm

    Amid DC Takeover, Trump Eyes Crime In Other Cities – Here’s What To Know Authored by Nathan Worcester via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), While federalizing the local police and deploying the National Guard in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump has suggested he could flex his authority to fight violent crime elsewhere. President Donald Trump (C) and (L-R) Army Secretary Dan Driscoll, Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, […]

  • As Energy Costs Soar, Home Bitcoin-Mining Is Going To Heat Europe
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 2:30 pm

    As Energy Costs Soar, Home Bitcoin-Mining Is Going To Heat Europe Authored by Joakim Book via BitcoinMagazine.com, As energy costs soar and grids destabilize, European innovators are turning to Bitcoin mining at home as a decentralized solution — blending heat, profit and power independence in one sleek radiator… Maximilian Obwexer had a problem.  He was heating his home in Austria with conventional heating oil, and it was […]

  • ‘Hilarious’: White House Mocks NPR Over Alaska Summit ‘Security Breach’ Story
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 1:55 pm

    ‘Hilarious’: White House Mocks NPR Over Alaska Summit ‘Security Breach’ Story The White House on Saturday dismissed and mocked a report by National Public Radio (NPR) that claimed US government documents containing sensitive and secretive details about President Trump’s summit with Russian President Putin were found in an Alaskan hotel. The NPR story began, “Papers with U.S. State Department markings, found Friday morning in the […]

  • Is The EU Preparing For Regime-Change In Hungary?
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 1:20 pm

    Is The EU Preparing For Regime-Change In Hungary? Authored by Lucas Leiroz de Almeida via GlobalResearch.ca, Apparently, the EU is planning to further tighten its interventionist measures in the internal affairs of member countries. According to information recently shared by Russian authorities, European political elites are planning a regime change in Hungary – a country that has stood out for leading a dissident position […]

  • UK Authorities Deploy Undercover Police To Catch Men Who “Catcall”
    by Tyler Durden on August 17, 2025 at 12:45 pm

    UK Authorities Deploy Undercover Police To Catch Men Who “Catcall” The political war on men and masculinity continues to escalate.  A long running feminist propaganda narrative is that women in the west deal with random harassment from out-of-control men on a regular basis while walking public streets.  Previous attempts to replicate this claim on camera have led to minimal results, with feminist activists wearing revealing […]

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