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Qatar's LNG halt after Iranian drone strikes threatens 21% of global helium supply. China imports 95% of its helium, with 90% from Qatar. The US controls 51% of remaining reserves.…
The US launched Operation Epic Fury against Iran. Oil spiked 10%, $358M in crypto was liquidated, and BTC posted its 5th red month. But Bitcoin recovered from the strike dump withi…
A Vanderbilt study finds tough prosecutors cut young male mortality by 6.6%. Plus: Bitcoin ETFs buy $506M in one day, Citi confirms Bitcoin integration, MSTR hits highest short int…
Jack Dorsey cut 4,000 employees from Block in one move, citing AI tools as the catalyst. The stock surged 25%. Is this the first domino in a wave of AI-driven corporate restructuri…
A federal lawsuit alleges Jane Street suppressed Bitcoin prices through systematic 10 AM trades. Since the filing, BTC surged 10% and "How to Buy Bitcoin" searches hit a 5-year hig…
Researchers broke six AI agents in two weeks, exposing eleven critical vulnerabilities. The Fed is split on AI and jobs. Korea is quietly winning the AI trade. River drops staggeri…
Tech giants are spending $610B on AI infrastructure. Bitcoin dropped below $65K with Fear and Greed at 5. Plus: a KYC company exposed 1 billion records, and Anthropic just cratered…
Secretary of State Rubio admitted the dollar is losing reserve status for half the world. China is building a gold-based settlement network. Bessent is pushing stablecoins through…
The Supreme Court struck down Trump's IEEPA tariffs 6-3. Bitcoin dropped below $65K with $230M in liquidations. Plus: a scenario where AI bullishness is actually bearish for the ec…
A Japanese toilet maker and an MSG company control the most critical chokepoints in AI infrastructure. Plus: stealth inflation in your wallet, boomers hoarding 73.7% of wealth, and…
The Bitcoin fear and greed index hit 9. Blue Owl Capital permanently froze investor redemptions. The Fed flagged private credit vulnerabilities. Something is breaking beneath the s…
Security researchers exposed 53MB of source code revealing how KYC provider Persona and OpenAI built a surveillance machine that screens millions with facial recognition and files…
The AI arms race broke the global semiconductor supply chain. SK Hynix and Samsung are sold out through 2026, Sony delayed the PS6, and hyperscalers are hoarding capacity — with ri…
River's latest ownership data reveals a historic shift: individuals distributed 696,000 BTC in 2025 while businesses, funds, and governments absorbed supply at an unprecedented rat…
Q4 2025 banking data: US banks expanding loans into deteriorating credit while changing modification rules to mask the damage. Plus AI tutoring, Simplicity on Bitcoin, Epstein file…
The HHS DOGE team open-sourced the largest Medicaid claims dataset in history, covering 2018-2024. Within hours, one analyst scanning just 0.16% of providers uncovered $90 billion…
CPI drops to 2.4% — below consensus. Fear & Greed hits 9. Goldman triples their Bitcoin ETF bet to $1.1B. And the biggest capitulation signal since 2021 is flashing.
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