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Medi-Cal spending doubled to $222 billion. Nick Shirley went door to door in LA and San Diego visiting facilities billing millions. Most were empty. Plus: yields climbing, private…
AI deepfakes have made it impossible to prove anything is real. Meanwhile, a $96 3D-printed missile system proves the cost of power is collapsing to zero. The age of the sovereign…
Fourteen banks published 1,598 reports this week. Treasuries sold off during a war. Dubai RE cratered 32%. Bitcoin broke $73K. The safe haven playbook is broken.
Coinbase is quietly lobbying Congress to limit the de minimis tax exemption to stablecoins only, cutting bitcoin out of the picture. Three independent sources on Capitol Hill confi…
Iran escalates to targeting Big Tech data centers. CPI looks calm while Treasury suppresses oil prices. The fertilizer supply chain is severed. Bitcoin's distributed design has nev…
The SDNY wants to retry Roman Storm after a hung jury. Treasury pushes Patriot Act framework for digital assets. Iran war breaks Asian supply chains. NRC approves first new nuclear…
Refineries across six countries hit by strikes as Strait of Hormuz closes. WTI spikes 28% to $116. G7 considers 400M barrel SPR release that covers just 4-5 days of lost supply. Bi…
Blackstone raided its own balance sheet to cover record $3.8B in redemptions. Blue Owl froze withdrawals. PE stocks down 25-61%. Steve Eisman and forensic accountant Tom Gober say…
Declassified documents link U.S. bioweapons programs to the Lyme disease epidemic. 282,800 radioactive ticks released across Virginia. Plum Island just 13 miles from Lyme, CT. Plus…
Kraken becomes the first bitcoin firm to access the Fed's payment rails. The CFTC fast-tracks perpetual futures. The Fed's own payment system goes down during the Iran war. Hormuz…
When frontier AI models choose their own money, 79.1% pick Bitcoin for long-term storage. Plus: CFTC fast-tracks perpetual futures, Kraken secures first-ever crypto Fed master acco…
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…
