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- Crypto exchange BitMart weighs partial restart and creditor payouts weeks after announcing shutdownby Francisco Rodrigues on August 22, 2026 at 3:16 pm
The exchange has hired White & Case as restructuring counsel, with a detailed roadmap expected by Sept. 9.
- Web3 gaming network Sandbox stops Base and BNB chain bridging after exploitby Francisco Rodrigues on August 22, 2026 at 2:10 pm
The Sandbox disabled bridging on affected networks to isolate tokens and warned users not to trade SAND on Base and BNB, citing an impact of under 0.01% of supply.
- Tokenized stocks risk repeating Wall Street’s 1960s ‘paper crisis,’ Fairmint CEO saysby Will Canny on August 22, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Fairmint CEO Joris Delanoue warns tokenized stocks risk recreating Wall Street’s 1960s paper crisis through fragmented systems and standards.
- Kalshi off-limits in multiple states as prediction markets, CFTC team up for battleby Jesse Hamilton on August 22, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Washington state is cut off for Kalshi customers while the company combats the development in court and its federal regulator keeps pursuing new rules.
- Bitcoin and Ether bears get decimated amid ‘squeeze-led’ rally and Musk’s X wants to pay creators in stablecoins: Crypto’s week in 5 storiesby Aoyon Ashraf on August 22, 2026 at 12:00 pm
Bitcoin and crypto staged their strongest rally in months as Treasury intervention, regulatory moves and a historic short squeeze collided, while banks and technology companies pushed deeper into stablecoins.
- Zcash jumps 48% to over $800 as Grayscale spot ETF push adds to ‘next bitcoin’ buzzby Shaurya Malwa on August 22, 2026 at 5:37 am
ZEC traded above its January 2018 peak as futures volume hit billions of dollars and a Grayscale filing showed fresh progress toward converting its Zcash Trust into a spot ETF.
- How a Treasury buyback tweak helped bitcoin surge 25% to nearly $80,000 in daysby Shaurya Malwa on August 22, 2026 at 5:05 am
Treasury buybacks are not QE, analysts said, but the move helped pull long-term yields off 19-year highs and triggered a record short squeeze in a market already leaning too bearish.
- Crypto advocates join in suing Illinois over digital asset taxby Jesse Hamilton on August 21, 2026 at 10:10 pm
The Crypto Council for Innovation and the Blockchain Association added another lawsuit against the state for its recently approved 0.2% crypto tax.
- Pass the Clarity Actby Summer Mersinger on August 21, 2026 at 7:00 pm
Reopening a settled provision four weeks before a vote would sink the bill, argues Summer Mersinger, CEO of the Blockchain Association.
- Ethena’s ENA token surges 48%, but altcoin season will have to waitby Oliver Knight on August 21, 2026 at 4:10 pm
ENA is rallying on a $1 billion FalconX deal, while HYPE tests its record, though flat dominance shows this is no broad alt season.
- Coldcard ships firmware after $114 million bitcoin theft; says AI helped catch more bugsby Shaurya Malwa on August 21, 2026 at 12:10 pm
Three weeks of review turned up problems unrelated to the flaw that cost users $114 million, but updating still does not make a compromised wallet safe.
- Analysts split on whether Bitcoin’s surge past key levels signals a new bull runby Olivier Acuna on August 21, 2026 at 11:31 am
Market watchers say sudden sharp price spikes and forced short liquidations are the classic signs of a bottom, though macro risks still remain.
- The hard truth is that the Clarity Act is an anti-crypto billby Hermine Wong on August 21, 2026 at 11:30 am
After years of stalled bills, misguided enforcement, and catastrophic collapses, almost any comprehensive crypto legislation began to look like progress. But Clarity is turning that hunger for progress into a political trap, argues Berkeley Law lecturer Hermine Wong.
- Bitcoin faces $80,000 test as thinner weekend liquidity loomsby Francisco Rodrigues on August 21, 2026 at 11:26 am
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- Nomura-backed Laser Digital wins Japan’s first crypto approval in four yearsby Olivier Acuna on August 21, 2026 at 10:38 am
Laser Digital Japan will offer liquidity to domestic crypto providers, with institutional trading services planned to follow as the appetite for crypto in Japan grows.
- Bitcoin tops $77,000 as best week since 2023 pulls altcoins along for the rideby Oliver Knight on August 21, 2026 at 10:15 am
BTC has gained 24% since Monday and reached the level implied by its inverse head-and-shoulders break, with shorts still taking a contrarian position.
- Treasury’s latest measure isn’t QE or YCC. Still, bitcoin is skyrocketing. Here’s why.by Omkar Godbole on August 21, 2026 at 9:17 am
The rally in hard assets isn’t necessarily about what the Treasury is doing, but what its move signals to the market.
- Strategy sits on $1.4 billion profit on bitcoin holdings as price surgesby James Van Straten on August 21, 2026 at 8:24 am
Strategy’s common stock rose 10% in Friday pre-market trading to $120, the highest level in two months.
- Live updates: Bitcoin slips back to $77,000 after challenging $80,000 overnightby Shaurya Malwa on August 21, 2026 at 6:43 am
Spot bitcoin ETFs pulled in $606 million on Aug. 20 and ether funds $221 million, both bigger than the prior day, confirming the institutional bid behind bitcoin’s run.
- MANTRA token plunges 18% to record low as blockchain halts after exploitby Shaurya Malwa on August 21, 2026 at 5:52 am
The token touched $0.004126 minutes before the network stopped producing blocks, while MANTRA later said an attacker exploited a vulnerability in software used by the chain.
- Ripple backs an RLUSD credit fund amid XRP’s best week in monthsby Shaurya Malwa on August 21, 2026 at 5:29 am
Clearpool and Cicada Partners are building an institutional lending product using RLUSD, though the XRP Ledger features underpinning it are still awaiting activation.
- Bitcoin, ether and solana climb as another $1 billion shorts get wiped outby Shaurya Malwa on August 21, 2026 at 4:56 am
The two-day short liquidation total has surpassed $4 billion, with Thursday’s figure setting a record dating back to 2021.
- Bitcoin pushes past $75,000 as rally continues.by Stephen Alpher on August 21, 2026 at 1:55 am
“Bears in pain, right now,” wrote bitcoin analyst James Check.
- A $2 million bet on XRP volatility crosses the tape as prices surgeby Omkar Godbole on August 21, 2026 at 1:51 am
An options trader opened a large straddle on XRP, betting on wild price swings by Aug. 28.
- U.S. CFTC chief puts staff on notice to create crypto regulations if Clarity Act failsby Jesse Hamilton on August 20, 2026 at 6:54 pm
Commodity Futures Trading Commission Chairman Mike Selig told the inaugural gathering of the Innovation Advisory Committee that his agency won’t sit idle.
- Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts Solana Could Be Heading for a Bigger Comeback Than Expectedby Ahmed Barakat on August 22, 2026 at 4:57 am
Storing an account on Solana used to cost $0.16 and now costs $0.016. Dario Amodei Claude AI predicts that a tenfold reduction changes what developers can build, and the price prediction places SOL at $110 to $120 by year-end 2026, with $115 as the realistic base case.Agave 4.2 was activated the week of August 17. The post Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts Solana Could Be Heading for a Bigger Comeback Than Expected appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Treasury’s $14 Billion Buyback Triggered a $3.5 Billion Crypto Short Squeezeby Ahmed Barakat on August 21, 2026 at 11:50 am
Bitcoin topped $70,000 after larger Treasury buybacks, but fading bond-market relief suggests the rally was driven by a short squeeze. The post Treasury’s $14 Billion Buyback Triggered a $3.5 Billion Crypto Short Squeeze appeared first on Cryptonews.
- XRP Price Prediction: 22% Rally, But Ripple Still is Undervaluedby Ahmed Barakat on August 21, 2026 at 11:35 am
XRP surges 22% to $1.30 on macro tailwinds. Breakdown of key resistance, support levels, and why traders are eyeing early-stage plays like Bitcoin Hyper. The post XRP Price Prediction: 22% Rally, But Ripple Still is Undervalued appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Ethereum ETF Pulls $221M as ETH Eyes Another Breakoutby Ahmed Barakat on August 21, 2026 at 10:41 am
Ethereum ETF inflows reached $189.15 million on August 19 as BlackRock led demand and ETH reclaimed $2,000 after an 18% rise. The post Ethereum ETF Pulls $221M as ETH Eyes Another Breakout appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Kalshi’s Crypto Perpetual Futures Reach $17.98 Million Open Interestby Ahmed Barakat on August 21, 2026 at 9:46 am
Kalshi’s crypto perpetual futures hit $17.98 million in daily open interest, highlighting regulated leverage and risks distinct from prediction markets. The post Kalshi’s Crypto Perpetual Futures Reach $17.98 Million Open Interest appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Bitcoin News Today: Reserve Rules Set Scope for Government Demandby Ahmed Barakat on August 21, 2026 at 7:32 am
The Strategic Bitcoin Reserve can hold forfeited BTC, while budget-neutral acquisition strategies keep government demand and the $1.5M case in focus. The post Bitcoin News Today: Reserve Rules Set Scope for Government Demand appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Ripple SEC Case Becomes a Warning for Crypto Lawmakersby Ahmed Barakat on August 21, 2026 at 7:02 am
Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse says the SEC lawsuit shows how regulatory uncertainty can send crypto jobs and investment offshore. The post Ripple SEC Case Becomes a Warning for Crypto Lawmakers appeared first on Cryptonews.
- We Asked Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Where Bitcoin Will Be at the End of 2026by Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 10:30 pm
Three days in August did more for sentiment than the previous three months. ChatGPT AI predicts that the shift holds, and the price prediction places Bitcoin at $95,000 to $110,000 by the end of 2026, with $102,000 as the base case.The strongest near-term signal is renewed demand. U.S. spot Bitcoin ETFs attracted $297.5 million on The post We Asked Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Where Bitcoin Will Be at the End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts What $1,000 in XRP Could Turn Into by End Of 2030by Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 8:41 pm
Put $1,000 into XRP at $1.07 and you own roughly 935 tokens. Claude AI predicts those tokens are worth somewhere between $4,675 and $26,180 by the end of 2030, and the price prediction spans a range wide enough to make the assumptions matter more than the headline.The most bullish bank-grade roadmap comes from Standard Chartered’s The post Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts What $1,000 in XRP Could Turn Into by End Of 2030 appeared first on […]
- XRP Price Prediction: Can Ripple Extend Its Biggest Rally Since 2020?by Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 7:23 pm
XRP jumps 7.96% to $1.1866 after beating Bitcoin in a record short squeeze. Can it clear $1.20 resistance and extend its biggest rally since 2020? The post XRP Price Prediction: Can Ripple Extend Its Biggest Rally Since 2020? appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Google Gemini AI Predicts an Unexpected Prediction on Ethereum By The End of 2026by Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 6:50 pm
Two upgrades in the testnet and one number that keeps coming up: 200 million gas. Google Gemini AI predicts that the throughput jump reframes what Ethereum can carry, and the price prediction targets $3,200 to $4,200 by the end of 2026, with $3,500 as the base case from $2,100.The Platåberget testnet for Glamsterdam anchors the The post Google Gemini AI Predicts an Unexpected Prediction on Ethereum By The End of 2026 appeared first on […]
- Mark Zuckerberg Meta AI Predicts a Price for Solana By The End of 2026by Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 5:57 pm
Three years of development have just become a live production system. Meta AI predicts that changes the argument entirely, and the price prediction places Solana at $180 to $250 by the end of 2026, with a $210 base case from $83 today.The framing matters as much as the numbers. Meta AI calls this bull case The post Mark Zuckerberg Meta AI Predicts a Price for Solana By The End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Kalshi Government Shutdown Odds in October Slashedby Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 3:25 pm
Kalshi prices a one-in-six chance of an October 2026 shutdown, offering crypto traders a dated gauge of Washington macro risk. The post Kalshi Government Shutdown Odds in October Slashed appeared first on Cryptonews.
- XRP Reclaims $1 as Conflicting Wave Counts Split the Outlookby Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 2:20 pm
XRP price reclaimed $1, but analysts disagree on its next move as bullish targets face key resistance and a bearish count remains in play. The post XRP Reclaims $1 as Conflicting Wave Counts Split the Outlook appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Perplexity AI Predicts Whether Moderna Stock Can Make Investors Rich in 2026by Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 2:16 pm
A single trial readout just doubled a company’s market value in one session. Perplexity AI predicts the rerating continues, and the price prediction places Moderna at $180 to $240 by the end of 2026 with a $210 bullish base case.The catalyst is Intismeran, the personalized mRNA cancer vaccine. Perplexity calls it the dominant valuation driver The post Perplexity AI Predicts Whether Moderna Stock Can Make Investors Rich in 2026 appeared first […]
- Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Green Candle is Not Stopping!by Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 12:08 pm
Bitcoin trades near $69,870 as Fear & Greed hits “greed” territory. Full BTC technical breakdown, key levels, and an early-stage presale worth watching. The post Bitcoin Price Analysis: The Green Candle is Not Stopping! appeared first on Cryptonews.
- SEC Crypto Proposal Offers New Paths for Crypto Asset Issuersby Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 11:32 am
Regulation Crypto Assets would create SEC exemptions for crypto offerings, including a $75 million route and a conditional token safe harbor. The post SEC Crypto Proposal Offers New Paths for Crypto Asset Issuers appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Ripple’s $50B Valuation Keeps IPO Talk in Checkby Ahmed Barakat on August 20, 2026 at 7:55 am
Ripple’s $750 million buyback values the company at $50 billion, while Brad Garlinghouse leaves the IPO question open without a filing. The post Ripple’s $50B Valuation Keeps IPO Talk in Check appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Elon Musk Grok AI Just Made a Surprisingly Bullish XRP Price Predictsby Ahmed Barakat on August 19, 2026 at 6:46 pm
A Korean regional bank just became the first of its kind to run Ripple Payments, and Grok AI predicts and opens a door for others to follow through. The price prediction places XRP at $1.80 to $2.60 by the end of 2026, with $2.10 as the realistic base case.The Jeonbuk Bank partnership handles 24/7 near-real-time The post Elon Musk Grok AI Just Made a Surprisingly Bullish XRP Price Predicts appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Microsoft Copilot AI Predicts When Bitcoin Could Finally Reach $100,000 In 2026by Ahmed Barakat on August 19, 2026 at 3:24 pm
September brings two regulatory decisions on opposite sides of the Atlantic. Microsoft Copilot AI predicts they set the tone for the rest of the year, and the price prediction places Bitcoin at $85,000 to $95,000 with a likely 2026 close near $90,000.The U.S. Senate vote on the CLARITY Act arrives in mid-September. Copilot expects passage The post Microsoft Copilot AI Predicts When Bitcoin Could Finally Reach $100,000 In 2026 appeared first on […]
- Beyond The Ban: Why Embracing AI Is Essential For Higher Educationby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 4:50 pm
Beyond The Ban: Why Embracing AI Is Essential For Higher Education Authored by Kent Ingle via RealClearEducation, Rather than fearing generative tools or treating them as mere compliance threats, higher education must train students to master AI as an exponential multiplier for innovation, career success, and national prosperity. Generative artificial intelligence is vastly more prevalent, sophisticated, and accessible today than […]
- “Stop Gaslighting Me!”: Florida Socialist Who Beat Vindman Gets In Shouting Match With Democrat Party Chairby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 4:15 pm
“Stop Gaslighting Me!”: Florida Socialist Who Beat Vindman Gets In Shouting Match With Democrat Party Chair As regular readers know, establishment Democrats have been freaking out over the rise of socialist candidates – whose policy positions are virtually identical, except the socialists are getting elected saying the quiet part out loud – giving the game away. On Tuesday, Democratic Socialist Angie Nixon beat Russiagate hero […]
- Nation’s Largest Cattle Group Slams Trump’s Tariff-Free Beef “Undercutting” US Ranchersby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 4:05 pm
Nation’s Largest Cattle Group Slams Trump’s Tariff-Free Beef “Undercutting” US Ranchers Summary: National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Slams Trump Admin Trump To Flood US With 300,000 Tons Of Tariff-Free Ground Beef To Tame Prices Ahead Of Midterms National Cattlemen’s Beef Association Slams Trump Admin The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) responded to President Trump’s move to import 300,000 tons of tariff-free […]
- Court Reduces $50 Million Judgment Against Alex Jones Over False Sandy Hook Hoax Claimby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 3:40 pm
Court Reduces $50 Million Judgment Against Alex Jones Over False Sandy Hook Hoax Claim Authored via Stacy Robinson via The Epoch Times, A Texas appeals court on Aug. 21 drastically reduced a judgment owed by Infowars host Alex Jones, shrinking the amount from $50 million to around $6 million, over his commentary falsely calling the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting in Connecticut a hoax. Jones and his company, Free Speech Systems […]
- Canada-US Trade War Erupts, Setting New 50% Tariffs On Canadian Goodsby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 3:05 pm
Canada-US Trade War Erupts, Setting New 50% Tariffs On Canadian Goods US-Canada trade negotiations collapsed at the 11th hour, just before the midnight deadline, triggering 50% tariffs on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods (under a never-before- used Section 338 provision of the Tariff Act of 1930) and prompting globalist-aligned, China-sympathizing Prime Minister Mark Carney to promise an equivalent response. “Tonight, […]
- Normal Interest Rates: What The Debt Panic Gets Wrongby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 2:30 pm
Normal Interest Rates: What The Debt Panic Gets Wrong Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, A 5% long bond isn’t the crisis, it’s the receipt, and the fifteen years when money was free did far more damage to growth than normal interest rates ever will. This past week, two charts crossed my desk, arguing the same thing from opposite ends. The Kobeissi Letter flagged that U.S. borrowing rates just hit their […]
- Spanish Beach Stormed As Ceuta Chaos Spreadsby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 2:00 pm
Spanish Beach Stormed As Ceuta Chaos Spreads Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Dozens of military-age men leapt from boats onto packed tourist beaches in mainland Spain this week, sending holidaymakers scrambling for their belongings as the fallout from the Ceuta mass crossing continues to escalate. Footage from Cala del Barco near the exclusive La Manga Club in Cartagena captured the moment a large vessel packed with […]
- Diesel Crack Spread Madness Deepens As Jefferies Finds No Easy Exit From Russia’s Refining Crisisby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 1:55 pm
Diesel Crack Spread Madness Deepens As Jefferies Finds No Easy Exit From Russia’s Refining Crisis Refined-product markets have emerged as the epicenter of the global energy crisis, with commodity desks across Wall Street, including Goldman, Citi, Bank of America and Jefferies, warning that disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and Ukraine’s ongoing long-range drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure are converging into a perfect […]
- President AOC’s First Termby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 1:20 pm
President AOC’s First Term Authored by Adam Sharp via DailyReckoning.com, The date is August 20th, 2032. We’re nearing the end of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s first term as president. The wave of naive optimism that swept her into power has faded. But the damage is done. With a majority in both the Senate and House, the Democrats made big moves. First they eliminated the Senate filibuster. No more 60 votes needed to pass […]
- Spain & The UK Lead In Football Fandomby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 12:45 pm
Spain & The UK Lead In Football Fandom As Europe’s major football leagues return from their summer/World Cup break, fans in Spain and the UK are especially eager to get the ball rolling. In both countries, 78 percent of self-identified sports fans say they follow football teams or competitions – more than in Italy, Germany or France. Indeed, as Statista’s Felix Richter details below, the appeal football extends well beyond […]
- A Call To Power: Islamic Leaders See Ballot Box As Path To Paradiseby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 12:10 pm
A Call To Power: Islamic Leaders See Ballot Box As Path To Paradise Authored by Paul Sperry via RealClearInvestigations, The call to prayer is sounding across America. From Hamtramck, Michigan, to Paterson, New Jersey, to Minneapolis, Minnesota, rooftop amplifiers remind growing numbers of Muslim faithful five times a day of their duties with the Arabic message that “Allah is the Greatest! There is no god but Allah!” The […]
- Turkey Issues Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu, Seeks Interpol Red Noticeby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 11:35 am
Turkey Issues Arrest Warrant For Netanyahu, Seeks Interpol Red Notice Turkey has escalated its anti-Israel actions, after months of denunciations connected to its Gaza, Syria, and Iran policies – and is once again taking things to new levels. The Erdogan government has just issued an international arrest warrant for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of an investigation into Israel’s interception of an aid flotilla […]
- What JPMorgan Saw Inside Tesla’s Fremont Factory As Humanoid Production Nearsby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 9:00 am
What JPMorgan Saw Inside Tesla’s Fremont Factory As Humanoid Production Nears Retail flows across Asia remained heavily concentrated in newly listed, high-beta names, most notably Chinese robotics maker Unitree following its blockbuster Shanghai debut. The retail craze surrounding physical AI merely shows Beijing’s accelerating push to dominate the humanoid market. To close out the week, we pivot across the Pacific for a peek […]
- Socialist Leader Says Quiet Part Out Loud: Affordability Pitch Masks “Guerrilla Class War” To “Bleed Enemy Dry”by Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 8:00 am
Socialist Leader Says Quiet Part Out Loud: Affordability Pitch Masks “Guerrilla Class War” To “Bleed Enemy Dry” We have extensively profiled how communism is on the rise in America and how the Democratic Party has served as its primary vehicle into mainstream electoral politics. The Marxists in the Democratic Socialists of America have a platform that, in the long run, has very little to do with affordability but everything to do […]
- Who Really Drives Global Terrorism? Internal US Govt Data Offers A Surprising Answerby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 3:25 am
Who Really Drives Global Terrorism? Internal US Govt Data Offers A Surprising Answer Authored by Larry Johnson via Sonar21.com Every administration reaches for the same line. Iran, we are told, is the world’s foremost state sponsor of terrorism — a claim now central to the case for war. It carries the weight of an official designation: Iran has sat on the State Department’s list of state sponsors of terrorism since January […]
- “Fibermaxxing” Craze Forces Big Food Into Reformulation Cycleby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 3:00 am
“Fibermaxxing” Craze Forces Big Food Into Reformulation Cycle BNP Paribas analysts say Gen Z’s growing awareness of healthy, high-protein, high-fiber diets is accelerating a reformulation cycle across the Big Food industrial complex, as manufacturers race to make products more appealing to the youth and those on GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. In a report titled “Fiber Is the New Protein,” BNP analyst Joan Lim said the protein craze […]
- Trained On 53 Million Pages: US Supercomputer-Backed Tool To Search Nuclear Reactor Databy Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 2:35 am
Trained On 53 Million Pages: US Supercomputer-Backed Tool To Search Nuclear Reactor Data Authored by Aman Tripathi via Interesting Engineering, Nuclear power stations across North America have begun using a dedicated virtual system called NIVA. The software was created by Atomic Canyon in collaboration with the Electric Power Research Institute, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, and the Nuclear Energy Institute. Atomic […]
- Russia Says Ready For ‘New Ideas’ From US On Ending Ukraine Warby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 2:10 am
Russia Says Ready For ‘New Ideas’ From US On Ending Ukraine War The Kremlin has newly said it is ready for dialogue with Washington and open to ideas for ending the conflict in Ukraine, but still says it will not compromise on Russia’s core aims. A senior Russian diplomat has stressed that any future talks must align with President Vladimir Putin’s position. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov stated in an interview published by […]
- The Six Nooses: How Interventionism Is Strangling The Family’s Will To Reproduceby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 1:45 am
The Six Nooses: How Interventionism Is Strangling The Family’s Will To Reproduce Authored by Felix Yang via the Mises Institute, The total fertility rate needed to sustain a population is 2.1. Averaged over 2020-2024, South Korea’s stands at 0.78, Taiwan’s at 0.89, and Hong Kong’s at 0.79. Mainstream demography still treats these as cultural anomalies, when they are in fact the terminal readings of a century-long experiment in […]
- Assistant U.S. Attorney Found Dead Inside Federal Buildingby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 1:20 am
Assistant U.S. Attorney Found Dead Inside Federal Building A high-ranking federal prosecutor was found dead inside a Southern California federal building on Wednesday, just hours after he was reported missing. Andrew Haden, Illustration via Wonderwall Andrew Haden, 48, the No. 2 official in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California, was discovered in a vacant office at the Edward J. Schwartz Federal […]
- Wealth Exodus: Australians Flock To Property Investment Over Businessby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 12:55 am
Wealth Exodus: Australians Flock To Property Investment Over Business Authored by Rex Widerstrom via The Epoch Times, Fewer Australians are putting their capital into businesses, with the drop most acute among the wealthy, new data from the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) shows. Instead, more wealth is flowing into property. A food delivery worker waits to collect an order at a shop in the Sydney CBD in […]
- US Treasury Classifies Hezbollah As Arm Of The IRGC, Not A ‘Stand-Alone’ Groupby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 12:30 am
US Treasury Classifies Hezbollah As Arm Of The IRGC, Not A ‘Stand-Alone’ Group The new US Treasury sanctions on Hezbollah unveiled Thursday do more than ever before in ‘legally’ classifying the Lebanese militant group as essentially an arm of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The Treasury action – which is certainly not the first designation against the group – underscored that it operated in “service to the […]
- Let Americans Keep The Savings They Findby Tyler Durden on August 22, 2026 at 12:05 am
Let Americans Keep The Savings They Find Authored by Wendy Barnes via RealClearPolitics, As candidates spend the coming months telling voters how they would transform American health care, they should not overlook reforms that could make care more accessible and affordable without requiring complex new government programs. Millions of Americans are already trying to make their health care dollars go further. They compare prices, […]
- Buying May Not Beat Renting Until Retirement In Some Expensive Markets: Zillowby Tyler Durden on August 21, 2026 at 11:15 pm
Buying May Not Beat Renting Until Retirement In Some Expensive Markets: Zillow Authored by Mary Prenon via The Epoch Times, For a typical U.S. household, it can take decades to save for a home and reach the point where buying becomes cheaper than renting, with the timeline stretching into retirement in some expensive markets, according to an Aug. 20 Zillow report. A “for sale” sign is posted in front of a home for sale in San […]
- Mobility Data Flashes Warning Sign Along Pakistan’s Iran-Linked Copper-Corridorby Tyler Durden on August 21, 2026 at 10:50 pm
Mobility Data Flashes Warning Sign Along Pakistan’s Iran-Linked Copper-Corridor AI-powered geospatial data platform xMap’s data scientist, Dana Harrison, asked in a LinkedIn post: “Can Mobility Data Spot Commodity Supply Risk Before the Market Does?” Harrison used location data from points of interest and human mobility data to focus on what she says are “changes in human movement” over recent months along Pakistan’s Chagai […]
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- CLARITY gets a September Senate floor date as CFTC signals a limited regulatory fallbackby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 22, 2026 at 5:10 pm
The scheduled cloture vote will test the bill’s 60-vote coalition, while existing CFTC powers stop short of Congress’s full framework. The post CLARITY gets a September Senate floor date as CFTC signals a limited regulatory fallback appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Solana’s first governance vote nears with a live 60% quorum display errorby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 22, 2026 at 3:45 pm
An unmerged frontend fix must replace live-stake math with the constitution’s one-third snapshot test before epoch 1021. The post Solana’s first governance vote nears with a live 60% quorum display error appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- How a former crypto user’s archived Binance data ended up in a foreign terrorism prosecutionby Andjela Radmilac on August 22, 2026 at 3:05 pm
When Russian investigators detained IT specialist Yuri Belenkiy in September 2025, Binance had been formally out of Russia for almost two years. Its customer records, however, were still available. Law enforcement documents reviewed by Reuters show that Binance supplied personal and transaction data later incorporated into a Russian terrorism-financing case against Belenkiy. The 49-year-old Russian The post How a former crypto user’s archived […]
- SEC proposes a path for crypto projects to raise $75 million and later end the token’s securities contractby Andjela Radmilac on August 22, 2026 at 1:45 pm
US regulators have already found a home for true Bitcoin perpetuals inside the CFTC’s exchange framework. The SEC is now turning to another part of the same market: how a team can pay to build a network before its token has much use. A derivatives exchange starts with an established asset and places a new The post SEC proposes a path for crypto projects to raise $75 million and later end the token’s securities contract appeared first on […]
- Just 1% of wallets control $133M in midterm odds on Polymarket, creating a dangerous illusion of mass public consensusby Andjela Radmilac on August 22, 2026 at 12:15 pm
The Nov. 3 midterm election is less than 11 weeks away, and its betting market had already surpassed the full 2024 congressional cycle in the latest comparable data. Traders had placed at least $133 million across markets tied to House and Senate races by Aug. 10, compared with $92.4 million during all of 2024. The The post Just 1% of wallets control $133M in midterm odds on Polymarket, creating a dangerous illusion of mass public consensus […]
- Bitcoin crash forced Riot to pledge 1,825 BTC, but this huge rally may now free up 1,500 BTCby Andjela Radmilac on August 22, 2026 at 10:50 am
Riot Platforms entered 2026 with 3,977 BTC pledged against a $200 million Coinbase loan. Bitcoin then fell far enough that the agreement required another 1,825 BTC, taking the collateral balance to 5,802 in February. Those coins still belonged to Riot and sat in a segregated custody account under Coinbase’s lien. Riot couldn’t deploy them elsewhere The post Bitcoin crash forced Riot to pledge 1,825 BTC, but this huge rally may now free up 1,500 […]
- Bitcoin hits $80,000’s doorstep just as the ETF bid disappears for the weekendby Gino Matos on August 22, 2026 at 9:45 am
Bitcoin enters the weekend within striking distance of $80,000, registering an intraday high at $79,500 on Aug. 21. The move caps the biggest weekly rally in two years, built on a rare combination. A surprise Treasury intervention, roughly $1.6 billion of spot ETF inflows, and billions of dollars in forced short liquidations all landed together. The post Bitcoin hits $80,000’s doorstep just as the ETF bid disappears for the weekend appeared […]
- Treasury just put a deadline on offshore stablecoins’ access to US customersby Andjela Radmilac on August 22, 2026 at 8:35 am
By July 18, 2028, a stablecoin could still move freely across blockchains and yet disappear from the buy menu on an American exchange. Under the Treasury Department’s proposed GENIUS Act rules, a digital asset service provider wouldn’t be able to offer or sell a payment stablecoin to someone in the United States from that date The post Treasury just put a deadline on offshore stablecoins’ access to US customers appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Adam Back’s Bitcoin treasury deal died, but its $15M obligation did notby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 22, 2026 at 7:00 am
The public Bitcoin treasury structure is gone, while two 2026 payments carry a narrow seven-day release condition. The post Adam Back’s Bitcoin treasury deal died, but its $15M obligation did not appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Illuvium says six months of cuts bought it another year as MMO becomes its main remaining betby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 22, 2026 at 4:00 am
Warwick says six months of cost reductions restored runway, but the studio has not published its current burn. The post Illuvium says six months of cuts bought it another year as MMO becomes its main remaining bet appeared first on CryptoSlate.






































































































