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  • “Mamdani Mart” Exposes The Inefficiency Of Socialism In One Chart
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 10:05 pm

    “Mamdani Mart” Exposes The Inefficiency Of Socialism In One Chart Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z New Media published the most popular charts of the week on financial markets, but the most revealing one came at the end of the note: a comparison suggesting that New York City’s first grocery store, which will soon be run by unhinged socialists, will be structurally less efficient than private-sector supermarkets.  But who cares when it’s […]

  • Trump Says First Releases Of UFO Documents Will Begin ‘Very, Very Soon’
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 9:30 pm

    Trump Says First Releases Of UFO Documents Will Begin ‘Very, Very Soon’ Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), President Donald Trump announced April 17 that he expects his administration to begin releasing documents “very soon” related to extraterrestrial life and unexplained phenomena. President Donald Trump walks toward reporters before answering questions prior to boarding Air Force One at Joint […]

  • Senate Bill Wants Commercial Reactors On Federal Land
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 8:55 pm

    Senate Bill Wants Commercial Reactors On Federal Land Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) introduced the Nuclear Energy Innovation and Deployment Act (NEIDA) on April 14th, presenting what could be one of the most significant regulatory shifts for U.S. nuclear power in decades.  The legislation would expand the DOE’s authority to license and regulate commercial reactors and fuel-cycle facilities when sited on […]

  • White House Working With FBI To Probe Cases Of Missing Scientists
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    White House Working With FBI To Probe Cases Of Missing Scientists Authored by Jacki Thrapp via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration confirmed on April 17 that it was working with the FBI to investigate the mysterious deaths and disappearances of ten U.S. scientists and government employees who had access to nuclear or aerospace material. “In light of the recent and legitimate questions about these troubling cases, and […]

  • US Treasury Extends Russian Crude Waiver Amid Supply Disruptions
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 7:10 pm

    US Treasury Extends Russian Crude Waiver Amid Supply Disruptions Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, The Trump administration renewed a key sanctions waiver on April 17, allowing countries to purchase Russian oil stranded at sea, responding to urgent pressure from Asian nations battered by skyrocketing energy costs. The move also reverses a position Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had stated two days earlier. The […]

  • Dramatic Audio: Indian Tanker Was Given Permission Before Being Fired On By IRGC, Delhi Summons Ambassador
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 6:35 pm

    Dramatic Audio: Indian Tanker Was Given Permission Before Being Fired On By IRGC, Delhi Summons Ambassador India has summoned the Iranian ambassador in New Delhi in a rare moment of inter-BRICS discord after its tanker was attacked earlier Saturday while trying to traverse the Strait of Hormuz, which has been closed once again. “During the meeting, the Foreign Secretary conveyed India’s deep concern at the shooting incident earlier […]

  • An Overheating Feedback Loop
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 6:00 pm

    An Overheating Feedback Loop Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Congratulations, you made it through the panic…and now the market has decided none of it ever mattered and things are 5% better than they’ve ever been in history. Prices have not only recovered from the Iran war scare, they’ve pushed comfortably beyond where they were before it even started. The NASDAQ is logging a batshit insane 13-day winning streak, marking […]

  • American Airlines Shuts Down United Merger Talk As Wells Fargo Signals Another Possible Tie-Up
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 5:25 pm

    American Airlines Shuts Down United Merger Talk As Wells Fargo Signals Another Possible Tie-Up Certainly this past week saw several key stories in the aviation world. First came the story that Spirit Airlines could be liquidated at any moment, only to be followed later in the week by reports that the budget carrier had asked the Trump administration for an emergency bailout. Then, of course, came the reopening of the Strait of […]

  • The Universe Is Expanding ‘Too Fast’ And Nothing We Know Can Explain It
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 4:50 pm

    The Universe Is Expanding ‘Too Fast’ And Nothing We Know Can Explain It Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, New ultra-precise measurements have confirmed the cosmos is expanding faster than models based on the early universe predict, while a separate study has dramatically shortened estimates of how long the universe itself will last. Astronomers have long observed a mismatch in the universe’s expansion rate […]

  • US Prepares To Board Iran-Linked Ships Globally Following Iranian Gunboat Attack On Tanker In Hormuz
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 4:40 pm

    US Prepares To Board Iran-Linked Ships Globally Following Iranian Gunboat Attack On Tanker In Hormuz Summary:  US officials: War may resume if no peace talks breakthrough: Axios Two Iranian gunboats Open Fire on a tanker near Oman; 2nd tanker hit by ‘unknown projectile’. India summons Iranian ambassador to condemn incident Pentagon prepared to expand anti-vessel action, signals prepared to board Iran-linked ships globally […]

  • NY State Loses $73 Million In Federal Highway Funding Over Failed CDL Revocations
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 3:40 pm

    NY State Loses $73 Million In Federal Highway Funding Over Failed CDL Revocations Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, Over $73 million in federal highway funds are being withheld from New York state after an audit found more than half the state’s commercial drivers licenses (CDL) were issued to foreigners illegally. U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced yesterday that the state failed to revoke […]

  • Former AI SPAC Executives Indicted For Fabricating “Virtually All” Revenue And Customers
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    Former AI SPAC Executives Indicted For Fabricating “Virtually All” Revenue And Customers What looked like a booming AI company was, prosecutors say, an audacious house of cards built on deception. iLearningEngines (former stock symbol AILE) executives allegedly fabricated virtually every pillar of their business—customers, revenues, and contracts—to cash in on the AI hype and dupe both everyday investors and major […]

  • The Architecture Of Abundance: How Bitcoin Reveals The Truth Of Time And Technology
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 2:30 pm

    The Architecture Of Abundance: How Bitcoin Reveals The Truth Of Time And Technology Authored by Sylvain Saurel via ‘In Bitcoin We Trust’ Substack, How escaping the fiat illusion and holding the world’s hardest money turns the relentless march of technology into unprecedented purchasing power. Look closely at the image below: On the left, two standard Papa John’s pizzas, purchased in 2010 for the seemingly arbitrary sum of […]

  • “Looking For Lifeline”: Spirit Airlines Asks Trump Admin For Emergency Bailout
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 1:55 pm

    “Looking For Lifeline”: Spirit Airlines Asks Trump Admin For Emergency Bailout Bankrupt Spirit Airlines appears to be flying on fumes, with a late Friday report indicating the budget carrier has become so desperate for cash that it has approached the Trump administration for an emergency bailout, even as creditors mull pulling the plug at any moment. Aviation news website The Air Current reports that Spirit has asked the Trump […]

  • The Democrats’ National Popular Vote Push Is About Fear, Not Fairness
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 1:20 pm

    The Democrats’ National Popular Vote Push Is About Fear, Not Fairness Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact into law this week, adding her state’s 13 electoral votes to a growing coalition that wants to effectively render the Electoral College a ceremonial relic. The move is strategically transparent, and it tells you almost everything you need to know about the Democratic Party’s […]

  • Here’s What Happened Inside Gas Stations When Gas Hit $4
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 12:45 pm

    Here’s What Happened Inside Gas Stations When Gas Hit $4 In Goldman’s first-quarter “Nicotine Nuggets” survey of retailers and wholesalers covering roughly 44,000 U.S. stores, or about 28% of all tobacco outlets nationwide, analysts observed that once the national average for regular 87-octane gasoline hit the politically sensitive $4-a-gallon level, the squeeze on consumers began to emerge. One of the clearest signs of stress was a […]

  • Spain Erupts: Patriots Attacked By Socialist Mob Over Mass Illegal Migrant Amnesty
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 12:10 pm

    Spain Erupts: Patriots Attacked By Socialist Mob Over Mass Illegal Migrant Amnesty Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Violence broke out in the Spanish city of Granada when roughly 40 left-wing Antifa extremists tried to shut down a pre-election rally held by the nationalist party Vox in Plaza de las Pasiegas. Police had to form a cordon between the rival groups as fights broke out, delaying the event by around 30 […]

  • Ukraine Urges Israel To Act Against Russian Ship Carrying ‘Stolen’ Grain To Haifa Port
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 11:50 am

    Ukraine Urges Israel To Act Against Russian Ship Carrying ‘Stolen’ Grain To Haifa Port Ukraine is pushing Israel to seize a grain shipment it says was looted from Russian-occupied territory as the war persists in the east. At the moment it does not appear that Israel complied with any interdict of the vessel, also as reports say the cargo is already offloaded and gone. via MarineTraffic Ukraine’s government flagged the Russian […]

  • The EU’s Digital Gulag Is (Apparently) Ready To Roll
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 11:00 am

    The EU’s Digital Gulag Is (Apparently) Ready To Roll Authored by Nick Corbishley via NakedCapitalism.com, “It is for parents to raise their children, and not the platforms.” Those were the words of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Wednesday as she announced the readiness of the EU’s online age verification, ahem, platform. As we’ve been warning since November 2024, these platforms are ultimately […]

  • Kuwait Holds American Journalist After Reporting On ‘Friendly Fire’ Shootdown Incident
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 3:25 am

    Kuwait Holds American Journalist After Reporting On ‘Friendly Fire’ Shootdown Incident Authored by Chris Hedges via Consortium News Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, a fearless Palestinian-American journalist (he’s an American-born Kuwaiti of Palestinian descent) whose writing and reports are defined by unparalleled integrity, depth and eloquence, was arrested on March 3rd in Kuwait. He is charged with spreading false information and harming […]

  • Spillover Conflict Still Raging In Iraq: Three Iranian Kurds Killed
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 3:00 am

    Spillover Conflict Still Raging In Iraq: Three Iranian Kurds Killed The Iran war seems to be cooling, as a two week ceasefire holds, but people are still dying from spillover effects and sporadic conflict in neighboring Iraq. “Drone and rocket strikes in Iraq’s northern Kurdistan region on Friday killed three Iranian Kurds, including two women fighters, an exiled opposition group said, blaming the attack on Iran,” AFP reports. It’s […]

  • Massive Cosmic Test Shows Newton And Einstein Still Explain Gravity Accurately
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 2:35 am

    Massive Cosmic Test Shows Newton And Einstein Still Explain Gravity Accurately Authored by Neetika Walter via Interesting Engineering, Scientists have tested gravity across some of the largest structures in the universe and found that it behaves exactly as predicted by long-standing physical laws. Galaxies and clusters trace gravity’s pull across the universe.iStock Photos Researchers led by University of Pennsylvania used data […]

  • Beijing Boosts BeiDou Satellite System To Try And Compete With GPS
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 2:10 am

    Beijing Boosts BeiDou Satellite System To Try And Compete With GPS China is upgrading its BeiDou satellite navigation system, a domestic alternative to GPS, to expand its global reach and industry use, according to South China Morning Post. The plan involves replacing older satellites with newer third-generation models and adjusting their orbits to improve worldwide coverage. The system will be streamlined from 50 to 37 active […]

  • Ditch The Sanitizer And Exercise Your Immune System
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 1:45 am

    Ditch The Sanitizer And Exercise Your Immune System Authored by Joel Salatin via The Epoch Times, Bugs, viruses, and sickness—these maladies creep into countless conversations as people wrestle with the question: How do I strengthen my immune system? The overriding answer from the conventional pharmaceutical and vaccine industry is that functional wellness comes from a pill, a needle, or some kind of medical treatment. As a […]

  • “Depraved Evil”: Gay Couple Mocks Baby’s Cry For ‘Mama’ In Viral Surrogacy Video
    by Tyler Durden on April 18, 2026 at 12:55 am

    “Depraved Evil”: Gay Couple Mocks Baby’s Cry For ‘Mama’ In Viral Surrogacy Video Authored by Steve Watson via modernity.news, Two gay men in Nashville recorded themselves taunting the baby they obtained through surrogacy as he cried desperately for his mother. The now viral clip has ignited fury across X. The clip opens with one man asking the infant, “Who do you want, Dada or Pop?” The baby responds, “Mama.” The man […]

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  • Congress on verge of making regulated dollar stablecoins act almost like digital cash
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 18, 2026 at 9:25 pm

    Washington isn’t trying to solve every crypto policy fight at once, but it appears to be carving out a workable path for one specific category of digital asset: the regulated, dollar-pegged stablecoin. The GENIUS Act established the first federal regulatory framework for payment stablecoins, and a bipartisan House tax discussion draft now proposes friendlier tax The post Congress on verge of making regulated dollar stablecoins act almost like […]

  • Crypto to enter the US banking system through a backdoor, not through regulation
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 18, 2026 at 7:30 pm

    For most of its life, crypto lived outside the financial system. If you wanted to move dollars in or out of an exchange, that money still had to pass through a regular bank somewhere along the way. Most people assumed it would stay that way until Washington finally decided how to regulate it. But that The post Crypto to enter the US banking system through a backdoor, not through regulation appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Why Kevin Warsh should become Bitcoin’s most impactful Fed chair yet
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 18, 2026 at 5:25 pm

    Kevin Warsh is set to become the first Federal Reserve chair with disclosed crypto holdings, and the first whose policy instincts could still squeeze the sector harder than his predecessors. Most Americans don’t follow Fed personnel drama closely, but they feel its aftershocks every month through mortgage rates, savings yields, and the temperature of equity The post Why Kevin Warsh should become Bitcoin’s most impactful Fed chair yet appeared […]

  • US Bitcoin ETFs pull in $664M in largest daily inflow since January, because Iran reopened Hormuz for a few hours
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on April 18, 2026 at 3:30 pm

    US-listed spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) recorded their largest single-day capital inflow since January on April 17, as the reopening of a critical Middle Eastern shipping route sparked a broader market rotation into risk assets. According to SoSoValue data, the 12 products drew approximately $664 million in fresh capital on April 17. The surge was The post US Bitcoin ETFs pull in $664M in largest daily inflow since January, because […]

  • Bitcoin now has just 4 days before ceasefire deadline risks price reversal with Hormuz closed again
    by Gino Matos on April 18, 2026 at 1:31 pm

    Iran’s Friday announcement that the Strait of Hormuz would be opened during the current ceasefire triggered one of the sharpest oil reversals of the year. Brent crude fell 12.95% to $86.52, and WTI dropped 14.26% to $81.19, both their lowest levels since Mar. 11 and the largest single-day declines since Apr. 8. US stocks surged, The post Bitcoin now has just 4 days before ceasefire deadline risks price reversal with Hormuz closed again appeared […]

  • New research shows Bitcoin must retake $80k or risk BTC miner shut down in competition with $4B in AI revenue
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 18, 2026 at 10:00 am

    Quantum computing has long served as Bitcoin’s most cinematic threat. It has the right ingredients for a high-drama warning, strange machines, broken cryptography, and the possibility of a future rewrite of digital trust. Yet the greater danger facing Bitcoin today looks far more ordinary and far more commercial. It is artificial intelligence, and the pressure The post New research shows Bitcoin must retake $80k or risk BTC miner shut down in […]

  • FSB warns of ‘triple whammy’ crisis as private credit threat to global markets worsens
    by Andjela Radmilac on April 18, 2026 at 8:30 am

    The Financial Stability Board (FSB) is warning that global markets could be heading toward a chain reaction in which tighter funding, war-driven volatility, and deepening cracks in non-bank finance converge into what its chair calls a possible “double or triple whammy” for financial stability. In a letter sent ahead of the April 16 G20 meeting, The post FSB warns of ‘triple whammy’ crisis as private credit threat to global markets […]

  • Bitcoin faces critical weekend test as Iran closes Strait after immediately disputing the US narrative on Hormuz deal
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on April 17, 2026 at 10:41 pm

    UPDATE Saturday 9 am UTC: After markets closed Friday, the Speaker of Iran’s parliament announced that the Strait of Hormuz would not remain open while the US blockade remained in place. So far, Bitcoin has retraced part of its gain, falling from $78,500 to $76,500. Bitcoin rallied hard after Iran said it was reopening the The post Bitcoin faces critical weekend test as Iran closes Strait after immediately disputing the US narrative on Hormuz […]

  • Crypto censorship resistance is questioned as major fight breaks out over who gets to freeze your digital dollars
    by Gino Matos on April 17, 2026 at 7:20 pm

    Crypto rhetoric has long prized the ability to transact without gatekeepers, to move value across borders without asking permission, and to hold assets no institution could seize. Crypto culture treated these as design virtues, properties that builders embedded with ethical weight by deliberate architectural choice. Then the Drift exploit happened, and the backlash told a The post Crypto censorship resistance is questioned as major fight breaks […]

  • Staggering $28 trillion flows through crypto’s ‘agent economy’ – but 76% of it is just bots shuffling stablecoins
    by Gino Matos on April 17, 2026 at 3:45 pm

    Artificial intelligence and crypto-native tools are quickly shaping a future where software agents can fund themselves, run cross-chain strategies, and move through financial markets with no one at the controls. According to a recent report by DWF Ventures, automated and agentic activity now accounts for an estimated 19% of all on-chain transactions, with 17,000 agents The post Staggering $28 trillion flows through crypto’s ‘agent […]