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  • How a disputed $1 billion claim became a powerful weapon against prediction markets
    by Andjela Radmilac on May 31, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    On the American Gaming Association’s website, a counter has been climbing for months, tallying what the casino-and-sportsbook lobby says states and tribes have lost to prediction markets. On Thursday, it rolled past $1 billion, and the AGA moved fast to make a headline out of it, with President Bill Miller going on CNBC to warn The post How a disputed $1 billion claim became a powerful weapon against prediction markets appeared first on […]

  • New US inflation report leaves Bitcoin with a problem the Fed cannot solve yet
    by Andjela Radmilac on May 31, 2026 at 1:30 pm

    Headline PCE inflation rose 3.8% in April from a year earlier, its hottest pace in two years and nearly double the Federal Reserve’s 2% goal, while core PCE held at 3.3%, its highest reading since October 2023. The monthly numbers ran cooler, with core easing to 0.2% against the 0.3% economists had expected. Bitcoin saw The post New US inflation report leaves Bitcoin with a problem the Fed cannot solve yet appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • The US says it grabbed Iran’s crypto in a $1B seizure – will it end up in Trump’s Bitcoin Reserve?
    by Gino Matos on May 31, 2026 at 12:05 pm

    reasury Secretary Scott Bessent said at the Reagan National Economic Forum that the US had seized roughly $1 billion in Iranian crypto assets, turning the Iran crypto seizure into an early test of Trump’s reserve framework Bessent added the authorities “just outright grabbed the wallets,” with CBS reporting he also described the assets as money The post The US says it grabbed Iran’s crypto in a $1B seizure – will it end up in […]

  • Hyperliquid’s HYPE rally is bigger than a new all-time high
    by Gino Matos on May 31, 2026 at 9:50 am

    The Hyperliquid HYPE rally reached a new HYPE all-time high of $68.64 on May 30, extending a month that has already delivered roughly 50% in gains and over $1.4 billion in single-day trading volume. The HYPE price move came the day after the CFTC approved KalshiEX’s BTCPERP contract, the first Bitcoin perpetual futures product cleared The post Hyperliquid’s HYPE rally is bigger than a new all-time high appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • The US debt machine is getting harder to stabilize – So where does Bitcoin fit in?
    by Andjela Radmilac on May 30, 2026 at 6:55 pm

    The US Treasury market is the foundation of the global financial system. It determines mortgage rates, government borrowing costs, corporate lending, and the price of money across the world. For decades, investors treated it as the safest and most stable market on Earth. But after years of exploding government debt, repeated liquidity scares, and increasingly The post The US debt machine is getting harder to stabilize – So where does Bitcoin […]

  • Bitcoin ATMs were crypto’s street-corner bank. Now regulators are shutting the door
    by Andjela Radmilac on May 30, 2026 at 2:45 pm

    Bitcoin ATMs were (and still are) the most tangible and literal implementation of crypto. They turned the process of buying and selling crypto from an abstract act done on a screen and moved it into the real world, enabling people to buy Bitcoin without verification, a bank account, or any real understanding of how custody The post Bitcoin ATMs were crypto’s street-corner bank. Now regulators are shutting the door appeared first on […]

  • Crypto walked so banks could run
    by Ben Nadareski on May 30, 2026 at 1:15 pm

    The following is a guest post and opinion from Ben Nadareski, Co-founder & CEO of Solstice . Institutions were never going to arrive in crypto the way crypto wanted them to. No stampede into governance tokens. No CFO proudly announcing that idle treasury had been rotated into volatile assets. No pension fund committee suddenly speaking The post Crypto walked so banks could run appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • How Bitcoin will price Trump’s claim that Hormuz could reopen this weekend
    by Gino Matos on May 30, 2026 at 11:20 am

    Bitcoin briefly recovered the $74,000 zone on May 29, absorbing a geopolitical signal that oil futures, ETF desks, and US equity traders won’t fully process until Monday. President Donald Trump said he would make a “final determination” on an Iran deal that would require the Strait of Hormuz to reopen for unrestricted traffic, with mines The post How Bitcoin will price Trump’s claim that Hormuz could reopen this weekend appeared first on […]

  • The Fed’s rate lever is breaking as bond markets stop following its lead
    by Andjela Radmilac on May 30, 2026 at 9:02 am

    For decades, the Fed stabilized the economy with one simple tool: interest rates. Raise them to cool inflation, and cut them to stimulate growth. But after years of massive government borrowing, post-pandemic inflation, and repeated stress inside the Treasury market, that system may no longer work the way Americans expect. Today, the Fed can cut The post The Fed’s rate lever is breaking as bond markets stop following its lead appeared first […]

  • Bitcoin perps just got a US green light, but one catch could decide everything
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on May 29, 2026 at 6:10 pm

    The CFTC has moved true Bitcoin perpetual futures from an offshore-liquidity debate into a US-regulated test case, with KalshiEX LLC now approved to list BTCPERP and Coinbase Financial Markets receiving separate staff-level relief for access to certain Deribit products. The Commission approved KalshiEX LLC’s BTCPERP contract as a futures contract, allowing the CFTC-registered designated contract market to list The post Bitcoin perps just got […]

  • Congress Quietly Moves To Intertwine US, Israeli Militaries On Formal Level
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 4:15 pm

    Congress Quietly Moves To Intertwine US, Israeli Militaries On Formal Level There are some stealth moves afoot by the Trump administration and Congress, which are poised to formalize the long-standing close US-Israel relationship, on the level of a formal defense pact. A sweeping new legislative proposal in Congress is moving to more deeply intertwine and combine the two countries’ military arsenals. The House of Representatives’ […]

  • Gold Waits As Global Markets Tempt The Unprepared
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 3:40 pm

    Gold Waits As Global Markets Tempt The Unprepared Authored by Matthew Piepenburg via VonGreyerz.gold, 2026 is screaming “Uh-Oh” signals from nearly every sector and asset class with alarming yet eerily ignored clarity. This explains why the longer-term case for gold couldn’t be more obvious, regardless of natural price retracements in the near-term. In fact, if global financial conditions were not otherwise so disturbing, […]

  • Non-English-Speaking Bus Driver Faces Manslaughter Charges After Horror Virginia Crash Kills Entire Family
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 3:05 pm

    Non-English-Speaking Bus Driver Faces Manslaughter Charges After Horror Virginia Crash Kills Entire Family A commercial bus driver, who federal officials say could not speak English, faces two counts of involuntary manslaughter, with additional charges likely, after his charter bus plowed into vehicles on a Virginia highway Friday morning, killing five people, including an entire Greenfield, Massachusetts, family of four. The New […]

  • Parabolic Semiconductor Rally: What Breaks The Trade?
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 2:30 pm

    Parabolic Semiconductor Rally: What Breaks The Trade? Authored by Lance Roberts via RealInvestmentAdvice.com, AI Validation Fuels A Ninth Weekly Advance The headline tape made fresh history. The S&P 500 closed Friday at 7,580.06, finishing up 1.43% on the week and posting its ninth consecutive weekly gain. That’s the longest weekly winning streak since 2024, and only the 5th time since 1965 that has occurred. While markets […]

  • “Well-Funded” NGO Machine Behind Newark Anti-ICE Chaos; Bessent Signals Nonprofit Crackdown
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 1:55 pm

    “Well-Funded” NGO Machine Behind Newark Anti-ICE Chaos; Bessent Signals Nonprofit Crackdown Anti-ICE demonstrations outside Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey, an ICE immigration detention facility, escalated in the overnight hours as the far-left and well-funded maximum pressure campaign entered its ninth day on Saturday. The continued mobilization only suggests a coordinated pressure operation, with dark-money-funded NGOs […]

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  • Is A New Iron Curtain Inevitable?
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 1:20 pm

    Is A New Iron Curtain Inevitable? Authored by Andrew Korybko, Russia’s consequent focus on the western front might embolden US-backed NATO member Turkiye to accelerate its power play in the south at the risk of sparking another regional crisis after Ukraine. Russian Ambassador-at-Large Artyom Bulatov warned in a recent interview that “Westerners, with energy worthy of a better cause, are erecting a new ‘Iron Curtain’, […]

  • Immigrant Hordes Set Paris Ablaze Because Their Soccer Team Won
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 12:45 pm

    Immigrant Hordes Set Paris Ablaze Because Their Soccer Team Won In case you needed further justification for denying your woman’s request for a vacation in Paris, hordes of migrants gave your position another boost over Saturday night, as they rampaged across the “City of Light” and other French locales, setting structures and vehicles ablaze, smashing the windows of occupied cars, destroying shops and unleashing other varied forms […]

  • Intercepted Iranian Missile Injures 5 Americans At Kuwaiti Air Base; Tehran Identifies Two Key MOU Sticking Points
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 12:30 pm

    Intercepted Iranian Missile Injures 5 Americans At Kuwaiti Air Base; Tehran Identifies Two Key MOU Sticking Points Summary Iran is pushing forward legislation formalizing control/management of Hormuz Strait shipping, which flies in the face of Trump warnings & conditions. An Iranian Fateh-110 short-range ballistic missile targeted Kuwait’s Ali Al Salem Air Base, a key operational hub for the U.S. Air Force. BBG says missile […]

  • “It’s All So Tiresome”: UK’s Social Media Ban Trudges Ever Onward
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 12:10 pm

    “It’s All So Tiresome”: UK’s Social Media Ban Trudges Ever Onward Authored by Kit Knightly via Off-Guardian.org, The UK government’s “consultation” on social media harm is over, and – brace yourselves – it turns out they’re going to have to do something about it. I know, I was shocked too. The main talking point is that “social media is like cigarettes”. Everyone is saying that, it’s the meme of the day. […]

  • More Mystery Drone Incidents In EU Skies As Putin Mocks: “The Russians Are Coming!”
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 11:35 am

    More Mystery Drone Incidents In EU Skies As Putin Mocks: “The Russians Are Coming!” Flights at Germany’s Munich Airport were once again temporarily suspended on Saturday after a drone sighting was reported, eliciting a response from a large number of police and security services personnel. Euronews reviews in the wake of the incident, which ended with the key European hub resuming regular operations after no UAV was found or […]

  • Le Pen Leads Every Major Rival In New French Presidential Runoff Polling
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 11:00 am

    Le Pen Leads Every Major Rival In New French Presidential Runoff Polling Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News, Marine Le Pen would beat every major rival in a second-round French presidential election runoff, according to new polling that hypothesized her eligibility to stand in the election expected in April next year. A Toluna-Harris Interactive poll for M6 and RTL, conducted on May 27, found Le Pen ahead in all three […]

  • The Nocebo Effect: The Real PsyOp Behind Fake Pandemics
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 3:20 am

    The Nocebo Effect: The Real PsyOp Behind Fake Pandemics Authored by Mike Adams via Natural News.com, The Nocebo Effect Is the Hidden Engine of Modern Pandemic Narratives When authorities tell you to be afraid of a virus, your mind can make symptoms real, even when no pathogen exists. This is not conspiracy theory; it’s documented science, and it has been weaponized against the public for decades. The nocebo effect — the evil twin […]

  • Seattle To Declare “State Of Emergency” To Protect Transgender Refugees?
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 2:45 am

    Seattle To Declare “State Of Emergency” To Protect Transgender Refugees? The ultimate claim to victimhood is the claim that a group of people are “refugees” from mass persecution or “genocide.”  The political left covets this victim status more than anything else because, within first world liberal societies, refugees have immediate political capital and access to easy money.  Within every leftist narrative there is an agenda for […]

  • Shortages And Rationing Loom As Global Oil Reserves Fall At Fastest Rate In History
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 2:10 am

    Shortages And Rationing Loom As Global Oil Reserves Fall At Fastest Rate In History Authored by Michael Snyder via The Economic Collapse blog, No matter what happens now, the world is facing a very painful energy crisis. Let’s be as wildly optimistic as we possibly can and assume that Iran agrees to allow free passage through the Strait of Hormuz with absolutely no tolls or restrictions starting tomorrow. Before normal traffic […]

  • Meet The Woke Vegan “Christian” Democrat Senate Candidate From Texas
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 1:35 am

    Meet The Woke Vegan “Christian” Democrat Senate Candidate From Texas For at least a decade the progressive movement has been obsessed with infiltrating every aspect of American life and culture, even going so far as co-opting Christian churches in an attempt to claim them as “safe spaces” for woke ideology.  This might sound odd to those who grew up in the devoutly atheist era of liberalism, but those days are long gone and seem […]

  • Three Debates Americans Have Had For 250 Years
    by Tyler Durden on May 31, 2026 at 1:00 am

    Three Debates Americans Have Had For 250 Years Authored by Lawrence Wilson via The Epoch Times, George Washington rode west from Philadelphia in command of 13,000 troops on a mission that would test his leadership unlike any previous campaign. These men were not soldiers in the Continental Army. They were citizen militiamen—forerunners of the National Guard—called up from Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey. And […]

  • Bondi Claims DOJ Produced ‘Everything Required’ In Epstein Files Release
    by Tyler Durden on May 30, 2026 at 11:50 pm

    Bondi Claims DOJ Produced ‘Everything Required’ In Epstein Files Release Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Former Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the Department of Justice (DOJ) acted in a transparent manner and acted appropriately in releasing files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and his accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell, as she testified before Congress on Friday. “To the best of my knowledge, […]

  • The Democrat Establishment Is Starting To Worry About Spencer Pratt
    by Tyler Durden on May 30, 2026 at 11:15 pm

    The Democrat Establishment Is Starting To Worry About Spencer Pratt The last person California Democrats expected to keep them up at night is Spencer Pratt. Yet here we are. The former reality television personality-turned-independent mayoral candidate has spent the past several weeks doing something that Los Angeles’s political establishment convinced itself was impossible: making incumbent Mayor Karen Bass look vulnerable. […]

  • The Market’s Biggest Buyer May Be Disappearing
    by Tyler Durden on May 30, 2026 at 10:40 pm

    The Market’s Biggest Buyer May Be Disappearing Submitted by QTR’s Fringe Finance Yesterday, as part of laying out the two paths I can see the economy taking, I wrote that beneath the surface, the American consumer is tapped out. The average consumer – AKA the “retail investor” – has been a key in driving the stock market higher the past half decade. This morning, I noticed two reports that came out yesterday that add to the […]

  • Green Retreat: California Eases Carbon-Market Costs For Oil Refiners
    by Tyler Durden on May 30, 2026 at 10:05 pm

    Green Retreat: California Eases Carbon-Market Costs For Oil Refiners California’s green-energy regime has hollowed out the state’s refining and oil industry, leaving motorists paying the highest gasoline prices in the country. AAA data show the state gasoline average now north of $6 per gallon, compared with a national average of roughly $4.36 as of Saturday morning. The result of political blowback in California over unaffordable […]

  • Caught On Tape: Washington Nationals Official Admits To Discriminating Against Religious Player
    by Tyler Durden on May 30, 2026 at 9:30 pm

    Caught On Tape: Washington Nationals Official Admits To Discriminating Against Religious Player Authored by Bryan Hyde via American Greatness, Washington Nationals Director of Community Relations Sean Hudson has been caught on camera admitting that he discriminates against starting pitcher Trevor Williams because of his Catholic faith. The Daily Caller reports that O’Keefe Media Group has released a new undercover report […]

  • Trump Blasts “Barack Hussein Obama Judge” After Kennedy Center Renovation Blocked
    by Tyler Durden on May 30, 2026 at 8:20 pm

    Trump Blasts “Barack Hussein Obama Judge” After Kennedy Center Renovation Blocked President Donald Trump lashed out Saturday after U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper blocked the planned closure and renovation of the Kennedy Center, accusing the Obama-appointed judge of halting what Trump described as a badly needed structural and aesthetic overhaul of the performing arts venue. In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump said […]

  • X Cracks Down On Large “Creator” Accounts Built On Stolen Content
    by Tyler Durden on May 30, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    X Cracks Down On Large “Creator” Accounts Built On Stolen Content The saturation of large X accounts built almost entirely on recycled video clips has become impossible to ignore. Many of these accounts brand themselves as “creators,” but they merely lift original reporting, strip attribution, repackage it, and monetize engagement as if the content were their own. Elon Musk and X product head Nikita Bier have zeroed in on this […]

  • Missiles Rain Down On Northern Israel In Large Hezbollah ‘Revenge’ Operation
    by Tyler Durden on May 30, 2026 at 7:45 pm

    Missiles Rain Down On Northern Israel In Large Hezbollah ‘Revenge’ Operation Northern Israel has come under heavy attack from Hezbollah on Saturday, after this past week a full-scale war has resumed in southern Lebanon, which even saw the resumption of Israeli airstrikes on Beirut’s southern suburbs, much further to the north. Even while Tel Aviv maintains the illusion of a ceasefire with Lebanon (as in, its government and national […]

  • Kenyan Court Rejects Plan For US Ebola Quarantine Center Amid Growing Outbreak
    by Tyler Durden on May 30, 2026 at 7:10 pm

    Kenyan Court Rejects Plan For US Ebola Quarantine Center Amid Growing Outbreak Authored by Brett Wilkins via Common Dreams A day after US officials said Kenya had approved a request to open a quarantine center for Americans exposed to a rare strain of the Ebola virus, a court in the East African nation on Friday temporarily blocked the plan amid a growing outbreak in neighboring Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo. The […]

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