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- Ethereum’s Vitalik Buterin Proposes Design to Make Running Nodes Easierby Shaurya Malwa on May 19, 2025 at 12:12 pm
A new proposal from Ethereum’s co-founder would let users run lightweight nodes without storing the entire blockchain, trimming costs for node operators.
- Strategy Expands Bitcoin Holdings With Latest Multi-Million Dollar Purchaseby James Van Straten on May 19, 2025 at 12:09 pm
Company buys additional BTC via stock offerings, bringing total holdings to record levels.
- Bitcoin’s Volatile Liquidity Run Could Lead to New Record Highsby Oliver Knight on May 19, 2025 at 11:58 am
Bitcoin behaved differently on Sunday, with CME futures leading the volatile price action.
- Crypto Daybook Americas: Bitcoin Whiplash Shakes Market as U.S. Yield Spike Threatens Bull Runby James Van Straten on May 19, 2025 at 11:18 am
Your day-ahead look for May 19, 2025
- VARA Fortifies Controls on Crypto Margin Trading in Dubai, Refreshes Rulebookby Jamie Crawley on May 19, 2025 at 9:33 am
VARA has introduced greater leverage controls and collateralization requirements through provisions in its Broker-Deal and Exchange Rulebooks
- Bulls and Bears Get Caught off Guard as Bitcoin Jumps to $106K, Then Falls Back to $103Kby Shaurya Malwa on May 19, 2025 at 8:16 am
The sudden price gyrations wiped out over $460 million in long positions and $220 million in shorts, across futures tracking majors like ether (ETH), solana (SOL), and dogecoin (DOGE).
- U.S. 30-Year Treasury Yield Breaches 5% Amid Moody’s Rating Downgrade, Fiscal Concernsby James Van Straten on May 19, 2025 at 7:53 am
Rising deficits, reduced foreign demand, and investor unease over trade policy drive bond market turbulence and broader risk aversion.
- Ripple Signs Two More Payment System Customers in UAE Expansionby Shaurya Malwa on May 19, 2025 at 7:42 am
The agreements follow Ripple securing a license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) in March.
- Metaplanet Buys Another 1,004 Bitcoin, Lifts Holdings to Over $800M Worth of BTCby Shaurya Malwa on May 19, 2025 at 6:46 am
The average purchase price for this latest tranche was $103,873 per bitcoin, according to a Monday disclosure.
- The Bull Case for Galaxy Digital is AI Data Centers Not Bitcoin Mining, Research Firm Saysby Sam Reynolds on May 19, 2025 at 6:16 am
Rittenhouse Research, a new firm covering fintech, AI, and crypto, is giving GLXY a strong buy rating because of its BTC mining to AI transition
- Binance, Kraken Thwarted Social Engineering Attacks Similar to Coinbase Hackby Francisco Rodrigues on May 19, 2025 at 5:15 am
Attackers reportedly tried bribing support agents, but Binance and Kraken’s internal systems blocked the attempts.
- Bitcoin Nears Golden Cross Weeks After ‘Trapping Bears’ as U.S. Debt Concerns Mountby Omkar Godbole on May 18, 2025 at 4:58 pm
BTC nears golden cross, as Moody’s downgrade validates bond markets’ concerns about the sustainability of the U.S. fiscal debt.
- XRP Price Surges After V-Shaped Recovery, Targets $3.40by AI Boost on May 18, 2025 at 8:23 am
Institutional buyers step in after sharp sell-off, establishing strong support at critical levels.
- SUI Surges After Finding Strong Support at $3.75 Levelby AI Boost on May 18, 2025 at 8:05 am
The resilient cryptocurrency shows remarkable recovery amid broader market volatility, establishing higher lows throughout trading session.
- Dogecoin (DOGE) Whales Accumulate 1 Billion DOGE Amid Critical Support Formationby AI Boost on May 18, 2025 at 7:30 am
The meme coin shows resilience at $0.212 level despite 4.3% price swings, suggesting potential upside momentum.
- BNB Trades in Tight Range Amid Decreasing Volatilityby AI Boost on May 18, 2025 at 6:50 am
Despite trade wars and Middle East conflict, the cryptocurrency shows resilience with higher lows forming.
- Over $5B Pouring into Bitcoin ETFs – Thanks to Bold Directional Betsby Omkar Godbole on May 17, 2025 at 2:18 pm
The 11 spot ETFs have attracted over $5.61 billion since early April, according to SoSoValue.
- Alabama Man Sentenced for Hacking SEC’s Social Media to Post Fake Bitcoin ETF Newsby Francisco Rodrigues on May 17, 2025 at 1:46 pm
The hack in January 2024 briefly sent bitcoin’s price surging $1,000 before crashing back down minutes later.
- State of Crypto: Consensus Toronto 2025 Reg Highlightsby Nikhilesh De on May 17, 2025 at 1:30 pm
Thousands of crypto folks descended upon Canada to talk shop.
- Movement Labs and Mantra Scandal Are Shaking up Crypto Market-Makingby Shaurya Malwa on May 17, 2025 at 8:41 am
Forced liquidations, hidden contracts, and backchannel deals are prompting a rethink in how liquidity is structured — and who gets trusted.
- ETH, DOGE, XRP Down 3% as Moody’s Downgrades U.S. Credit Ratingby Shaurya Malwa on May 17, 2025 at 7:54 am
Crypto markets slipped alongside stocks after Moody’s cut the U.S. sovereign credit score to Aa1, triggering risk-off sentiment and fresh concerns over government debt and macro stability.
- Undervalued Ether Catching Eye of ETF Buyers as Rally Inbound: CryptoQuantby Sam Reynolds on May 17, 2025 at 7:25 am
ETH’s rally is fueling investor expectations for a new ‘Alt season’, according to a recent CryptoQuant report.
- U.S. Stablecoin Bill Could Clear Senate Next Week, Proponents Sayby Jesse Hamilton on May 16, 2025 at 10:37 pm
Senator Bill Hagerty, who backed the Senate’s version of the legislation, predicted the body will “make history” next week by passing the bill.
- Alchemy Acquires Solana Developer DexterLab for Undisclosed Sumby Jamie Crawley on May 16, 2025 at 8:03 pm
The purchase will accelerate the development of Solana-based Web3 applications to meet growing enterprise demand, Alchemy said
- Eric Trump: ‘The Banks Made The Biggest Mistake of Their Lives’by Helene Braun on May 16, 2025 at 7:29 pm
The son of U.S. President Donald Trump spoke at CoinDesk’s Consensus conference in Toronto, Canada on Friday.
- “Money is like a sixth sense – and you can’t make use of the other five without it.”. William Somerset
- Inside World Of High-Net-Worth Lending: Kevin Plank Pledges Georgetown Home For $15M Commercial Loanby Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 10:55 am
Inside World Of High-Net-Worth Lending: Kevin Plank Pledges Georgetown Home For $15M Commercial Loan Local Baltimore media outlets have reported that Under Armour founder Kevin Plank—who returned as CEO in April 2024—recently pledged his $2 million Georgetown rowhouse as collateral for a $15 million loan. Just three months earlier, Plank relisted his 400-acre equestrian farm in northern Baltimore County. At the time, we asked […]
- These Are The Most Accident-Prone Cars In Americaby Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 9:45 am
These Are The Most Accident-Prone Cars In America Certain vehicles tend to show up in crash statistics more often than others, but why? There are many factors that play a role in how frequently a model is involved in accidents, including driver demographics, size, and even color. In this infographic, Visual Capitalist’s Marcus Lu ranks America’s most accident prone car models using data compiled by Insurify. Data and […]
- New Dietary Guidelines Will Recommend Americans ‘Eat Whole Food,’ Says RFK Jr.by Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 9:00 am
New Dietary Guidelines Will Recommend Americans ‘Eat Whole Food,’ Says RFK Jr. Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), Dietary guidelines that are set to be issued by the federal government later this year will recommend Americans eat “whole food,” Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on May 14. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the House Appropriations Committee on Capitol […]
- Keep An Eye On Cocoa Pricesby Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 8:15 am
Keep An Eye On Cocoa Prices Cocoa futures surged as much as 7.9% on Friday to $11,068/ton in New York, approaching record levels once again, as mounting supply-side risks reignite upside price action. Persistent drought conditions across key West African growing regions—despite recent rain—continue to pressure the global production outlook, raising concerns over both mid-crop and main-crop harvests. The deteriorating weather […]
- What On Earth Has This Got To Do With Pride?by Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 7:30 am
What On Earth Has This Got To Do With Pride? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, Some bright spark has decided that a Falklands War landing craft is the perfect thing to slap rainbow Pride colours all over to once again mark the LGBTQ event for the entirety of June. The move has angered veterans, who describe it as “entirely inappropriate” adding “Our Falklands dead will be turning in their graves.” What On […]
- US vs China: Mapping Trade Dominance In Africaby Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 6:45 am
US vs China: Mapping Trade Dominance In Africa China has steadily expanded its global trade footprint and now surpasses the U.S. as the leading trading partner in many regions around the world. In Africa, for instance, China overtook the U.S. as the continent’s top trading partner back in 2009—a position it continues to hold today. This graphic, via Visual Capitalist’s Kayla Zhu, visualizes whether each African country […]
- “Smacks Too Much Of Elimination Of Political Rivals” – German Chancellor Merz “Very Skeptical” About Banning AfDby Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 6:00 am
“Smacks Too Much Of Elimination Of Political Rivals” – German Chancellor Merz “Very Skeptical” About Banning AfD Via Remix News, In recent months, a ban of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) appeared to be inching closer and closer, but now a key voice has clearly spoken out against such a move. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has now said that voting on an AfD ban in the Bundestag is not the right path, saying it “smacks too much of […]
- House Republicans Advance Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” After Weekend Of Negotiationsby Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 4:00 am
House Republicans Advance Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” After Weekend Of Negotiations Following a Friday fracas on Capitol Hill which saw House Republicans fail to advance President Donald Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” out of the House Budget Committee, Republicans on said Committee did just that after several GOP deficit hawks relented. And while the bill still has a couple of stops before it can hit the House Floor, passage to the […]
- Pepe Escobar ‘Decodes’ The Istanbul Kabukiby Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 3:20 am
Pepe Escobar ‘Decodes’ The Istanbul Kabuki Authored by Pepe Escobar, Did President Putin really change the game by proposing the resumption of negotiations on the proxy war in Ukraine in Istanbul – over three years after the first ones were scotched by NATO? It’s complicated. And depends on which “game” we’re talking about. What the Russian move instantly accomplished was to throw into total disarray the European […]
- If Abortion Is Healthcare, Why Is Abortion Data Going Unreported?by Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 2:10 am
If Abortion Is Healthcare, Why Is Abortion Data Going Unreported? Authored by Samantha Flom via RealClear Politics (emphasis ours), We were told mifepristone is “safer than Tylenol” by pro-abortion activists. Now women are discovering how lethal that lie really is. “Abortion care is healthcare!” The oft-repeated claim of the abortion lobby emerges whenever someone dares to question whether an elective procedure with the goal […]
- Kroger Overcharging Customers On Sale Items, Consumer Reports Investigation Findsby Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 1:35 am
Kroger Overcharging Customers On Sale Items, Consumer Reports Investigation Finds You know times are getting tough when grocery stores resort to good ole’ fashion ripping off customers via mispricing. Shoppers at Kroger-owned stores may be unknowingly paying more at checkout due to pricing errors, according to a Consumer Reports investigation with The Guardian and the Food and Environment Reporting Network. Even if you don’t […]
- “It Was A War. We Won”: Rare Breed Triggers Scores Landmark Victory Over DOJ/ATF by Tyler Durden on May 19, 2025 at 12:25 am
“It Was A War. We Won”: Rare Breed Triggers Scores Landmark Victory Over DOJ/ATF The Department of Justice announced a settlement with Rare Breed Triggers (RBT) on Friday, ending a multi-year legal battle over Forced Reset Triggers (FRTs). The agreement aligns with President Trump’s Executive Order protecting Second Amendment rights and follows guidance from the Attorney General’s Second Amendment Enforcement Task Force. […]
- Los Angeles Announces Flying Taxis For Visitors At ‘No-Car’ Olympicsby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 11:50 pm
Los Angeles Announces Flying Taxis For Visitors At ‘No-Car’ Olympics Authored by Kimberley Hayek via The Epoch Times, Los Angeles announced May 15 that air taxis will be available for visitors and Team USA at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games by Archer Aviation Inc. Mayor Karen Bass pledged last year that the Olympics would be a “no-car Games” and that people would need to use public transportation to access venues. […]
- FBI Agents Beg Court To Destroy List Before ‘Shame’ Campaignby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 10:40 pm
FBI Agents Beg Court To Destroy List Before ‘Shame’ Campaign Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, A group of FBI agents involved in the Jan. 6 investigations asked a judge Thursday to destroy a Trump administration list containing the names of roughly 5,000 agents tied to the probes. Their move follows Ed Martin’s vow, as the newly appointed weaponization czar, to “name” and “shame” the thousands of agents […]
- MAHA Working: Goldman Finds “Better-For-You” Consumption Shift Underwayby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 10:05 pm
MAHA Working: Goldman Finds “Better-For-You” Consumption Shift Underway President Trump’s second term will likely be regarded as a major public health inflection point, driven by the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement. The initiative aims to revolutionize a broken system rigged against patients—creating disease and then profiting from it—while also targeting reform of the nation’s food supply chain, which is dominated […]
- Tattoos May Be Linked To Cancer – Here’s Why…by Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 9:30 pm
Tattoos May Be Linked To Cancer – Here’s Why… Authored by Zena le Roux via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), “I got tattooed during a time in my life when I wasn’t fully informed about what was going into my body or what I was allowing onto my skin. Back then, it was about art, self-expression, and creative identity.” Witthaya Prasongsin/GettyImages “Today, I see it differently. Tattoos are not harmless,” Ellie Grey a […]
- GPS Disruption Reported In World’s Most Critical Maritime Chokepointby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 8:55 pm
GPS Disruption Reported In World’s Most Critical Maritime Chokepoint A new report has emerged stating that vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz are experiencing GPS interference, disrupting electronic navigation systems and forcing commercial ships to rely on manual or backup methods in one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints. UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) announced on X late Sunday morning that it has […]
- Do Republicans Buy The Dip Far More Than Democratsby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 8:20 pm
Do Republicans Buy The Dip Far More Than Democrats By Peter Tchir of Academy Securities Together We Stand… Ratings… UMich We already covered the Trump PIVOT and the Trump PUT as positives in the past week. We got to kick off the first half hour of Bloomberg TV on Tuesday and published the Around the World Podcast on Thursday. Neil Wiley, formerly from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, represented the […]
- Biden Diagnosed With ‘Aggressive’ Stage IV Prostate Cancerby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 8:15 pm
Biden Diagnosed With ‘Aggressive’ Stage IV Prostate Cancer Fresh on the heels of the Trump administration dumping the Biden-Hur tapes to Axios (revealing what we all knew – Biden was totally cooked & we still don’t know who was actually running the country for four years), the Biden family announced that the former president has an aggressive form of prostate cancer. The news comes five days after a small nodule was found […]
- Patel & Bongino Tease New ‘Russiagate’ Evidence In ‘Wave Of Transparency’ – Yet Insist Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himselfby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 7:45 pm
Patel & Bongino Tease New ‘Russiagate’ Evidence In ‘Wave Of Transparency’ – Yet Insist Jeffrey Epstein Killed Himself FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy Director Dan Bongino sat down for a wide-ranging interview with Fox News on Sunday, where the pair hinted at a “wave of transparency” on the horizon over weaponization of the DOJ by the Biden and Obama administrations. “You asked in the beginning how the FBI was weaponized,” […]
- Trump Denies Rift With Netanyahu, Says PM ‘Fought Hard & Bravely’by Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 7:10 pm
Trump Denies Rift With Netanyahu, Says PM ‘Fought Hard & Bravely’ Via The Cradle US President Donald Trump denied that he has grown “frustrated” with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, describing the leader who remains ‘wanted’ by the International Criminal Court (ICC) as someone who has “a tough situation.” Asked during a televised interview with Fox News if he was frustrated by the Israeli premier, Trump said, […]
- Kid Rock Blames “Ugly Ass, Broke, Crazy” Liberal Women For Low US Birthrateby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 6:35 pm
Kid Rock Blames “Ugly Ass, Broke, Crazy” Liberal Women For Low US Birthrate Musician Kid Rock has figured out why the US birthrate is so low; ‘Ugly ass, broke, crazy, deranged, TDS liberal women.’ Speaking with Fox News’ Jesse Watters, the 54-year-old rocker responded to a clip of left-wing protesters, saying: “You look at these rallies, and it’s like a bunch of women that no guy wants to sleep with and a bunch of dudes that […]
- Two Dead After Mexican Navy Smashes Into Brooklyn Bridgeby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 6:02 pm
Two Dead After Mexican Navy Smashes Into Brooklyn Bridge Update (1102ET): Two people were killed in last night’s collision between a Mexican navy ship carrying 277 people on board and the Brooklyn Bridge. Nelson Slinkard/X Mayor Eric Adams confirmed that two out of the 19 injured died. Police believe a “mechanical malfunction” and power cut had caused the collision. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said she was deeply saddened […]
- The Great Simmering In The Westby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 6:00 pm
The Great Simmering In The West Authored by J.B.Shurk via AmericanThinker.com, People all over the world are worried about the future. While regional wars continue to fester, the prospect of global war weighs heavily on many. However, likely belligerents are not all foreign aggressors. Nearly a century of globalization has erected a web of clunky international institutions that wield tremendous power while disregarding […]
- Did The Biden Admin Fudge Jobs Numbers Into Election? Labor Dept Report Raises Questionsby Tyler Durden on May 18, 2025 at 4:50 pm
Did The Biden Admin Fudge Jobs Numbers Into Election? Labor Dept Report Raises Questions Via American Greatness, The former Biden administration’s claim to have added nearly 400,000 jobs from July to September of 2024, is being scrutinized after new data released by the Labor Department suggests that none of those jobs ever existed. Bean counters under the former Biden administration published optimistic estimates for […]