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  • Bitcoin holder unlocks $10 million from rare Casascius bar bought for $500
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on July 2, 2025 at 12:00 am

    A long-time Bitcoin holder has finally cracked open one of the rarest physical Bitcoin collectibles in existence—a Casascius bar loaded with 100 BTC. The collector, who goes by the name John Galt on the Bitcoin Talk forum, originally bought the bar in 2012 for just $500. 13 years later, he redeemed it when the top The post Bitcoin holder unlocks $10 million from rare Casascius bar bought for $500 appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Ethereum dev Zack Cole launches initiative to fund ‘tokenless’ projects, promote ETH burning mechanisms
    by Assad Jafri on July 1, 2025 at 11:00 pm

    Ethereum developer Zak Cole is spearheading a new initiative called the Ethereum Community Foundation (ECF), which will primarily work to enhance the digital asset’s economic value. The initiative was announced during the Ethereum Community Conference in Cannes, France. Founded by Cole and a group of ecosystem supporters, the ECF has reportedly already raised “millions” and The post Ethereum dev Zack Cole launches initiative to fund […]

  • Figma discloses $70M Bitcoin exposure via Bitwise ETF in IPO filing, plans another $30M buy
    by Gino Matos on July 1, 2025 at 10:15 pm

    Figma’s initial public offering (IPO) prospectus reveals that the design software company holds approximately $69.5 million of the Bitwise Bitcoin ETF (BITB). According to a July 1 filing, a table lists the ETF under level-1 marketable securities at $69.533 million.  The document also stated that the board authorized a $55 million purchase on March 3, The post Figma discloses $70M Bitcoin exposure via Bitwise ETF in IPO filing, plans another […]

  • Bitcoin holders exhibit ‘diamond hands’ as unrealized profits swell past $1 trillion
    by Gino Matos on July 1, 2025 at 9:39 pm

    Bitcoin (BTC) investors have kept their coins off exchanges in recent weeks, even as market-wide profitability climbed to levels that typically trigger distribution, according to a July 1 report from Glassnode. Bitcoin fell from $106,000 to $99,000 during last week’s Israel-Iran flare-up, but buyers defended the short-term holder cost basis at $98,300 and pushed the The post Bitcoin holders exhibit ‘diamond hands’ as unrealized profits […]

  • Bitcoin dips to $105k on Q3 open despite record monthly close
    by Assad Jafri on July 1, 2025 at 8:50 pm

    The crypto market saw significant declines on July 1 despite Bitcoin’s record monthly close the day prior amid continued institutional and corporate accumulation. Bitcoin (BTC) managed to maintain its footing above the $105,000, but altcoins experienced drastic declines, with some posting double-digit percentage losses for the day. Bitcoin fell nearly 2% to a low of The post Bitcoin dips to $105k on Q3 open despite record monthly close […]

  • Corporate treasuries double ETF Bitcoin buys in H1, signaling aggressive boardroom adoption
    by Gino Matos on July 1, 2025 at 8:16 pm

    Public companies bought 245,510 Bitcoin (BTC) in the first half of the year, more than 2x higher than the 118,424 BTC absorbed by exchange-traded funds (ETFs) during the same period. The year-to-date figure marks a 375% jump from the 51,653 BTC corporations acquired in the first half of 2024. ETFs, by contrast, purchased 56% less The post Corporate treasuries double ETF Bitcoin buys in H1, signaling aggressive boardroom adoption appeared first […]

  • SEC reportedly considering standard to fast-track crypto ETFs
    by Gino Matos on July 1, 2025 at 7:30 pm

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is working with US exchanges on a generic listing framework for token-based exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that could eliminate the need for issuers to file individual rule-change requests, Fox News’ Eleanor Terret reported on July 1. According to the report, the initiative would enable an ETF sponsor to bypass the customary The post SEC reportedly considering standard to fast-track crypto ETFs […]

  • UniCredit to offer Bitcoin exposure to professional clients via BlackRock IBIT-linked certificate
    by Assad Jafri on July 1, 2025 at 6:45 pm

    European banking behemoth UniCredit is entering the crypto arena with a structured product tied to BlackRock’s spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), Bloomberg News reported on July 1, citing an internal memo. Under the plan, UniCredit will offer professional clients a five-year, U.S. dollar-denominated investment certificate linked to BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT). The product will The post UniCredit to offer Bitcoin exposure […]

  • SEC approves Grayscale Index ETF conversion, clears Solana, XRP, Cardano for spot trading
    by Gino Matos on July 1, 2025 at 6:15 pm

    The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the proposal to convert the Grayscale Digital Large Cap Fund into an exchange-traded fund (ETF), completing the conversion of the crypto index product into an ETF structure.  According to a July 1 filing, the ETF will issue trust units that track a basket of the five largest The post SEC approves Grayscale Index ETF conversion, clears Solana, XRP, Cardano for spot trading appeared first […]

  • Bitcoin powerhouse Strategy nears S&P 500 inclusion as net income soars
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on July 1, 2025 at 5:30 pm

    Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy), the largest public holder of Bitcoin, is again making headlines—this time for potentially qualifying for inclusion in the prestigious S&P 500 index. On July 1, Jeff Walton, founder of MSTR True North, revealed that the company will likely report an $11 billion net income for the just-concluded second quarter of the year. The post Bitcoin powerhouse Strategy nears S&P 500 inclusion as net income soars […]

  • Why Couldn’t The SCO Defense Ministers Agree On A Joint Statement?
    by Tyler Durden on July 2, 2025 at 1:45 am

    Why Couldn’t The SCO Defense Ministers Agree On A Joint Statement? Authored by Andrew Korybko via Substack, India refused to sign the document since it didn’t condemn late April’s Pahalgam terrorist attack… India found itself at odds with the SCO once again less than two weeks since it clarified that it didn’t participate in the group’s joint statement on the Iranian-Israeli War. This time its Defense […]

  • CA Republicans Urge Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants
    by Tyler Durden on July 2, 2025 at 12:55 am

    CA Republicans Urge Amnesty For Illegal Immigrants Authored by Kenneth Schrupp via The Center Square, Six California Republican state lawmakers sent a letter to President Donald Trump urging Immigration and Customs Enforcement to avoid “sweeping raids” and create “a path to legal status” for “non-criminal undocumented immigrants.” “We have heard from employers in our districts that recent ICE raids are not only […]

  • New Mexico Is The Most-Dependent State On The Federal Govt, New Jersey The Least
    by Tyler Durden on July 2, 2025 at 12:30 am

    New Mexico Is The Most-Dependent State On The Federal Govt, New Jersey The Least How reliant is your state on Uncle Sam’s wallet? Every year, billions in federal tax dollars are redistributed to the 50 states and the District of Columbia through grants, contracts, and benefit programs. Visual Capitalist’s Pallavi Rao ranks the states to see who benefits the most from the flows so readers can see the fiscal winners and losers […]

  • UPenn, Trump Admin Reach Deal To Strip Trans Swimmer Of Past Titles & Awards
    by Tyler Durden on July 2, 2025 at 12:05 am

    UPenn, Trump Admin Reach Deal To Strip Trans Swimmer Of Past Titles & Awards Authored by Aaron Gifford via The Epoch Times, The transgender swimmer who won an NCAA Division I crown in the women’s category in 2022 was stripped of that championship medal and all records as a female competitor at the University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) under the school’s recent agreement with the Department of Education, officials announced. […]

  • “Shame & Name” Climate Activist Satellite Backed By Bezos Lost
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 11:40 pm

    “Shame & Name” Climate Activist Satellite Backed By Bezos Lost A high-resolution Earth-observation satellite designed to monitor and map global methane emissions has been lost after a power failure. The $88 million satellite, called MethaneSAT, owned by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and backed by Jeff Bezos, was lost ten days ago…  On Friday, June 20, the MethaneSAT mission operations lost contact with […]

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  • Rubio Announces USAID Has ‘Officially’ Ceased Operations
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 11:15 pm

    Rubio Announces USAID Has ‘Officially’ Ceased Operations Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Secretary of State Marco Rubio confirmed on Tuesday the shutdown of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which had been rapidly dismantled earlier this year by the Trump administration. In a blog post on the State Department’s website, Rubio wrote that foreign assistance provided by USAID had failed to […]

  • “This Is The Next Level”: AI-Powered “Digital Workers” Deployed At Major Bank To Work Alongside Humans
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 10:50 pm

    “This Is The Next Level”: AI-Powered “Digital Workers” Deployed At Major Bank To Work Alongside Humans If you’re working in banking, your next colleague could be a bot. Once unthinkable, the Bank of New York Mellon announced that it has deployed dozens of artificial intelligence-powered “digital employees” that operate with human employees, and even have their own company login credentials. The Wall Street Journal reports: […]

  • The Curbing Of The Administrative State
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 10:25 pm

    The Curbing Of The Administrative State Authored by Jeffrey Tucker via The Epoch Times, The Supreme Court delivered an opinion last week that not even the best of the punditry class was prepared to understand. The decision was Trump vs. CASA, and the topic concerned the nationwide injunction against Trump’s management of U.S. immigration policy. As with more than 40 other cases, federal district judges have intervened to stop the […]

  • Productivity Gains From Using AI
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 10:00 pm

    Productivity Gains From Using AI As AI tools become increasingly integrated—and in some cases, even mandated—into professional workflows, their real-world impact on productivity is becoming more evident. This chart, via Visual Capitalist’s Niccolo Conte, compares the average time it takes U.S. adults to complete 18 common work tasks with and without the use of generative AI, based on a December 2024 survey of 4,278 […]

  • Judge Orders Halt To Mass Layoffs At Dept. Of Health And Human Services
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 9:40 pm

    Judge Orders Halt To Mass Layoffs At Dept. Of Health And Human Services Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times, A federal judge on July 1 ordered officials to stop the overhaul of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), finding that the layoffs enacted in April likely ran counter to federal law. “With respect to the merits, the Court concludes the States have shown a likelihood of success on their claims that […]

  • FATF Warning On Stablecoin Crimes Is Not Anti-Crypto, Intel Firms Say
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 9:00 pm

    FATF Warning On Stablecoin Crimes Is Not Anti-Crypto, Intel Firms Say Authored by Yohan Yun via CoinTelegraph.com, Cryptocurrency regulations are increasingly aligning with global standards; 73% of eligible jurisdictions have now passed laws to implement the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) Travel Rule. The Travel Rule mandates crypto service providers to collect and share users’ transaction data, similar to traditional […]

  • Family Of Karmelo Anthony Asks For Millions In Donations After Murder Indictment
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 8:40 pm

    Family Of Karmelo Anthony Asks For Millions In Donations After Murder Indictment Things are not going well for Karmelo Anthony compared to a couple months ago.  Despite confessing to the stabbing that led to the death of athlete Austin Metcalf at a track event on April 2, 2025 in Frisco, Texas, Anthony was given greatly reduced bail and allowed to remain under house arrest by a progressive activist judge. Anthony’s family posted a […]

  • Thiel: AI Is The Only Thing Keeping The World From Total Stagnation
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 8:20 pm

    Thiel: AI Is The Only Thing Keeping The World From Total Stagnation Authored by Guillermo Flor via theaiopportunities.com, Peter Thiel just did the most mind-exploding, crazy interview I’ve ever listened to. It’s so drastic, I still don’t know what to think – other than everyone should listen to it. So I dissected it piece by piece and organized it to draw some conclusions. This is what you cannot miss: 1. We are […]

  • Iraq Claims Top Spot Among OPEC Crude Suppliers To The US
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 7:40 pm

    Iraq Claims Top Spot Among OPEC Crude Suppliers To The US Authored by Charles Kennedy via OilPrice.com, Iraq exported nearly 7 million barrels of crude to the U.S. in May, surpassing all other OPEC members. The surge in Iraqi shipments meets U.S. demand for heavier Middle Eastern crude grades amid OPEC+ output cuts. Rising oil exports provide vital fiscal support for Iraq, where crude sales generate about 90% of […]

  • Senate Passes Trump’s $3.3 Trillion Tax And Spending Bill
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 7:34 pm

    Senate Passes Trump’s $3.3 Trillion Tax And Spending Bill Update (1207ET): The Senate has passed the GOP’s tax & spending cuts bill by a vote of 51-50.  🚨 BREAKING: Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill has officially PASSED the U.S. Senate, with JD Vance breaking the tie It now heads back to the House for a vote on the changes made. It COULD still hit Trump’s desk by July 4th. pic.twitter.com/qszGm5sAt3 — Nick Sortor […]

  • RFK Jr. Unloads Disturbing Vaccine Secrets On Tucker… And Surprises Everyone On Trump
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 7:00 pm

    RFK Jr. Unloads Disturbing Vaccine Secrets On Tucker… And Surprises Everyone On Trump Via VigilantFox.com, It’s not every day an active HHS Secretary sits down for 90 minutes straight with Tucker Carlson. But that’s exactly what happened, and Kennedy instantly seized Carlson’s attention with a chilling story of CDC corruption. He revealed that the health agency buried a 1999 internal study led by researcher Thomas […]

  • Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $10B As Trump Threatens To Unleash DOGE On Him
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 6:20 pm

    Elon Musk’s xAI Raises $10B As Trump Threatens To Unleash DOGE On Him Authored by Amin Haqshanas via CoinTelegraph.com, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI secured $10 billion in fresh capital, doubling down on its challenge to OpenAI as the race to dominate the AI landscape intensifies. The funds were evenly split between secured debt and strategic equity investments. The influx gives xAI more resources to expand its […]

  • Takeover Begins: Robots Set To Outnumber Humans At Amazon Warehouses
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 6:00 pm

    Takeover Begins: Robots Set To Outnumber Humans At Amazon Warehouses Amazon hasn’t set a public date for fully replacing warehouse workers with robots, but all indicators suggest a gradual transition is well underway, with significant workforce reductions likely, alongside productivity gains driven by automation and AI through the 2030s. The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon, the nation’s second-largest private employer in […]

  • Noem Accuses Anti-ICE App Developer Of Obstructing Justice; Leavitt Blasts CNN For “Promoting” It
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 5:40 pm

    Noem Accuses Anti-ICE App Developer Of Obstructing Justice; Leavitt Blasts CNN For “Promoting” It Authored by Luis Cornelio via Headline USA, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said Monday that “ICEBlock,” an app designed to alert individuals of immigration enforcement operations, appeared to constitute obstruction of justice.  “This sure looks like obstruction of justice,” Noem wrote on X, responding to […]

  • Attorneys Push For Class Action In Birthright Citizenship Case After Supreme Court Ruling
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 5:00 pm

    Attorneys Push For Class Action In Birthright Citizenship Case After Supreme Court Ruling Authored by Sam Dorman via The Epoch Times, Attorneys are urging a federal judge in Maryland to use an alternative legal mechanism for granting a sweeping block on President Donald Trump’s birthright citizenship order after the Supreme Court ruled against the use of nationwide injunctions. A conference on June 30 marked the first set of […]

  • Circle Applies For US Trust Bank Charter To Manage Its USDC Reserve
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 4:20 pm

    Circle Applies For US Trust Bank Charter To Manage Its USDC Reserve Authored by Stephen Katte via CoinTelegraph.com, Stablecoin issuer Circle has applied to establish a national trust bank in the United States that, among other duties, would oversee the firm’s USDC reserve on behalf of its US issuer.  If the application is approved by the US Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), Circle’s First National Digital […]

  • Alligator Alcatraz Live: Trump Tours New Illegal Alien Deportation Camp In Florida Swamp
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 4:00 pm

    Alligator Alcatraz Live: Trump Tours New Illegal Alien Deportation Camp In Florida Swamp President Donald Trump arrived at a newly constructed migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, referred to by some as “Alligator Alcatraz.”  JUST IN: President Trump has arrived at “Alligator Alcatraz.” pic.twitter.com/sLtToKlReY — Resist the Mainstream (@ResisttheMS) July 1, 2025 Alligator Alcatraz is a detention, processing, […]

  • “Party’s Over”: Auto Sales Sputter After Tariff-Fueled Surge
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 3:45 pm

    “Party’s Over”: Auto Sales Sputter After Tariff-Fueled Surge The auto sales slowdown that emerged in June is largely a hangover from the spring surge, when consumers rushed to dealerships nationwide to beat tariff hikes sparked by President Trump’s escalating trade war and new tariffs on trading partners. With affordability still worsening and economic uncertainty elevated, industry researcher J.D. Power now expects sales to […]

  • Trump Vs. Musk: “Big, Beautiful Bill” Feud Sparks Overnight Political Firestorm
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 3:33 pm

    Trump Vs. Musk: “Big, Beautiful Bill” Feud Sparks Overnight Political Firestorm Update (0800 ET): Elon Musk on President Trump this morning: So tempting to escalate this. So, so tempting. But I will refrain for now. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2025 Musk continued:  And how are we supposed to reach Mars if America goes de facto bankrupt? — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 1, 2025 *   *   *  Update (0800 ET): President […]

  • Oklahoma Ends Recommendation To Add Fluoride To Water
    by Tyler Durden on July 1, 2025 at 3:25 pm

    Oklahoma Ends Recommendation To Add Fluoride To Water Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), The Oklahoma State Department of Health has removed its recommendation that fluoride be added to public water systems, joining a growing number of states that have rolled back similar guidance. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (L) with U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (R) at the Oklahoma State Capitol on June […]

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