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  • Bitcoin defies drop below $70,000 as oil turns into a central-bank problem
    by Gino Matos on March 20, 2026 at 10:25 am

    The Fed kept rates unchanged at 3.50%-3.75% on Mar. 18, lifted its 2026 inflation projections to 2.7% for both headline and core PCE, and held to a median year-end fed-funds path of 3.4%. Chair Jerome Powell said higher energy prices will push up overall inflation in the near term and that the implications of events The post Bitcoin defies drop below $70,000 as oil turns into a central-bank problem appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Retail is rushing into gold, but institutions are buying Bitcoin again – so why the split?
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 19, 2026 at 10:10 pm

    Retail investors became the main force behind gold-fund buying over the past six months, helping extend bullion’s rise even as some institutional money started to step back. At the same time, fresh inflows into US spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) show part of Wall Street rebuilding crypto exposure through the regulated ETF channel, setting up The post Retail is rushing into gold, but institutions are buying Bitcoin again – so why […]

  • Coinbase tells users to follow ‘foolish’ steps scammers use to withdraw funds from wallets
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 19, 2026 at 8:05 pm

    Coinbase is directing some Commerce users to a seed-phrase recovery flow ahead of a March 31 migration deadline. The issue sits inside Coinbase’s shutdown plan for legacy Commerce wallets. In its transition guide, Coinbase says users with funds in a Commerce wallet must withdraw them before March 31, 2026, when the Commerce portal and withdrawal The post Coinbase tells users to follow ‘foolish’ steps scammers use to withdraw funds from […]

  • RIP metaverse: Land values capitulate as $24M metaverse plot collapses to just $9,000
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on March 19, 2026 at 6:10 pm

    Metaverse land never recovered. The numbers now show how far it fell The biggest metaverse land deals of the 2021 and 2022 boom now map to four- and five-digit values when priced against current collection floors, rather than the six- and seven-figure valuations buyers once paid. The decline runs through the entire metaverse land trade. The post RIP metaverse: Land values capitulate as $24M metaverse plot collapses to just $9,000 appeared first […]

  • Playnance’s G Coin goes live on MEXC as staking momentum builds
    by News Desk on March 19, 2026 at 4:40 pm

    Trading begins on MEXC Playnance’s G Coin has entered open-market trading, with the G Coin/USDT pair going live on MEXC after the project’s Token Generation Event on March 18. MEXC’s official announcement said deposits were open and withdrawals would begin on March 19, while the exchange’s live G Coin page shows the pair as active. The post Playnance’s G Coin goes live on MEXC as staking momentum builds appeared first on CryptoSlate.

  • Crypto just opened S&P 500 trading for the weekend while Wall Street shuts down
    by Gino Matos on March 19, 2026 at 4:15 pm

    For decades, the benchmark for US risk lived on US time. S&P 500 opened at 9:30 a.m. Eastern and closed at 4:00 p.m., with premarket whispers and after-hours fragments filling the gaps. On Mar. 18, that constraint began to crack. S&P Dow Jones Indices licensed the S&P 500 to Trade[XYZ] to launch the first officially The post Crypto just opened S&P 500 trading for the weekend while Wall Street shuts down appeared first on […]

  • Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved only for bank-issued tokens
    by Gino Matos on March 19, 2026 at 2:10 pm

    The stablecoin debate in Washington is increasingly becoming a fight over a single question: who gets to keep deposit insurance on-chain? FDIC Chair Travis Hill signaled that payment stablecoins under the GENIUS Act should not qualify for pass-through insurance, while tokenized deposits that meet the legal definition of a deposit would retain the same insurance The post Stablecoins just lost key battle as insurance protection to be reserved […]

  • Over $2B in “lost” Bitcoin to hit markets this month creating sell pressure within fragile $67k–$74k range
    by Gino Matos on March 19, 2026 at 12:02 pm

    FTX’s fourth round of distributing bankruptcy recoveries arrives at a different moment. The estate will begin sending roughly $2.2 billion to eligible creditors on Mar. 31, just as Bitcoin (BTC) pushed back above $70,000 into what Glassnode called a thin $72,000-$82,000 on-chain zone. FTX announced on Mar. 18 that its fourth distribution will begin Mar. The post Over $2B in “lost” Bitcoin to hit markets this month creating sell pressure […]

  • SEC drastically reduces KYC pressure on Bitcoin, XRP, and Solana with revamped crypto rules
    by Oluwapelumi Adejumo on March 19, 2026 at 10:05 am

    The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has drawn its clearest line yet around which parts of crypto it views as outside securities law, a move that hands the industry a new map of regulatory winners while opening a narrower lane for privacy-focused technology. However, the SEC’s new crypto taxonomy does more than just redraw The post SEC drastically reduces KYC pressure on Bitcoin, XRP, and Solana with revamped crypto rules appeared […]

  • Banks risk another 2008 crisis after moving the equivalent of 18 million BTC into shadow lenders
    by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on March 18, 2026 at 10:15 pm

    US banks “reduced” their credit risk after 2008 by shifting more of it to nonbank lenders. Since 2008, banks have shifted a growing share of their lending to nonbanks like private credit funds, making it their fastest-growing loan category. That shift doesn’t signal another 2008-style crisis today, but it does show where trouble could surface The post Banks risk another 2008 crisis after moving the equivalent of 18 million BTC into shadow […]

  • Israel Vows No More Strikes On Iranian Energy Assets After South Pars Hit Sparks Lasting Shock
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 11:20 am

    Israel Vows No More Strikes On Iranian Energy Assets After South Pars Hit Sparks Lasting Shock At a Thursday evening press conference, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attempted to calm energy markets, saying Israel would halt further strikes on energy infrastructure after this week’s attack on Iran’s South Pars gas field triggered Iranian retaliation against Qatar’s Ras Laffan LNG complex. The attacks on upstream oil and gas […]

  • New York Governor Begs Wealthy Taxpayers To Stop Leaving The State
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 10:55 am

    New York Governor Begs Wealthy Taxpayers To Stop Leaving The State New York Governor Kathy Hochul became infamous during the pandemic lockdowns for her authoritarian policies and bizarre justifications.  Some may remember her viral speech to a congregation of NY Christians about how “God wants them to take the experimental Covid vaccine”.   “I prayed a lot to God during this time and you know what – God did answer our prayers. […]

  • How To Transport Next-Gen Nuclear Fuel Safely? NANO Nuclear Hits Key Milestone
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 10:30 am

    How To Transport Next-Gen Nuclear Fuel Safely? NANO Nuclear Hits Key Milestone Authored by Prabhat Ranjan Mishra via Interesting Engineering, A New York-based company has taken a significant step to develop a proprietary, optimized transportation solution for High-Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) fuel. NANO Nuclear Energy achieved the conceptual design milestone for an advanced, proprietary HALEU transport package supporting […]

  • Netanyahu Declares Iran’s Nuclear Program & Missile Production “Destroyed” – Denies Israel Influenced Trump
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 10:00 am

    Netanyahu Declares Iran’s Nuclear Program & Missile Production “Destroyed” – Denies Israel Influenced Trump Summary Netanyahu: Iran can no longer enrich Uranium; missile production destroyed; says Israel acted alone against Pars oil field; claims Trump was not influenced by Israel to go to war. F-35 stealth jet takes on Iranian fire, emergency landing: CNN Trump dials up threat, seeking leverage, denies approving […]

  • ‘Explosives And Extra Blood’: Denmark Planned To Blow Up Greenland’s Runways If US Invaded
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 9:45 am

    ‘Explosives And Extra Blood’: Denmark Planned To Blow Up Greenland’s Runways If US Invaded In January 2026, amid escalating tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump over his renewed push to acquire control of Greenland, Denmark’s military deployed explosives and blood supplies to the Arctic island as part of contingency plans to counter a potential American attack. The preparations were revealed in a report by Denmark’s public […]

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  • NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Evidence Of Underground Water On Mars ‘That Could Have Supported Life’
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 9:00 am

    NASA’s Curiosity Rover Finds Evidence Of Underground Water On Mars ‘That Could Have Supported Life’ Authored by Jill McLaughlin via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), NASA’s Curiosity Rover has discovered evidence on Mars that suggests underground water once existed in a region of the planet later than scientists first believed, the agency reported March 15. Curiosity component images combined into a self-portrait at drilling […]

  • RT Reporter Injured During ‘On Air’ Segment By Israeli Strike, Angering Moscow
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 8:15 am

    RT Reporter Injured During ‘On Air’ Segment By Israeli Strike, Angering Moscow The Kremlin and state media outlet Russia Today (RT) are outraged after its reporter and cameraman narrowly missed being blown up in an Israeli airstrike, while receiving wounds. Reporter Steve Sweeney and his Lebanese cameraman, Ali Rida, were injured by shrapnel during a live shot from southern Lebanon on Thursday. Sweeney is a British national who […]

  • UK Teacher Banned For Saying Migrants Should ‘Respect Our Laws Or Leave’
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 7:30 am

    UK Teacher Banned For Saying Migrants Should ‘Respect Our Laws Or Leave’ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, A British Physical Education teacher has been indefinitely banned from the classroom after daring to state that migrants should respect Britain’s laws, culture, and way of life — or leave. Sam Everett taught at Haughton Academy in Darlington for two years. Someone identified his X account, reported him to […]

  • Orban Announces Will Block All EU Measures For Ukraine Until Oil Transit Restored
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 6:45 am

    Orban Announces Will Block All EU Measures For Ukraine Until Oil Transit Restored Hungary remains one of the lone Ukraine-skeptic EU/NATO members which actually has a lot of leverage, resulting in bolder and bolder pronouncements being issued by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán of late. He has newly made clear this week that Hungary will block all EU summit decisions in Ukraine’s favor until oil Russian flows resume. There’s […]

  • Russia Benefiting From US-Iran War While Impacts On China Are ‘Complicated’: Analysts
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 6:00 am

    Russia Benefiting From US-Iran War While Impacts On China Are ‘Complicated’: Analysts Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times, Operation Epic Fury presents Russia and China with a “mixed bag” of potential opportunities, but neither appear poised to take advantage of the United States’ “distraction” with Iran, according to analysts with the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). That, however, could […]

  • Out Of The BDC, Into The CLO: World’s Largest Private Credit Fund Repacking Loans As Bonds Hoping To Find New Investors
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 4:55 am

    Out Of The BDC, Into The CLO: World’s Largest Private Credit Fund Repacking Loans As Bonds Hoping To Find New Investors When a motley crew of private credit loans (mostly to software companies) are all mixed in and thrown together into a messy melange known as a Business Development Company, then quietly all go sour and spark a redemption run, what’s the frazzled investor to do? Why take them out of the melange, put them into a […]

  • The Ultimate Race Hoax
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 3:30 am

    The Ultimate Race Hoax Authored by Scott Greer via American Greatness, It was a case that captured the nation’s attention 20 years ago. In March of 2006, a black stripper accused three members of Duke University’s nearly all-white lacrosse team of rape. The only evidence for the crime was her own testimony, which changed repeatedly. It didn’t matter that every other eyewitness disputed the rape claim. An opportunistic […]

  • Pakistan Outraged At Being Called An Emerging Missile Threat To US By DNI Gabbard
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 3:05 am

    Pakistan Outraged At Being Called An Emerging Missile Threat To US By DNI Gabbard The US declared Pakistan a major non-NATO ally all the way back in 2004, but relations have soured at various points since then. But given Pakistan does indeed remain a close regional ally, which is also nuclear-armed, the country is outraged at Wednesday’s Senate Intelligence hearing wherein Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard […]

  • Why Is Australia Not Already Rationing Fuel?
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 2:40 am

    Why Is Australia Not Already Rationing Fuel? Authored by ‘Fast Eddy’ via ‘The World according to Fast Eddy’ substack, I’m an Australian Wholesale Fuel Trader An insider’s explanation of what is going on… The commentary below was lifted from a Reddit post. Other than the issues I have already raised in previous articles How Is Iran Blocking and Mining Hormuz? And so it begins…. the question I am asking after reading this […]

  • Comey Subpoenaed For Alleged ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Against Trump
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 2:15 am

    Comey Subpoenaed For Alleged ‘Grand Conspiracy’ Against Trump Former FBI Director James Comey has been slapped with a subpoena as part of a wide-ranging case against Obama-Biden-era officials who helped frame Donald Trump is a Russian asset in a “grand conspiracy.”  The grand jury subpoena, issued last week by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, focuses on Comey’s role in the preparation of the […]

  • Disclosure? US Government Registers Aliens.gov Domain
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 1:50 am

    Disclosure? US Government Registers Aliens.gov Domain Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity.news, The momentum behind President Trump’s drive to expose hidden UAP files continues to build, now underscored by fresh reminders of why such secrets have been buried for decades. The Executive Office of the President has registered the aliens.gov domain, a quiet but unmistakable step toward a potential public portal for […]

  • Kent Tells Tucker: ‘Imminent Threat’ Was From Israel, Not Iran; Ordered To Halt Charlie Kirk Investigation
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 1:25 am

    Kent Tells Tucker: ‘Imminent Threat’ Was From Israel, Not Iran; Ordered To Halt Charlie Kirk Investigation Joe Kent, former Director of the National Counterterrorism Center who was President Trump’s principal counterterrorism advisor, appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show to explain his side of the story after stepping down from the administration. Kent announced his resignation Tuesday, citing his opposition to the ongoing U.S. […]

  • SoCal Heat-Wave Prompts Health Warning Of High Bacteria Levels At Los Angeles Beaches
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 1:00 am

    SoCal Heat-Wave Prompts Health Warning Of High Bacteria Levels At Los Angeles Beaches Authored by Jack Phillips via The Epoch Times, Health officials warned that some Southern California beaches may be unsafe for swimming due to elevated bacterial levels this week amid elevated temperatures across the region. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on March 18 said that visitors should avoid swimming, surfing, or […]

  • Bezos Plots Colossal $100 Billion Fund To Transform Companies Using AI: WSJ
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 12:35 am

    Bezos Plots Colossal $100 Billion Fund To Transform Companies Using AI: WSJ Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is in early discussions to raise as much as $100 billion for a new investment vehicle aimed at acquiring and revitalizing manufacturing companies through the application of artificial intelligence, according to the Wall Street Journal. The proposed fund, described in investor materials as a “manufacturing transformation […]

  • Super Micro Co-Founder Arrested In Alleged $2.5 Billion Nvidia Chip Smuggling Scheme
    by Tyler Durden on March 20, 2026 at 12:10 am

    Super Micro Co-Founder Arrested In Alleged $2.5 Billion Nvidia Chip Smuggling Scheme Federal prosecutors have charged a co-founder of Super Micro Computer Inc. and two associates with participating in a scheme to divert roughly $2.5 billion in advanced Nvidia chips to China, according to an indictment unsealed Thursday afternoon. The charges mark a notable escalation in Washington’s effort to police the flow of high-end […]

  • NASA May Shrink Boeing’s Moon-Mission Role While Handing SpaceX Core Rocket Responsibilities
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 11:45 pm

    NASA May Shrink Boeing’s Moon-Mission Role While Handing SpaceX Core Rocket Responsibilities President Donald Trump’s NASA chief could soon announce Boeing’s diminishing role in returning astronauts to the Moon, while leaning heavily on Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket company to do the heavy lifting. Boeing’s Space Launch System (SLS), originally the rocket backbone of the Artemis mission, would no longer carry the Lockheed Martin-built […]

  • Minnesota Audit: State Agency ‘Accidentally’ Blocked Kickback Investigation Into Autism Services
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 11:20 pm

    Minnesota Audit: State Agency ‘Accidentally’ Blocked Kickback Investigation Into Autism Services Authored by Janice Hisle via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A state agency erred when it blocked autism-services kickbacks from being investigated—a decision based on the agency’s flawed, decades-old definition of “fraud,” according to a Minnesota audit released March 17. A view outside the Minnesota State Capitol building in […]

  • Obama Judge Strikes Down Ten Commandments In Arkansas Classrooms
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 10:20 pm

    Obama Judge Strikes Down Ten Commandments In Arkansas Classrooms Authored by Zachary Stieber via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A federal judge has struck down a law in Arkansas that required the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms, finding it violated children’s rights. U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks (Obama) ruled on March 16 that not enjoining the law, Act 573, would violate the religious and Free Exercise […]

  • US Fast-Tracks Billions In ‘Emergency’ Arms Sales To Gulf, Bypassing Congress
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 10:00 pm

    US Fast-Tracks Billions In ‘Emergency’ Arms Sales To Gulf, Bypassing Congress On the one hand President Trump and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth have declared that America is ‘winning’ against Iran, having destroyed its navy and air defenses, and having seriously degraded its missiles – but on the other the admin has put in for a more than $200 billion supplemental request to Congress to fund the war. It seems Congress will likely […]

  • All This Fuss About A Fiat Dollar
    by Tyler Durden on March 19, 2026 at 9:40 pm

    All This Fuss About A Fiat Dollar Authored by Jeff Thomas via InternationalMan.com, Throughout the First World, and, particularly in the US, there is an increasing consciousness that fiat currency, far from being the solution to economic problems, is, in fact, a cause of them. There are even those who, over the years, have predicted that the continued massive creation of fiat dollars may well lead to price controls, destruction […]

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