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- Fed decision making comes into focus as bitcoin holds steady, bond yields surgeby Francisco Rodrigues on August 19, 2026 at 11:14 am
Your day-ahead look for Aug. 19, 2026
- Bitcoin stuck in a six-week range as global bond yields hit highest levels for decadesby Oliver Knight on August 19, 2026 at 10:29 am
BTC volatility has dropped to multi-year lows as surging Treasury yields rattle equities and traders await the Fed’s July meeting minutes for clues on the interest-rate path.
- TikTok code includes peer-to-peer payments over messaging: Bloombergby Olivier Acuna on August 19, 2026 at 10:04 am
The feature, which follows earlier moves into financial transactions, is not yet being tested anywhere, a spokesperson said.
- Ripple raises $275 million in senior notes for prime brokerage pushby Olivier Acuna on August 19, 2026 at 9:55 am
Ripple Prime’s inaugural senior notes carried an investment grade rating and drew institutional investors across key financial markets.
- OpenAI trails Anthropic as losses deepen and Altman pauses frontier AI trainingby James Van Straten on August 19, 2026 at 9:10 am
Widening losses and intensifying competition coincide with a pause in frontier reinforcement-learning training as openai strengthens its safety controls.
- Live updates: Bitcoin remains above $64,000 as oil rises and the Kospi tumbles 6%by James Van Straten on August 19, 2026 at 9:05 am
U.S. Treasury yields retreat from the highest levels in decades, while bitcoin holds above $64,000.
- Maya Protocol exploit drains bitcoin and other assets as pool value drops $11 millionby Shaurya Malwa on August 19, 2026 at 6:36 am
A chain of six flaws caused the cross-chain trading network to credit a pool with nearly 50 million tokens that were never properly funded, letting an attacker drain real assets.
- Robot maker Unitree’s IPO surges 600% , outpacing crypto traders’ premarket betsby Shaurya Malwa on August 19, 2026 at 5:45 am
A Hyperliquid perp priced Unitree far above its IPO valuation before Shanghai trading began, but the robot maker’s first public trade still opened roughly 75% above crypto traders’ implied price.
- Bitcoin holds $64,000 and solana leads gains amid 7% Korean chip stock slideby Shaurya Malwa on August 19, 2026 at 4:25 am
Bitcoin held near $64,000 and every major except BNB gained, while Korean semiconductor stocks fell more than 7% and Fed minutes are due at 2 p.m. ET.
- ‘It has to pass’: Andrew Cuomo warns U.S. is falling behind on crypto rulesby Helene Braun on August 19, 2026 at 1:35 am
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the CLARITY Act is key to linking crypto and traditional markets.
- Robinhood CEO urges U.S. to clear path for tokenized stocks as overseas markets advanceby Helene Braun on August 18, 2026 at 11:11 pm
Vlad Tenev says tokenized stocks could bring real-time settlement and 24/7 trading, but U.S. rules remain a hurdle.
- U.S. accounting-standards group proposes way to see stablecoins as ‘cash equivalent’by Jesse Hamilton on August 18, 2026 at 9:25 pm
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, a nonprofit that governs accounting practices, proposed that certain stablecoins should fit the bill as cash-like.
- U.S. SEC proposes first major crypto rule in surprise announcementby Jesse Hamilton on August 18, 2026 at 7:09 pm
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued the “Regulation Crypto” proposal after having cancelled a meeting days before meant to vote on it.
- Wyoming joins $15 billion LayerZero exodus with state stablecoin moveby Francisco Rodrigues on August 18, 2026 at 6:57 pm
This is the first time a U.S. government entity has publicly replaced its blockchain infrastructure specifically on security grounds.
- Bitcoin has gone quiet as traders chase ‘5x or 10x’ payoffs elsewhereby Oliver Knight on August 18, 2026 at 5:00 pm
Bitcoin’s price swings have hit a cycle low, squeezed by a market tug-of-war with no clear winner. The traders who once lived off its chaos have taken their risk appetite elsewhere.
- Kraken adds U.S. stocks in Europe as TradFi-crypto divide blursby Olivier Acuna on August 18, 2026 at 4:08 pm
The exchange said it is the first crypto company to offer European customers both traditional U.S. equities and tokenized versions of those assets on a single regulated platform.
- Why the Trump-backed crypto venture is distancing itself from Hong Kong AI aggregator WorldClawby Shaurya Malwa on August 18, 2026 at 3:07 pm
WLFI says the AI platform is independent and uses USD1 as a payment rail, but would not say whether it has equity, financing, revenue-sharing or other economic interests in the company.
- Bitcoin miners’ AI pivot pays off, but mining could revive with one twistby James Van Straten on August 18, 2026 at 2:41 pm
Miners with AI and high-performance computing contracts have commanded higher valuations as declining bitcoin prices and hashprice squeeze pure-play operators.
- Global bond yields surge as debt fears test bitcoin’s hedge narrativeby James Van Straten on August 18, 2026 at 2:40 pm
Long-term borrowing costs are reaching multi-decade highs as U.S. debt approaches $40 trillion and AI hyperscalers accelerate bond issuance.
- Japan’s Metaplanet launching U.S. bitcoin treasury company through $135 million nanocap dealby Francisco Rodrigues on August 18, 2026 at 2:35 pm
The deal involves Metaplanet contributing 2,100 bitcoin and $2.5 million in cash, valuing the initial investment at $134.6 million.
- HashKey taps Hong Kong’s first regulated stablecoin to settle insurance and trade dealsby Olivier Acuna on August 18, 2026 at 2:03 pm
Following institutional trials, the HKD-pegged asset is being put to work to capture part of Hong Kong’s $49 billion trade corridor with the United Arab Emirates
- Citi plans to launch bitcoin custody for institutional clients later this yearby Helene Braun on August 18, 2026 at 1:25 pm
The Wall Street bank plans to let clients hold bitcoin alongside traditional assets through its new Custody+ platform.
- Crypto’s easy-money era is ending in a wave of failuresby Will Canny on August 18, 2026 at 1:22 pm
Inflated valuations and weak business models are driving crypto’s shakeout, Global Settlement Network CEO Ryan Kirkley says.
- Cash App’s crypto support expands beyond bitcoin and USDC via MoonPayby Jamie Crawley on August 18, 2026 at 1:00 pm
Eligible Cash App users will be able to use their balances to purchase digital assets offered by MoonPay, which include ether, solana and stablecoin USDT.
- Visa looking for new stablecoin settlement partner after BVNK sale to Mastercardby Ian Allison on August 18, 2026 at 12:20 pm
Visa’s request for product (RFP) talks about the need to support a range of stablecoins.
- SEC Unveils Two Crypto Funding Exemptions and Token Safe Harborby Ahmed Barakat on August 19, 2026 at 9:21 am
The SEC proposes crypto funding exemptions and a conditional token safe harbor, with disclosure rules and a 60-day public comment period. The post SEC Unveils Two Crypto Funding Exemptions and Token Safe Harbor appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Mark Zuckerberg Meta AI Predicts Where SpaceX Stock Could Be in 5 Yearsby Ahmed Barakat on August 19, 2026 at 8:48 am
Wall Street has stopped valuing this company of rockets, Meta AI, however, predicts the market prices of Starlink monetization, and the price prediction ladders from $205 in 2027 to $410 by 2031.The 2027 case rests on subscriber economics. Starlink ended Q1 with 10.3M subscribers and revenue up 91.9% year over year in the August 4 The post Mark Zuckerberg Meta AI Predicts Where SpaceX Stock Could Be in 5 Years appeared first on Cryptonews.
- XRP Price Prediction: Lowest Since 2024, $1 at Riskby Ahmed Barakat on August 19, 2026 at 7:53 am
XRP tests critical $1.00 support after dipping to November lows. Full technical breakdown, key levels, and an early-stage Bitcoin L2 alternative traders are watching. The post XRP Price Prediction: Lowest Since 2024, $1 at Risk appeared first on Cryptonews.
- AI Predicts XRP: Claude Makes a Prediction that May Anger the Ripple Maxisby Ahmed Barakat on August 18, 2026 at 1:16 pm
XRP enters the second half of 2026 in an unusual position: legally cleared, institutionally adopted, and yet stuck near the same $1 level it has hovered around for months. We put the question to Claude, asking it ‘AI predicts XRP’, and it gave a measured and interesting response.As of mid-August 2026, XRP trades around $1.00, The post AI Predicts XRP: Claude Makes a Prediction that May Anger the Ripple Maxis appeared first on Cryptonews.
- XRP Price Prediction: Can $1 Be Reclaimed This Week?by Ahmed Barakat on August 18, 2026 at 12:55 pm
XRP hovers near $1 after a death cross confirms bearish momentum. Full technical breakdown, key levels, and an early-stage Bitcoin L2 alternative. The post XRP Price Prediction: Can $1 Be Reclaimed This Week? appeared first on Cryptonews.
- California Governor Odds: Becerra Leads as Primary Day Nearsby Ahmed Barakat on August 18, 2026 at 11:14 am
The California governor prediction market favored Xavier Becerra before voting, with Steve Hilton and Tom Steyer also in contention. The post California Governor Odds: Becerra Leads as Primary Day Nears appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can BTC Break Out of This Range and Hit $65K?by Ahmed Barakat on August 18, 2026 at 10:05 am
Bitcoin trades near $64,215 as ETF outflows and rising yields cap upside. Key support, resistance levels, and an early-stage presale alternative. The post Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can BTC Break Out of This Range and Hit $65K? appeared first on Cryptonews.
- CZ Wallet Abandoned After Traders Earned Big on Signalsby Ahmed Barakat on August 18, 2026 at 8:27 am
Changpeng Zhao retired his public wallet after traders profited by front-running burns, sending $965,000 in assets to Giggle Academy. The post CZ Wallet Abandoned After Traders Earned Big on Signals appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Clarity Act Uncertainty Keeps DeFi’s Bigger Market Bet on Holdby Ahmed Barakat on August 18, 2026 at 7:28 am
The CLARITY Act could expand DeFi into tokenized equity and bond markets, but Senate uncertainty is keeping institutional capital on the sidelines. The post Clarity Act Uncertainty Keeps DeFi’s Bigger Market Bet on Hold appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC AI Trade Driving BTC Forecastsby Ahmed Barakat on August 17, 2026 at 3:46 pm
Bitcoin trades near $63,571 as ETF outflows and macro signals collide. Full technical breakdown, key levels, and where smart money is rotating next. The post Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC AI Trade Driving BTC Forecasts appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Strange New Chinese AI ‘KIMI’ Predicts the Price of XRP by the End of 2026by Ahmed Barakat on August 17, 2026 at 2:31 pm
A supply squeeze this tight changes what moderate buying can do. Kimi AI predicts XRP runs to $1.60 to $2.20 by year-end, and the price prediction settles on $1.85 as the base case built on three concrete catalysts.The first arrived on August 10, 2026. The OCC granted Ripple conditional trust bank approval, moving RLUSD toward The post Strange New Chinese AI ‘KIMI’ Predicts the Price of XRP by the End of 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Gerber Warns Strategy’s Bitcoin Leverage Could Trigger a Selloffby Ahmed Barakat on August 17, 2026 at 1:45 pm
Ross Gerber questions Bitcoin utility, criticizes Strategy’s leverage model and warns miner shifts toward AI could pressure the network. The post Gerber Warns Strategy’s Bitcoin Leverage Could Trigger a Selloff appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Predicts Bitcoin Could Be Entering Its Most Important 5 Months of 2026by Ahmed Barakat on August 17, 2026 at 1:30 pm
Two dates in Washington and one week of ETF flows explain why the calendar suddenly matters. ChatGPT AI predicts that the next five months will be unusually consequential, and the price prediction for Bitcoin runs from $78,000 to $92,000 by the end of 2026, with $85,000 as the base case.September 15 is the first trigger. The post Sam Altman ChatGPT AI Predicts Bitcoin Could Be Entering Its Most Important 5 Months of 2026 appeared first on […]
- Jane Street Reports Major Position Across XRP ETFby Ahmed Barakat on August 17, 2026 at 10:46 am
Jane Street reported a sharp rise in Bitwise XRP ETF shares, alongside exposure to other XRP funds, in its latest SEC 13F filing. The post Jane Street Reports Major Position Across XRP ETF appeared first on Cryptonews.
- XRP Price Prediction: Wells Fargo Disclosed Millions in XRP Holdingby Ahmed Barakat on August 17, 2026 at 9:58 am
Wells Fargo disclosed $9.18M in Bitwise XRP ETF holdings. Full XRP price analysis, key levels, and what the institutional filing means for traders. The post XRP Price Prediction: Wells Fargo Disclosed Millions in XRP Holding appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can BTC Hit $64K This Weekend?by Ahmed Barakat on August 14, 2026 at 12:25 pm
Bitcoin trades near $62,850 as ETF outflows offset soft inflation data. Key support, resistance levels, and an emerging L3 presale alternative. The post Bitcoin Price Analysis: Can BTC Hit $64K This Weekend? appeared first on Cryptonews.
- SEC Delays Vote on Exemptions for Crypto Fundraisingby Ahmed Barakat on August 14, 2026 at 11:15 am
The SEC postponed a meeting on crypto fundraising exemptions as the Senate left for recess without voting on the CLARITY Act. The post SEC Delays Vote on Exemptions for Crypto Fundraising appeared first on Cryptonews.
- “World’s First” Trump Prediction Market Product Killed, What Happened to Truth Predict?by Ahmed Barakat on August 14, 2026 at 11:09 am
Trump Media drops its native Truth Predict exchange plan, steering users to Crypto.com’s OG.com as regulatory risks remain unresolved. The post “World’s First” Trump Prediction Market Product Killed, What Happened to Truth Predict? appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Polymarket CLARITY Act Odds Crashed From 82% to Under 20%, Does September 15 Save the Bill?by Ahmed Barakat on August 14, 2026 at 11:03 am
The CLARITY Act heads toward a September Senate vote as unresolved ethics provisions and falling Polymarket odds cloud its prospects. The post Polymarket CLARITY Act Odds Crashed From 82% to Under 20%, Does September 15 Save the Bill? appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts the Next Chapter for XRP in 2026by Ahmed Barakat on August 14, 2026 at 9:36 am
Whales are absorbing more than 10 million tokens a day while exchange supply drains to a seven-year low. Claude AI predicts that squeeze matters, and the XRP price prediction lands at $1.30 to $1.40 by year-end 2026, with $1.35 as the realistic base case.The regulatory piece is the largest variable. The Senate shelved the CLARITY The post Dario Amodei Claude AI Predicts the Next Chapter for XRP in 2026 appeared first on Cryptonews.
- Sovereign Debt Crisis: The French Left Wants To Simply Burn The Debtby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 9:00 am
Sovereign Debt Crisis: The French Left Wants To Simply Burn The Debt Submitted by Thomas Kolbe For economic illiterates, socialists and social-state engineers, the world consists of one fundamental problem: Where does the credit come from that is supposed to turn the visions of central planners into a new reality? Once that question has been answered and the shaky financing is in place, the work can begin. Ideally, socialists […]
- The Super El Niño To Beat All Others?by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 8:15 am
The Super El Niño To Beat All Others? The World Meteorological Organization predicts the sea surface temperature anomaly in the El Niño/La Niña indicator area in the Pacific Ocean to rise to an average of +2.9° Celsius in the August-September-October period. As Statista’s Katharina Buchholz reports, this would constitute the strongest El Niño since records started in 1950 and could lead to wet and stormy conditions across […]
- The Case For Britain Backing Its North Sea Oil & Gas Industryby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 7:30 am
The Case For Britain Backing Its North Sea Oil & Gas Industry Authored by David Whitehouse, chief executive of Offshore Energies UK, via City AM, Jackdaw and Rosebank could strengthen UK energy security by increasing domestic oil and gas production while demand remains substantial. The projects are expected to support billions of pounds of investment, thousands of jobs, and a broad UK offshore supply chain. […]
- Germany Opens New Drone Security Center Amid Fears Of Russian Hybrid Warfareby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 6:45 am
Germany Opens New Drone Security Center Amid Fears Of Russian Hybrid Warfare European officials have for years been warning about what they allege is heightened Russian hybrid and sabotage warfare targeting Europe and its airspace in connection with the long-running Ukraine war. They’ve been further sounding the alarm in the wake of this month’s drone incident near a runway at Leipzig Airport. Reports say a drone carrying […]
- Hellish: Ceuta Mothers Weep In Streets; Rapes Force Women To Flee; Kids’ Parks Smeared In Shitby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 6:00 am
Hellish: Ceuta Mothers Weep In Streets; Rapes Force Women To Flee; Kids’ Parks Smeared In Shit Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Spanish mothers in Ceuta are in tears on live television. Hospitals are overflowing. Beaches and parks that once hosted families are now open-air camps of garbage, feces and makeshift shacks. And the Civil Guard has confirmed at least 15 rapes since the late-July mass migrant invasion – […]
- Alexander Vindman Suffers Double-Digit Loss To Socialist Angie Nixon In Florida Senate Primaryby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 5:27 am
Alexander Vindman Suffers Double-Digit Loss To Socialist Angie Nixon In Florida Senate Primary Alexander Vindman – a central Russiagate figure who flipped out when Donald Trump asked Ukraine to investigate Biden family corruption – and who was offered the job of Ukraine’s Minister of Defense three times two months before the infamous ‘perfect’ Trump-Zelensky call – was just beaten out of a Florida Senate seat by Democratic […]
- We’re All On Borrowed Time…by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 3:25 am
We’re All On Borrowed Time… Authored by Brad Todd via The What For Substack, We bought our house in the same year I discovered Piemonte, and that was fortuitous. The house came with a walk-in wine cellar and the family-owned vineyards strewn across the rolling Italian hills from LaMorra to Serralunga D’Alba provided a learnable collection of producers to fill it up. It is a good thing I have enjoyed the chore of curating this […]
- Why Are So Many Democrats Being Arrested On Fraud Charges?by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 3:00 am
Why Are So Many Democrats Being Arrested On Fraud Charges? An obvious pattern is emerging. Multiple Democrat officials have been arrested and charged with fraud or related federal crimes over the past two years and the trend seems to be growing. Democrat politicians and DNC members are over-represented when it comes to fraud and it’s starting to look like the entire party has been pilfering the cookie jar for quite some time. […]
- Where Have All The Conservatives Gone?by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 2:35 am
Where Have All The Conservatives Gone? Authored by Nikolai G. Wenzel via The Daily Economy, Fusionism, a new book by Stephanie Slade, a Senior Editor at Reason, attempts to make sense of the seemingly incoherent New Right. Although Slade proposes a renewal of fusionism as a remedy to conservatism’s drift and the challenges facing a divided Republic, the book’s greatest strength lies in its analysis of the trends to date. The […]
- Illegal Immigrant Killer Found Not Guilty By Insanity, Flees US During Hospital Leaveby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 2:10 am
Illegal Immigrant Killer Found Not Guilty By Insanity, Flees US During Hospital Leave An illegal immigrant found not guilty by reason of insanity in a 2019 killing managed to flee the United States on a one-way flight to his native Tajikistan while on an approved 48-hour pass from a state mental health facility. Now a Soros-backed prosecutor is under fire for his pattern of pursuing insanity pleas for violent offenders who are […]
- Minority Leader Jeffries Drops The Mask, Signals Democrats Are Coming For The Courtby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 1:20 am
Minority Leader Jeffries Drops The Mask, Signals Democrats Are Coming For The Court Hakeem Jeffries has developed a habit of saying out loud what his party once preferred to keep vague. Hakeem Jeffries (photo: Anna Moneymaker, Getty) Speaking at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Atlanta, the House minority leader told the audience that Democrats see “[a] variety of different options that are on the table, […]
- Forbes Editor Fired Over $6m Payoff Had Threatened Companies Who Dared Hire Outgoing Trump Admin Officials In 2021by Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 12:55 am
Forbes Editor Fired Over $6m Payoff Had Threatened Companies Who Dared Hire Outgoing Trump Admin Officials In 2021 Authored by Monica Showalter via American Thinker, Remember how vindictive the political scenario after Joe Biden first took office? It wasn’t just the draconian prosecutions of Jan. 6 protestors, most of whom were non-violent and unarmed, many of them little old ladies. One guy got sent to jail who wasn’t even at the […]
- Derek Chauvin Seeks To Dismiss Charges In Death Of George Floydby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 12:30 am
Derek Chauvin Seeks To Dismiss Charges In Death Of George Floyd Derek Chauvin’s legal team filed a new court petition Tuesday morning seeking to dismiss the charges against the former Minneapolis police officer and vacate his convictions, arguing that the case that sent him to prison for the death of George Floyd rested on a foundation that never had legal standing to begin with. Attorney Greg Joseph submitted the 31-page filing […]
- ICE Proposes Insurance Coverage For Local Officers Involved In Immigration Arrestsby Tyler Durden on August 19, 2026 at 12:05 am
ICE Proposes Insurance Coverage For Local Officers Involved In Immigration Arrests Authored by Aldgra Fredly via The Epoch Times, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has proposed an insurance plan to shield local police officers involved in immigration arrests from financial liability if they face allegations of misconduct during those arrests. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents walk outside the Ventura […]
- Fauci Aide Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy That Shielded EcoHealth Records, Countered Lab-Leak Narrativeby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 11:40 pm
Fauci Aide Pleads Guilty To Conspiracy That Shielded EcoHealth Records, Countered Lab-Leak Narrative Dr. David Morens, the longtime senior adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, pleaded guilty in Greenbelt federal court on Tuesday to conspiracy to commit offenses and to defraud the United States (18 U.S.C. § 371). The plea caps a records scandal that began with his own emails […]
- Inside The DSA’s Dilemma: Grow The Democratic Party Or Become Itby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 11:15 pm
Inside The DSA’s Dilemma: Grow The Democratic Party Or Become It Authored by Russ Jones via The Epoch Times, The Democratic Socialists of America’s national leadership was split 14-13 in Chicago this summer. Not over whether to endorse Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for president in 2028, but over whether the group’s own 120,000 members should even get to vote on the question. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks […]
- Rubio Announces Sanctions Against International Criminal Court President & Top Lawyerby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 10:50 pm
Rubio Announces Sanctions Against International Criminal Court President & Top Lawyer Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Tuesday new sanctions against International Criminal Court President Tomoko Akane and Senior Trial Lawyer Abdoulaye Seye as tensions flare between the court and the Trump administration. “These individuals have directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute […]
- Why Teens Are Struggling To Find Summer Jobsby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 10:25 pm
Why Teens Are Struggling To Find Summer Jobs Authored by Troy Myers via The Epoch Times, Joslyne Baird has been looking for a job for about a year to help her family pay the bills. She began her job search at 14 years old, applying to summer camps and grocery stores around her small Kentucky town of about 1,500 people, without success, she told The Epoch Times. “I’m looking for babysitting jobs, mowing jobs, cleaning jobs, and so […]
- Comcast Turns Millions Of Routers Into Motion Sensors – The Same WiFi Signals Can ID You With 99.5% Accuracyby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 10:00 pm
Comcast Turns Millions Of Routers Into Motion Sensors – The Same WiFi Signals Can ID You With 99.5% Accuracy Dear Comcast customers: The internet gateway in your living room is now a motion sensor. It’s free of charge, and the data can go to law enforcement without further notice. What’s more, researchers have already shown that these same signals can identify exactly who is in the room. On Tuesday, Comcast unveiled Xfinity […]
- China Added 200,000 Bpd To Crude Reserves In July Despite Hormuz Crisisby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 9:40 pm
China Added 200,000 Bpd To Crude Reserves In July Despite Hormuz Crisis By Tsvetana Paraskova of OilPrice.com China is estimated to have added about 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to its huge inventories in July as imports rebounded from a decade-low in June and refinery runs remained depressed. The world’s top crude oil importer, unlike other major oil consumers, started drawing down on stockpiles only in May, the […]
- Disengagement: Trump Vows New Strategy To ‘Strangle’ Iran Over Timeby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 9:40 pm
Disengagement: Trump Vows New Strategy To ‘Strangle’ Iran Over Time Summary No talks: Trump confirms US-Iran negotiations are off, vows to ‘strangle them’ over time. Hormuz attack: Tanker hit, injuring a crew member. Houthis escalate: Attacks shut Yemen’s Mokha port. Diplomacy stalled: Qatar says not mediating until Oman-Hormuz deal finalized. Iran hardens: Tehran says it maintains an offensive posture. Strait of Hormuz […]
- Unitree IPO 5,550 Times Oversubscribed As UBS Says Grey Market Points To 3.5x Openby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
Unitree IPO 5,550 Times Oversubscribed As UBS Says Grey Market Points To 3.5x Open The global market leader in humanoid-robot shipments, China-based Unitree, is set to begin trading on Shanghai’s STAR Market on Wednesday, potentially sparking a wave of robotics listings in Asia as the race for physical AI remains in its early innings. Unitree New Robot Preview: “Superman” Breaking the Limits of Humanity🥳 Standing high […]
- Battle Over Ten Commandments Arrives At Supreme Courtby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 9:00 pm
Battle Over Ten Commandments Arrives At Supreme Court Authored by Matthew Vadum via The Epoch Times, The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Aug. 17 to review a federal appeals court decision that upheld a Texas law requiring the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit cleared the way in April for the Texas law to take effect. […]
- DSA Lawmaker Claims Shoplifting For “Biological Need” Shouldn’t Be Illegalby Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 8:40 pm
DSA Lawmaker Claims Shoplifting For “Biological Need” Shouldn’t Be Illegal A radical Democratic Socialist lawmaker from New York is under fire after declaring that theft driven by “biological need” shouldn’t be treated as a crime, effectively green-lighting shoplifting while slamming big retailers. Emily Gallagher, a New York State Assembly member and part of the Democratic Socialists of America’s New York State Socialists in […]
- Why Is This Scumbag Still In America?by Tyler Durden on August 18, 2026 at 8:20 pm
Why Is This Scumbag Still In America? Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, A 26-year-old Ghanaian migrant stalked and attacked women across Oklahoma City over a two-week span in August, getting arrested three times for sexual battery before firefighters witnessed him trying to rape a fourth woman on a public trail and held him for police. Jeff Kufi (Kofi) Asare was booked on a first-degree rape charge with a $75,000 […]
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- Bitcoin’s Q2 selloff split Wall Street as banks bought, hedge funds cut and sovereigns heldby Gino Matos on August 19, 2026 at 11:00 am
Bitcoin fell 14.2% in the second quarter, while institutional Bitcoin ETF holdings rose 7.5% over the same period, climbing from 498,389 to 535,723 BTC equivalent. Fewer institutions drove that increase, with the number reporting Bitcoin positions through 13F filings falling roughly 6.8%, from about 2,000 to around 1,900. Those figures are Bitcoin Strategy’s second-quarter estimate, The post Bitcoin’s Q2 selloff split Wall Street as banks […]
- SEC opens door to day-one crypto insider sales that Senate draft would blockby Gino Matos on August 19, 2026 at 9:45 am
The SEC’s new crypto fundraising proposal deliberately treats tokens as free to trade as soon as a buyer acquires them, unless the issuer or another law says otherwise. Insiders typically know more than the public while a token project is still being built, and their incentives do not always line up with everyone else’s. The The post SEC opens door to day-one crypto insider sales that Senate draft would block appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- This Solana treasury company may sell SOL as a DeFi loan ties up more than half its treasuryby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on August 19, 2026 at 8:30 am
Even after its estimated C$22 million unencumbered crypto, roughly C$12.2 million of the illustrative gap remains. The post This Solana treasury company may sell SOL as a DeFi loan ties up more than half its treasury appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Ethereum’s 12-GPU proving problem just got a 4-GPU answerby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 19, 2026 at 7:00 am
Its claimed 9.62-second p99 fits Ethereum’s latency target, while workload, proof and whole-system power details remain undisclosed. The post Ethereum’s 12-GPU proving problem just got a 4-GPU answer appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Canaan counted paused Ethiopia mining as nearly 35% of its July operating hashrate totalby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 19, 2026 at 4:00 am
The company placed 4.96 EH/s in its operating column while a footnote said Ethiopia mining was paused. The post Canaan counted paused Ethiopia mining as nearly 35% of its July operating hashrate total appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Yakovenko wants Solana to mint SOL to buy a company, but who would own it?by Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 19, 2026 at 2:30 am
Stake-weighted approval could authorize a direction, but no target, legal buyer, ownership structure or operating authority has been named. The post Yakovenko wants Solana to mint SOL to buy a company, but who would own it? appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- AsiaStrategy’s Astra deal lets insider-linked buyers take ownership before $8 million comes dueby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 19, 2026 at 1:00 am
Legal ownership can pass at closing, while the public agreements disclose no collateral, guarantee or escrow. The post AsiaStrategy’s Astra deal lets insider-linked buyers take ownership before $8 million comes due appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- HIVE’s $84.7 million Swedish tax provision eclipsed revenue even as Bitcoin output hit a recordby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 18, 2026 at 11:40 pm
The non-cash liability equals about 41% of cash, while HIVE’s filings leave the payment timetable unresolved. The post HIVE’s $84.7 million Swedish tax provision eclipsed revenue even as Bitcoin output hit a record appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- This public company now controls 18% of Zcash mining power after $33 million Winklevoss-linked dealby Oluwapelumi Adejumo on August 18, 2026 at 10:30 pm
Only 5.38 million shares are initially issuable, leaving most of the deal’s equity impact behind an approval gate. The post This public company now controls 18% of Zcash mining power after $33 million Winklevoss-linked deal appeared first on CryptoSlate.
- Shifting $576M of forced sales off public order books saved Hyperliquid from a systemic crashby Liam ‘Akiba’ Wright on August 18, 2026 at 9:20 pm
A new preprint says off-book routing damped liquidation feedback inside Hyperliquid, while wider market effects remain untested. The post Shifting $576M of forced sales off public order books saved Hyperliquid from a systemic crash appeared first on CryptoSlate.







































































































