By Marty Bent
Austin, TX
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By Marty Bent
Austin, TX
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By Marty Bent
Austin, TX
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By Marty Bent
Austin, TX
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Hezbollah's $300 FPV drones are destroying Israeli tanks and air defenses. Israel approved $700M to counter the threat. Russia plans 7 million this year. Plus: Vista's private credit fund gated by one whale, and open-source AI hits frontier parity.
At bitcoin++ Vienna, Rene Pickhardt argued Lightning and Ark are complementary layers, not competitors. Plus peak apathy on-chain, NYC property seizure plans, and a Las Vegas biolab walks free.
A viral video shows Canadian police involuntarily committing a man under the Mental Health Act with no formal evaluation. From Canada's pre-crime speech laws to the UK's 292 Online Safety Act prosecutions, Western democracies are building control infrastructure at an accelerating pace.
The American Reserve Modernization Act would authorize the Treasury to buy 200K BTC/year for 5 years, funded by revaluing gold certificates from $42.22 to market price. Plus: Nvidia posts $81.6B quarter, OpenAI targets $1T IPO, and BofA says the Fed hike is closer than you think.
AI data centers aren't raising your electricity bill. State policy is. Bitcoin miners spent a decade learning community lessons AI companies need now. Plus: Turkey dumps $14B in Treasuries, Sphere3D-Cathedra merger, GitHub breach.
US 10-year at 4.66%, 30-year at 5.18%, Japan breaking down. The sovereign debt crisis is here. Bitcoin at $76K is the buy of a lifetime.
Iran launched 'Hormuz Safe,' a state-backed maritime insurance platform settling in Bitcoin. Meanwhile, the US 30-year yield hit 5.16%, Japan's 10Y broke 2.80%, and Ken Griffin admits AI is replacing PhD teams at Citadel.
Japan's 30-year bond yield breached 4% for the first time ever. The 10-year hit levels not seen since 1997. Warsh takes the Fed chair today. Australia rugs Bitcoin capital gains. Strategy buys 11,707 BTC.
Global money supply reaches record $121.9 trillion, growing 7-8% per year. US interest expense at $1.27T. 30-year yield hits 5% for the first time since 2007.
The CLARITY Act markup is Thursday. The FOP, a former AG, banking lobbyists, and 100+ Senate amendments are all targeting Section 604, the provision protecting open-source developers from prosecution.
Section 604 of the CLARITY Act promises developer safe harbor from money transmitter laws. But subsection (d) preserves the exact criminal statute that put Samourai Wallet's Keonne Rodriguez in prison. Lauren Rodriguez spotted the loophole.
Balchunas data: individuals sold 750K BTC in 16 months while ETFs shed only 8% through a 50% drawdown. Goldman and BlackRock filing Bitcoin income ETFs. The brokerage fee war begins.
Three dead on a quarantined cruise ship. 40% fatality rate. Zero approved treatments. A Nobel Prize-winning drug with documented antiviral properties sits unused. Plus: US-Iran deal framework, Utah's self-sovereign ID law goes live, Gundlach torches private credit at Milken.
UK 30yr gilts hit 5.78%, highest since 1998, 80bps above Truss crisis. Global sovereign bonds reprice as central banks pivot from cuts to hikes. Energy shock from Hormuz forces inflation higher just as governments need to refinance trillions.
